• Sitcoms Online, Wednesday, June 5, 2013 4:37 PM

Longtime network programming exec Garth Ancier is planning to launch four decade-specific classic TV channels (from the 1960s through the 1990s) next year, and he’s brought along several other execs – including two from TV Land’s early days – to help the effort.  Preliminary talks for nonexclusive programming rights are said to be underway with the likes of CBS Paramount, Sony Pictures Television, 20th Century Fox, MGM, NBC, Walt Disney Co., Warner Bros. and Carsey Werner.  The model for Ancier’s idea? Sirius XM’s satellite music channels that play music by the decade.  His new firm is called Zeus Media Partners and possible acquisitions include “Lost in Space” and “Three’s Company.”

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