Bonnie Hammer

Bonnie Hammer is the Chairman of NBCUniversal Cable, overseeing cable brands including USA, SyFy, E!, Bravo, Oxygen, Esquire Network, Sprout, TV One, Chiller and Cloo. She was Vice President of Original Programming at the Sci-Fi Channel when FTL Newsfeed was broadcast.

Biography
Born in 1950, Hammer graduated from Boston University College of Communication in 1971; she also earned a master's degree in Media Technology from the University's School of Education in 1975. She is married with two children.

Career
Hammer began her career in television at WGBH, the public television station in Boston, followed by a time as an original programming executive at Lifetime Television Network.

In 1989 she joined Universal Television as a programming executive and became president of The Sci-Fi Channel in 2001. In 2004 Universal merged with NBC and Hammer became president of USA Network as well as Sci-Fi. During the six years she presided over Sci-Fi, the channel's audience doubled.

In March 2008, Hammer became head of the new studio Universal Cable Productions and took over the leadership of the digital networks Cloo, Chiller and Universal HD. She assumed responsibility for E!, G4 and Wilshire Studios in 2011 and launched Esquire Network in 2013.

Hammer has received numerous accolades and awards and repeatedly features on lists of influential businesswomen, including Fortune's "50 Most Powerful Women" and Forbes' "World’s 100 Most Powerful Women".