Ancier Resurfaces at BBC

Garth Ancier, who, as Fox's programming chief when the network was launched in 1987, introduced such shows as Married ... With Children and The Simpsons, and later went on to head programming for the now defunct WB network, has been named the BBC's president of U.S. operations. Among his responsibilities will be overseeing the BBC America cable channel and the BBC's production unit in Los Angeles, which developed ABC's hit Dancing With the Stars.