Andrea Wong
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Andrea Wong was the Chief Executive Officer
and President of Lifetime Networks from April 2007 to February 2010. She oversaw Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, the myLifetime.com website and Lifetime’s public advocacy campaigns, among other areas of the company.
Wong came to Lifetime in 2007 from ABC
where she was Executive Vice President of Alternative Programming, Specials and Late Night. In her tenure at ABC, she oversaw the development of The Bachelor as well as the U.S. versions of Dancing With the Stars
and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
.
Wong graduated MIT in 1988 with a degree in electrical engineering and received an MBA from Stanford University
in 1993. Her interest in television began when she interned at NBC News
while in graduate school.
Wong first came to ABC in 1993 as a researcher for ABC News PrimeTime Live
. Within a year, she became an executive assistant at the network. In 1997, Wong was named Vice President and Executive Assistant to the President, ABC, Inc. The following year, Wong was promoted to Vice President, Alternative Series and Specials.
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
and President of Lifetime Networks from April 2007 to February 2010. She oversaw Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, the myLifetime.com website and Lifetime’s public advocacy campaigns, among other areas of the company.
Wong came to Lifetime in 2007 from ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
where she was Executive Vice President of Alternative Programming, Specials and Late Night. In her tenure at ABC, she oversaw the development of The Bachelor as well as the U.S. versions of Dancing With the Stars
Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)
Dancing with the Stars is a reality show airing on ABC in the United States, and CTV in Canada in 2011. The show is the American version of the British BBC television series Strictly Come Dancing...
and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is a reality television series providing home renovations for less fortunate families and community schools etc...
.
Wong graduated MIT in 1988 with a degree in electrical engineering and received an MBA from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1993. Her interest in television began when she interned at NBC News
NBC News
NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
while in graduate school.
Wong first came to ABC in 1993 as a researcher for ABC News PrimeTime Live
Primetime (TV series)
Primetime is an American news magazine show which debuted on ABC in 1989 with co-hosts Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer and originally had the title Primetime Live.-Early history:...
. Within a year, she became an executive assistant at the network. In 1997, Wong was named Vice President and Executive Assistant to the President, ABC, Inc. The following year, Wong was promoted to Vice President, Alternative Series and Specials.