The Women Behind Your Favorite TV Shows

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Under Abbe Raven's watch, "Pawn Stars" and "Coming Home" were born. But the 59-year-old CEO and President of A&E Entertainment Group really brought it home with "Storage Wars."" "We're always looking for what's next," Raven told the Reporter. That's so Raven. When the former school teacher decided she wanted to try her hand at TV, she got a job making copies for a cable network and worked her way up. "If you learn the... more 

Photo by: Hollywood Reporter

Under Abbe Raven's watch, "Pawn Stars" and "Coming Home" were born. But the 59-year-old CEO and President of A&E Entertainment Group really brought it home with "Storage Wars."" "We're always looking for what's next," Raven told the Reporter. That's so Raven. When the former school teacher decided she wanted to try her hand at TV, she got a job making copies for a cable network and worked her way up. "If you learn the business from the bottom up, it's a huge advantage," she told The New York Times. Her other tactic? Loyalty. She attributes a lot of her success to her mom, who graduated college same day as her Abbe. The dutiful daughter skipped her own ceremony to see her mom in cap and gown, "because I knew how long she waited to get there." less