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Jeff Sagansky has served as the President of Tri-Star Entertainment where he greenlighted such films as "Look Who's Talking " "Peggy Sue Got Married " "Steel Magnolias " "Glory" and "About Last Night." In 1990 he joined CBS as head of programming where he engineered CBS's ratings rise from third to first place in a mere 18 months. While there CBS developed such critically-acclaimed series as "The Nanny " "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman " "Touched By An Angel " "Chicago Hope " "Picket Fences" and the cult favorite "Northern Exposure." In 1994 he joined Sony as Head of Worldwide Television and Strategic Planning for the studio. While there he oversaw the purchase of Telemundo and the Loew's-Cineplex merger. In 1998 Sagansky became President and CEO of Paxson Communications Corporation owner of PAX TV. During his four years at Paxson PAX's network distribution grew from 60% of U.S. TV households to almost 90%. | 