McGuire promoted to EVP, current programming, Telepictures

David McGuire has been promoted to executive vice president of current programming at Telepictures Productions, the first-run production arm of Warner Bros. Television. McGuire will report to Hilary Estey McLoughlin, Telepictures’ president.

“David has grown up at Telepictures, starting as a production assistant at Jenny Jones 22 years ago,” said Estey McLoughlin in a statement. “He has been instrumental to our success over the last two decades. David has done a masterful job with Ellen, which just had its best year ever, building our formidable integration business while continuing to successfully launch, grow and reinvent our shows.”

In his new position, McGuire will continue to oversee all aspects of Telepictures’ current programming activities for Ellen, TMZ, Judge Mathis and The People’s Court and in addition, Let’s Ask America, a new interactive game show premiering on Scripps stations in fall 2012.

A 22-year veteran of Telepictures, McGuire has been senior vice president of programming and development since May 2007. Prior to that, McGuire had been vice president of programming and development since May 2003, after transitioning from his role in production at Jenny Jones.

Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.