2009 Power List
| Rank | Full Name | Job Title | Company Name | |
| 1 |
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Amy Pascal | co-chairman | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| 1 |
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Anne Sweeney | president | Disney-ABC Television Group |
| co-chairman | Disney Media Networks | |||
| 2 |
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Oprah Winfrey | chairman | Harpo |
| 3 |
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Nancy Tellem | president | CBS Network Television Entertainment Group |
| 4 |
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Bonnie Hammer | president | NBC Universal Cable Entertainment and Universal Cable Prods. |
| 5 |
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Donna Langley | co-chairman | Universal Pictures |
| 6 |
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Stacey Snider | co-chairman and CEO | DreamWorks Studios |
| 7 |
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Dana Walden | chairman | Twentieth Century Fox Television |
| 8 |
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Nina Tassler | president | CBS Entertainment |
| 9 |
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Angela Bromstad | president, primetime entertainment | NBC and Universal Media Studios |
| 10 |
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Sue Kroll | president of worldwide marketing | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 11 |
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Judy McGrath | chairman and CEO | MTV Networks |
| 12 |
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Veronika Kwan-Rubinek | president of distribution | Warner Bros. Pictures International |
| 13 |
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Nikki Rocco | president of distribution | Universal Pictures |
| 14 |
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Abbe Raven | president and CEO | A&E Television Networks |
| 15 |
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Dawn Ostroff | president of entertainment | The CW |
| 16 |
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Sue Naegle | president | HBO Entertainment |
| 17 |
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Elizabeth Gabler | president | Fox 2000 Pictures |
| 18 |
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Lauren Zalaznick | president | NBC Universal Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks |
| 19 |
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Kathleen Kennedy | producer | |
| 20 |
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Mary Parent | chairman of worldwide motion picture group and office of the CEO | MGM |
| 21 |
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Andrea Wong | president and CEO | Lifetime Networks |
| 22 |
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Sheila Nevins | president | HBO Documentary and Family Programming |
| 23 |
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Ann Daly | COO | DreamWorks Animation |
| 24 |
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Nancy Utley | president | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 25 |
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Emma Watts | president of production | 20th Century Fox |
| 26 |
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Ellen DeGeneres | host | "The Ellen Show" |
| judge | "American Idol" | |||
| 27 |
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Shari Redstone | vice chairman | Viacom and CBS Corp. |
| president | National Amusements | |||
| 28 |
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Terry Wood | president, creative affairs and development | CBS Television Distribution |
| 29 |
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Amy Baer | president and CEO | CBS Films |
| 30 |
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Laura Ziskin | producer | |
| 31 |
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Hilary Estey McLoughlin | president | Telepictures |
| 32 |
|
Janice Marinelli | president | Disney-ABC Domestic Television |
| 33 |
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Marion Edwards | president, international television | 20th Century Fox Television Distribution |
| 34 |
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Belinda Menendez | president | NBC Universal International Television Distribution |
| 35 |
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Cyma Zarghami | president | Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group |
| 36 |
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Cecile Frot-Coutaz | CEO | Fremantle Media North America |
| 37 |
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Pamela Levine | co-president of domestic theatrical marketing | 20th Century Fox |
| 38 |
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Eileen O'Neill | president and GM | TLC |
| 39 |
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Mary McLaren | COO | 20th Century Fox International Theatrical and Home Entertainment |
| 40 |
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Megan Colligan | co-president of domestic marketing | Paramount Pictures |
| 41 |
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Paula Kerger | president and CEO | PBS |
| 42 |
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Michele Ganeless | president | Comedy Central |
| 43 |
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Nancy Dubuc | president and GM | History |
| 44 |
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Debra Lee | chairman and CEO | BET Networks |
| 45 |
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Diane Nelson | president | DC Entertainment |
| 46 |
