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LOS ANGELES,
CA – The production company best known
in the US for the parenting hit “Supernanny,”
and this summer’s weight loss series on ABC,
“Fat March” has named Executive
Producer Jennifer O’Connell Senior Vice
President of their Los Angeles based North
American office.
Jennifer
O’Connell will report to Nick Emmerson,
Executive Vice President of Ricochet
Television who has led the rapid expansion
of Ricochet in the US. As well as the two
ABC shows, the company is currently in
production on major projects for The
Discovery Channel and Bravo. The company is
also in paid development on a number of
other new formats.
“We’re thrilled
to have Jennifer join the Ricochet team.
Her ability to run shows, create new ideas
and her excellent relationships with all the
networks make her quite a catch,” Emmerson
said.
During her
tenure at NBC, Jennifer shepherded numerous
alternative series and pilots, including
“The Biggest Loser” and “Tommy Lee Goes to
College.” Most recently, she executive
produced “Science of Love” for NBC which
aired this summer. Prior to her job at NBC,
Jennifer was an executive in the movie
department at The Disney Channel.
Ricochet
Television is based in the United Kingdom
where the company is one of the leading
independent production companies of high
quality factual and entertainment television
programming. Ricochet’s international
phenomenon “Supernanny” launched the company
in the United States where the company is
now developing network and cable series.
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