Most of the credit for those numbers goes to Jeffrey Gaspin, 47, the boyish-looking head of all the company's entertainment cable channels--USA Network, Bravo, Sci Fi and Oxygen.
Of course, the results were driven largely by the unit's cable channels--USA Network, Bravo, Sci Fi, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen and The Weather Channel--and the Summer Olympics, which aired across its network stable.
Silverman's two-year tenure, while Gaspin's entertainment cable empire--including top-rated USANetwork, Bravo, Oxygen and Sci Fi--has seen ratings and revenue soar.