One of Jimmy Kimmel's bosses Ben Sherwood Co-Chairman of Disney Media Networks, and the President of Disney-ABC Television Group
Ben Sherwood (ABC President) and Elizabeth Sherwood (Obama’s Special Adviser)
Ben Sherwood has been affiliated with network news for nearly three decades, serving as a producer of ABC News’ Primetime, a producer of NBC’s Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, executive producer of ABC’s Good Morning America, and President of ABC News in New York. Sherwood no longer holds that last position, having moved up in January 2015 to become the President of Disney-ABC Television Group and Co-Chairman of Disney Media Networks. (((Ben Sherwood’s sister, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, has served as the Special Assistant to the President Obama))) and Senior Director for European Affairs, as the Coordinator for Defense Policy, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Arms Control, and (currently) as the United States Deputy Secretary of Energy for the Obama administration.