As part of the broad WarnerMedia restructuring Warner Bros. Television Group Chairman Peter Roth is consolidating the studio’s scripted and unscripted television production operations. On the scripted side, Warner Bros. Television and cable/streaming unit Warner Horizon Scripted TV are being consolidated under Warner Bros. Television Presidents Susan Rovner and Brett Paul.They will continue overseeing all scripted programming, reporting to Roth.
Clancy Collins White has been elevated to a newly created position and will now have day-to-day oversight of all scripted program development for the new Warner Bros. Television, reporting to Rovner. She previously served as Executive Vice President, Drama Development, Warner Bros. Television.
Leigh London Redman has been tapped to lead drama development, and will supervise the efforts of the newly combined drama team. She previously served as Executive Vice President, Scripted Programming, at Warner Horizon Television.
Adrienne Turner will continue to run comedy development and will oversee the comedy team. She continues to serve as Senior Vice President & Head of Comedy Development, Warner Bros. Television.
Odetta Watkins, Executive Vice President, Current Programming, Premium Cable and On-Demand/Streaming Series, and Maddy Horne, Executive Vice President, Current Programming, Network Series, will continue in their respective roles and will continue to manage all creative aspects of on-going scripted series produced by the Studio.
Continuing in their current positions at Warner Bros. Television and overseeing newly combined teams are Adam Glick, Executive Vice President, Business Affairs; Sue Palladino, Executive Vice President, Production; and Jody Zucker, Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs.
The consolidation is resulting in layoffs as redundancy, mostly in backlot operations, such as business affairs and finance, are being combined
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