3. NANCY TELLEM
AGE 56
TITLE President, CBS
Paramount Network
Entertainment Group
SMART BECAUSE It's been a brutal year for broadcast TV (see: double-digit viewership declines at NBC, Fox, and The CW), but Tellem is the one network honcho getting raves. Her big call: restoring CBS' entire prime-time lineup quickly after the 100-day writers' strike (ABC and NBC, meanwhile, postponed the return of many shows until the fall). Her strategy paid off: CBS is easily No. 1 in viewers, and The Mentalist is the only bona fide new hit of the fall season.
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