Since taking over Masterpiece Theatre and MYSTERY! in 1985, Rebecca Eaton has shepherded such high-profile miniseries as House of Cards, Prime Suspect, Moll Flanders, Inspector Morse, Touching Evil, David Copperfield, and Wives & Daughters, and has accrued a host of accolades, including 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, six International Emmy Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, a Golden Globe, and two Academy Award nominations for the ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre co-production, Mrs. Brown.

Her instinct to keep branching out -- with more contemporary stories, innovative scheduling, theatrical distribution, The American Collection, and the new American MYSTERY! specials -- has won ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre and MYSTERY! a new and more diverse audience while maintaining the loyalty of their committed core of classic fiction, drama, and mystery fans.

An alumna of Vassar College, Eaton was a science radio producer for the BBC World Service before coming to WGBH, where she began in arts radio and later produced television documentaries on subjects ranging from business to sports to dance to drama.