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Linda Bell Blue | executive producer | "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider" |
| 47 |
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Lynn Calpeter | executive vp and CFO | NBC Universal |
| 48 |
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Meryl Streep | actress | |
| 49 |
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Lauren Shuler Donner | producer | |
| 50 |
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Katherine Pope | president of television | Chernin Entertainment |
| 51 |
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Tina Fey | actress; writer-producer | "30 Rock" (NBC) |
| 52 |
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Christina Norman | CEO | OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network |
| 53 |
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Tracey Jacobs | board member, partner, co-head of talent department | UTA |
| 54 |
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Shonda Rhimes | executive producer | "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice" |
| 55 |
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Beth Swofford | motion picture literary agent | CAA |
| 56 |
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Jo Ann Ross | president, network sales | CBS |
| 57 |
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Hylda Queally | motion picture talent agent | CAA |
| 58 |
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Michelle Bohan | partner | WME |
| 59 |
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Cynthia Pett-Dante | co-owner and managing partner | Brillstein Entertainment Partners |
| 60 |
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Toni Howard | head of motion picture talent | ICM |
| 61 |
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Leah Weil | senior executive vp and general counsel | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| 62 |
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Jennifer Rudolph Walsh | executive vp/co-head of worldwide literary department | WME |
| 63 |
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Maren Christensen | executive vp and general counsel | Universal Studios |
| 64 |
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Nancy Josephson | partner | WME |
| 65 |
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Claudia Lewis | president of production | Fox Searchlight |
| 66 |
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Sharon Sheinwold | partner | WME |
| 67 |
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Rebecca Prentice | executive vp and general counsel | Paramount Pictures |
| 68 |
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Bernardine Brandis | executive vp business and legal affairs | Walt Disney Studios |
| 69 |
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Sonya Rosenfeld | television agent | CAA |
| 70 |
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Roberta Reardon | national president | AFTRA |
| 71 |
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Bridget Baker | president, TV networks distribution | NBC Universal |
| 72 |
|
Jeanne Newman | partner | Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren & Richman |
| 73 |
|
Melanie Cook | partner | Ziffren Brittenham |
| 74 |
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Deborah Barak | executive vp business affairs | CBS Network Television Entertainment Group |
| 75 |
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Gail Berman | founder-partner | BermanBraun |
| 76 |
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Blair Kohan | partner, motion picture agent | UTA |
| 77 |
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Jana Winograde | exec vp business affairs and administration | ABC Entertainment |
| 78 |
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Beth Roberts | executive vp | NBC Universal Cable Entertainment and Universal Cable Prods. business affairs |
| 79 |
|
Suzanne Patmore Gibbs | exec vp network scripted creative | ABC Entertainment Group |
| 80 |
|
Deborah Schindler | president | Sony Pictures international motion picture production group |
| 81 |
|
Nina Shaw | partner | Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano |
| 82 |
|
Lisa Gregorian | executive vp worldwide marketing | Warner Bros. Television Group |
| 83 |
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Gale Anne Hurd | producer | |
| 84 |
|
Jane Rosenthal | producer/co-founder | Tribeca Prods. |
| 85 |
|
Vanessa Morrison | president | Fox Animation |
| 86 |
|
Karen Kehela Sherwood | co-chairman | Imagine Films |
| 87 |
|
Esther Newberg | executive vp, co-head of publications | ICM |
| 88 |
|
Kate Juergens | executive vp original series programming and development | ABC Family |
| 89 |
|
Jennifer Nicholson Salke | executive vp creative affairs | Twentieth Century Fox Television |
| 90 |
|
Evelyn O'Neill | partner | Management 360 |
| 91 |
|
JoAnn Alfano | executive vp entertainment | Lifetime Networks |
| 92 |
|
Sandra Stern | COO | Lionsgate Television |
| 93 |
|
Anne Globe | head of worldwide marketing and consumer products | DreamWorks Animation |
| 94 |
|
Debbee Klein | co-head, TV literary department | Paradigm |
| 95 |
|
Jean Prewitt | president and CEO | Independent Film and Television Alliance |
| 96 |
|
Nancy Kirkpatrick | president, worldwide marketing | Summit Entertainment |
| 97 |
|
Leslie Siebert | senior managing partner | Gersh |
| 98 |
|
Lexine Wong | senior executive vp worldwide marketing | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| 99 |
|
Linda Lichter | partner | Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler & Feldman |
| 100 |
|
Orly Adelson | president | Dick Clark Prods. |
