Jeffrey D. Bader was named executive vice president, ABC Entertainment, in September 2000. In this position he is responsible for all Primetime and Late-Night program planning and scheduling, the acquisition of original programming that is already produced, and feature film acquisitions.
Mr. Bader joined ABC in 1988 as supervisor, Audience Analysis. He became manager, Audience and Program Research, in 1989; manager, Program Planning and Scheduling, in 1991; director in 1992; executive director in 1994; vice president, Current Series Programming, in 1995; vice president, Program Planning and Scheduling, in 1996; and senior vice president, Program Planning and Scheduling, in 1998.
Prior to joining ABC, Mr. Bader held senior research positions at the MTM Distribution Group and at NBC.
Mr. Bader received a Master of Arts degree with distinction from the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California. He graduated with honors from Williams College in Massachusetts.
Raised in Wayland, Massachusetts, he now resides in Los Angeles, California.