Longtime TV Consultant and Recruiter Is Stepping Aside, Not Down

Stuart F. Sucherman shuns interviews and is not widely known outside the clubby world of the television industry. Yet for several decades, he has had a deep influence on what viewers have seen on their television screens.

Both recruiter and consultant, Sucherman -- and his company, the Sucherman Consulting Group -- has helped networks like ABC and NBC navigate some of their most vexing problems. Sucherman is preparing to become chairman of Sucherman Consulting on Jan. 1 and turn the chief executive post over to Erik Sorenson, the chief operating officer. Sorenson is the former executive producer of the “CBS Evening News” and former president of MSNBC.

(Dec 1)