13 Facts About Lin Bolen

Lin Bolen was an American television executive and producer.

Lin Bolen was most noted for her role at NBC daytime television programming as the first female vice president of a TV network, a position she held from 1972 until 1976.

Lin Bolen was mentioned in Who's Who in America as a trailblazer for women in television.

Lin Bolen's father was a United Mine Workers union organizer.

Lin Bolen was appointed Vice President of Daytime Programming at NBC in 1972.

Lin Bolen developed an expanded format for Days of Our Lives and Another World, changing both to an hour-long running time.

Two pilots were produced before the network was satisfied that young women would love the show, although Lin Bolen risked being fired if the show failed.

Lin Bolen formed her own production company called Lin Bolen Productions.

One series which Lin Bolen's company produced for NBC was loosely based on her own career, taking a serious look at the men who ran network television.

In 1982, Lin Bolen was hired as head of creative affairs at InterMedia Entertainment, which was owned by Fred Silverman.

Lin Bolen's company produced the television movie The Christmas Coal Mine Miracle, starring Kurt Russell and Melissa Gilbert, which became the highest rated movie of the year for NBC.

However, in an interview with UPI in 1978, Lin Bolen had said that the Network character was nothing like her.

Lin Bolen died on January 19,2018, at a hospital in Santa Monica, California, and was survived by her son, Jordan Wendkos.