Studio system

November 28, 2007 When Bridget Baker, president of NBC Universal Television Network Distribution, had her third child, she realized that she and her husband were officially outnumbered. For Baker and many working parents, the on-the-lot child care offered by the major studios allows them to balance the demands of two of the most challenging jobs out there: mother and executive. "The primary goal was to give (employees) a personal service or a perk or a benefit that would allow them to be able to focus on work and give them a convenience at the same time -- to give them some comfort that (their children) were going to get quality care," says Kesa Tsuda, the head of human resources at Sony.

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