Ithaca College

Billy Hall '84, vice president of programming for TNT and TBS, part of Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System, will return to campus to give a session titled, "Reel Truth: Candid Talk about Navigating an Entertainment Industry Career after IC" on Monday, October 11 from 4:30-6 p.m. in Park 220.

Hall's session is an informal, audience-driven, no-holds-barred interactive seminar where he openly shares his experiences and insights on issues rarely discussed anywhere about the entertainment industry: the business, and how to get in.

The event is Cosponsored by the Roy H. Park School of Communications and the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies.

Bio: 

Billy Hall, a cinema and photography major, now serves as vice president of programming for TNT and TBS.  He is responsible for scheduling for the networks, including the placement of all original programming; scheduling for VOD and broadband; and managing the programming department and budget.  Hall is based in Atlanta. At TNT, he established scheduling initiatives that have helped drive the success of the network's original series lineup.  Scheduling for TBS was later added to his portfolio.  Hall's current responsibilities include the scheduling of such high-profile originals as TNT's The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles, Leverage, HawthoRNe and Memphis Beat, as well as TBS's upcoming Conan, starring Conan O'Brien.  He also schedules acquired series, such as Bones on TNT and The Office on TBS, and the networks' top-rated feature film presentations.Hall came to the company from Fox Movie Channel, where he served as vice president of programming and production, having also served as director of programming for FX.  He helped launch fXM: Movies from Fox, then re-launched the network as Fox Movie Channel, working on scheduling and programming, on-air promotion and off-air event strategies for the network.  At Fox Movie Channel, he also developed and executive-produced the 2000 Aurora Best of Show Platinum Award-winning Building the Beast,as well as Altman on His Own Terms, Making the Connection, Hollywood Remembers Walter Matthau, Hour of Stars, Fox Movie Channel News and Cult Culture: The Poseidon Adventure. Hall has also worked for the  Health and Sciences Network, Lifetime Television, Walt Disney Studios, Disney Channel and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation should contact April Johanns (607-274-1789, ajohanns@ithaca.edu). Please make requests for accommodation as soon as possible.