Career
She began her career in the entertainment industry at the age of 15 as an on-air personality for national children"s network, Radio AAHS (1994) where she hosted a daily afternoon talk show. Soon she began producing What"s Up with Evan Roberts? for a then 13-year-old Evan Roberts, who would eventually become the youngest afternoon talent for New York sports station WFAN. In 2001 she joined the start up team of XM Satellite Radio where she produced the talk channel BabbleOn 167 for young adults. Angelica piloted the national afterschool Media Smart Youth" program with Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson (2004).
In 2010 she joined Columbia Broadcasting System as VP of Daytime Programming, overseeing the launch of the Network"s first daytime talk show, The Talk.
In February 2012 Angelica was upped to SVP and became Network television"s youngest Head of Daytime. In 2012, she was featured on THR"s Next General 2012 list as one of Hollywood"s fastest rising stars and appeared in Variety as a Daytime Impact Nominee.
During McDaniel"s rookie year as Head of Daytime, Columbia Broadcasting System nabbed 51 Daytime Emmy nominations and 21 wins, more than any other network. McDaniel was named Executive Vice President, Daytime Programs and Syndicated Program Development, Columbia Broadcasting System Entertainment and Columbia Broadcasting System Television Distribution in March 2015.
She reports to Nina Tassler, Chairman, Columbia Broadcasting System Entertainment and Armando Nuñez, President and Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Broadcasting System Global Distribution Group.
In this newly created role, McDaniel continues to oversee Columbia Broadcasting System Network"s top-rated lineup in the day-part (daytime dramas THE Young AND THE RESTLESS and BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, game shows THE Price Instruction Section THE RIGHT and LET"South MAKE A DEAL, and the entertainment talk show THE TALK), as well as development for all new first-run programming at Columbia Broadcasting System Television Distribution (CTD), the industry"s leading domestic syndication company. She is also in charge of developing new series across all traditional and new genres of programming for the syndication marketplace. McDaniel also oversaw the 2013-2014 season rebranding of Columbia Broadcasting System"s Saturday morning programming block to “The Columbia Broadcasting System Dream Team, lieutenant"s Epic!,” a three-hour Federal Communication Commission educational/informational compliant programming block of six high-definition half-hours with a pro-social message targeted to viewers 13 to 16 years old and appealing to viewers of all ages.
