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Chuck Saftler, Top TV Acquisition Executive & FX Veteran, Leaving Disney After 32 Years

EXCLUSIVE: Chuck Saftler, one of the biggest names in TV acquisitions who helped build FX Networks, is leaving Disney after a 32-year tenure that dates back to pre-Disney merger FX, which he joined in December of 1993 as Director of…

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Chuck Saftler, a longtime TV acquisition executive who helped build FX Networks, is departing Disney after a 32‑year career that began before Disney’s acquisition of FX. He originally joined FX in December 1993 as Director of Scheduling, seven months prior to the network’s launch.

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