The Women Behind Your Favorite TV Shows

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But also this lady. Bonnie Hammer, 61, is behind the "blue skies" programming on USA hour-long dramas. As the network's programming head, she created an "aspirational" look by mandating shows be shot outside on sunny, beautiful days. She also ensures gun-toting characters dress in swanky suits and colors that pop, rather than drab trench coats. The scripts for shows like "White Collar," "Suits" and "Royal Pains," have... more 

Photo by: Hollywood Reporter

But also this lady. Bonnie Hammer, 61, is behind the "blue skies" programming on USA hour-long dramas. As the network's programming head, she created an "aspirational" look by mandating shows be shot outside on sunny, beautiful days. She also ensures gun-toting characters dress in swanky suits and colors that pop, rather than drab trench coats. The scripts for shows like "White Collar," "Suits" and "Royal Pains," have similar mandates. Characters must be colorful, quirky and a little "off." Who would have thought crime dramas could feel so much like an episode of "Friends"? A woman, I guess. The 62-year-old mom is also credited with launching Bob Vila's career, back when she was a young public television producer in Boston. Now she's one of Forbes' "Most Powerful Women in Hollywood" and, according to the Times, "the Queen of Cable TV." less