Jim Samples is best known as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of TNT Latin America and Cartoon Network Latin America from 2000 to 2001, the General Manager and Executive Vice President of Cartoon Network from 2001 to 2007, the President of HGTV from 2007 to 2011, the President of Scripps Networks International since 2011, and the President of the Management Board at TVN Group from 2016 to 2018.
13 Facts About Jim Samples
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From 1989 to 1993, Samples was a relationship manager, international examination department vice president, and manager at NationsBank.
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Jim Samples spent nearly fourteen years with Turner Broadcasting System in various leadership capacities spanning affiliate sales, marketing, programming and digital media.
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Jim Samples started his career at Turner in international business development in 1993 and then became the President of Turner International Argentina, based in Buenos Aires, the following year.
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In 2000, Jim Samples became Senior Vice President and General Manager of TNT Latin America and Cartoon Network Latin America, serving as such until 2001.
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Jim Samples is credited with the rollout and launch of Adult Swim, the leading late-night network for young men in the United States, and joined forces with 20th Century Fox to put Family Guy back into production as the anchor for the Adult Swim line-up.
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Jim Samples resigned from Cartoon Network on February 9,2007, following a bomb scare in Boston caused by packages left around the city that were part of an outdoor marketing campaign promoting the Adult Swim series Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
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Jim Samples made the decision "in recognition of the gravity of the situation that occurred under my watch", and with the "hope that my decision allows us to put this chapter behind us and get back to our mission of delivering unrivaled original animated entertainment for consumers of all ages".
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Jim Samples was appointed President of HGTV in 2007 and served as such until 2011.
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Since 2011, Jim Samples has served as President of Scripps Networks International.
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In July 2016, in addition to overseeing SNI's international division, Jim Samples was appointed TVN's new President of the Management Board, and was confirmed the company's CEO in 2017.
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In 2018, Jim Samples was replaced as President of the Management Board by Piotr Korycki, with Jim Samples moving to the companies' supervisory board.
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Jim Samples sits on the boards of the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and Presbyterian College.