American television executive and producer (1941–2018)
Lin Bolen
Born
(1941-03-21)March 21, 1941
Benton, Illinois U.S.
Died
January 19, 2018(2018-01-19) (aged 76)
Santa Monica, California U.S.
Other names
Lin Bolen Wendkos
Occupation(s)
Vice President of Daytime Programming, NBC (1972–1976) Television producer
Years active
1972–late 1990s
Spouse
Paul Wendkos
(m. 1983; died 2009)
Lin Bolen (March 21, 1941 – January 19, 2018) was an American television executive and producer. She was most noted for her role at NBC daytime television programming as the first female vice president of a TV network, a position she held from 1972 until 1976.[1] In this role, Bolen was responsible for commissioning the long-running game show Wheel of Fortune and is credited with bringing successful long form to network soap operas.[2] Bolen was mentioned in Who's Who in America as a trailblazer for women in television.
^Lowe, Denise (December 1999). Women and American television: an encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-87436-970-0. OCLC 42649641.
^Pilato, Herbie J. (2012). Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery. Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishing. pp. 274–275, 279. ISBN 978-1-589-79750-5. OCLC 825116583.
LinBolen (March 21, 1941 – January 19, 2018) was an American television executive and producer. She was most noted for her role at NBC daytime television...
Jordan Elkan Wendkos. Ruth died in June 1978. In 1984, Wendkos married LinBolen, former NBC vice president and producer; they lived in Malibu, California...
created by Anne Howard Bailey, with much input from then-NBC Vice President LinBolen. The show's working title was From This Moment and was an in-house NBC...
McKrell now lives near Conroe, Texas. Genzlinger, Neil (2018-02-04). "LinBolen, a Trailblazing TV Executive, Dies at 76". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331...
Title Years Notes LinBolen Vice President of Daytime Programming 1972–1976 Served as head of writer development from 1968 to 1975. Bolen was appointed Vice...
continue the series by syndicating it elsewhere. However, NBC executive LinBolen rejected the show in favor of her own project, How to Survive a Marriage...
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The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Haring, Bruce (January 28, 2018). "LinBolen Dies: First Female VP Of Programming At A Network Was 76". Deadline Hollywood...
(b. 1923) January 19 Harvey R. Blau, attorney and executive (b. 1935) LinBolen, television executive and producer (b. 1941) James C. Browne, computer...
BBC1 in the U.K. March 26 – NBC debuts Baffle, one of the first projects LinBolen greenlit for the daytime schedule. Also on the same day, CBS debuts The...
news efforts were generally minimal. One of its first employees was Bill Bolen, who had worked at WSGN radio and later left to spend 41 years at WBRC;...
Ana begins pursuing Danny Bolen (Beau Mirchoff), the teenage son of their new neighbors, Angie (Drea de Matteo) and Nick Bolen (Jeffrey Nordling). When...
9pm. The main mystery of this season is surrounding new neighbor Angie Bolen (Drea de Matteo) and her family. The first half of the season consists of...
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