This former programming wunderkind took some licks as the Fox network's first programming head, then bounced back as executive producer of "Ricki Lake", the syndicated talk show that was second to "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in the daytime derby for three years. Garth Ancier has seemed singularly focused and devoted to television, while earning the potential epitaph: "He built networks."Raised in Princeton, NJ (where he also attended college), Ancier was a teenager when he began working as a radio reporter for WBUD-AM and WBJH-FM in nearby Trenton, NJ. Both were NBC affiliates and the
milestones
Year
Milestone
Raised in Princeton, New Jersey
1972
First worked in broadcasting as radio reporter and producer at NBC radio affiliates in Trenton, NJ; created the series "American Focus"
1979
Joined NBC as assistant to Brandon Tartikoff
1983
Named vice president of current comedy, NBC Entertainment
1986
Joined fledgling Fox Network as senior vice president; appointed president in 1987
