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.

FORBES: Shy Guy

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.

FORBES: Network Television

She's co-starring with Samuel L. Jackson in the feature thriller "Reasonable Doubt, " will be appearing with Geena Davis in a comedy pilot for TNT, and has a recurring role during the third season of that network's sci-fi series "Falling Skies, " a gig that reunites her with "ER" alum Noah Wyle.

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