Bonnie Hammer, a legendary TV govt who has had a hand in common packages starting from “This Outdated Home” and “Zoom” to “Monk” and “Mr. Robotic,” plans to go away her position as vice chairman of NBCUniversal on the finish of the yr, in response to two folks acquainted with the matter, exiting after the expiration of her present contract with the corporate.

Hammer has been with NBCU since 2004, when Common Tv, as soon as a part of Barry Diller’s leisure empire, merged with the NBC portfolio. In all, she has spent round 50 years within the TV enterprise, additionally working for Lifetime and Boston’s public-TV outlet WGBH. At NBCU, she has helped orchestrate the merger of a few of the firm’s huge TV manufacturing studio belongings and labored on the launch of its Peacock streaming service.

The choice to not renew her contract is hers, in response to these folks, and never tied to the choice revealed this week to spin off the majority of NBCU’s cable belongings right into a separate firm.

NBCUniversal declined to make executives out there for remark.

Hammer is thought finest, maybe, for an extended tenure overseeing NBCU’s general-entertainment cable networks, the place her workforce launched a big selection of common “blue skies” collection that featured optimistic protagonists and offered distinction with a variety of grittier packages at locations like FX and HBO, the place flawed anti-heroes anchored exhibits like “The Sopranos” and “The Defend.” At NBCU’s USA cable community, executives launched collection equivalent to “Royal Pains,” “Psych” and “Burn Discover.” Hammer’s time overseeing USA, dovetailed with a 13-year streak because the most-watched entertainment-focused cable community.

Earlier than she moved to New York Metropolis, nevertheless, Hammer shook issues up in Boston throughout an early stage of her profession. Working at WGBH, the Boston PBS affiliate, she had a hand in seminal public-TV collection like “This Outdated Home” and the kid-series “Zoom.” She would go on to govt produce the native morning-news program “Good Day!” for ABC affiliate WCVB.

Earlier than transferring up the ranks at NBCU, Hammer would work on documentaries at Lifetime, after which work for Diller at Common Tv, the place she would assist enhance the fortunes and acceptability of what was as soon as generally known as the World Wrestling Federation and likewise to handle a nascent cable community generally known as the Sci-Fi Channel.

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