Recipients Announced for Brandon Tartikoff Award

LOS ANGELES, November 3: Anne Sweeney, Chuck Lorre, Tyler Perry and Ben Silverman have been named as the recipients of
the 2009 Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award, which will be presented at NATPE on
January 26 in Las Vegas.

Sweeney is the co-chair of
Disney Media Networks and president of Disney-ABC Television Group. Lorre is
the executive producer, writer and creator of The Big Bang Theory and Two
and a Half Men. Perry is the creator and executive producer of House of Payne. Silverman is a
co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios.

Announcing the recipients,
Rick Feldman, the president and CEO of NATPE, stated: "Chuck, Tyler, Nancy
and Ben all exhibit extraordinary passion, leadership, independence and vision
in the process of creating television programming and in evoking the spirit of
Brandon's generosity. We’re delighted to be able to honor these special
individuals at the sixth presentation of the Legacy Award."

Past Brandon Tartikoff
Legacy Award recipients include Stephen J. Cannell, Bonnie Hammer, Anthony E. Zuiker, Steven Bochco, Marc Cherry, Dick Wolf, Mark Burnett and Nancy Tellem.

—By Mansha Daswani