create the Fox Children’s Network. Kellner left there in 1993 and joined Warner Bros., helping launch a fifth broadcast network, the WB. He later became chairman-chief executive of Turner Broadcasting in 2001, overseeing TBS, CNN and TNT. Kellner retired in 2004. He also chaired Acme, a station ownership group, from its creation in 1997 until its demise in 2016. A few months before retiring, Kellner, discussing TV recording devices and DVDs, told TV critics that a decade or so earlier, “as cable spread and satellite was introduced, technology worked to the benefit of both the consumer and the business… . Now it’s becoming the enemy” (see 0401150103). Survivors include his wife, Julie Smith; a daughter, Melissa; a son, Christopher; and three grandchildren.