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The CW veteran Kevin Levy is stepping down from his role as EVP, Program Planning, Scheduling and Acquisitions on August 1.
A CW original who joined the network at launch in 2006, Levy was promoted to his most recent role in 2018.
A 25-year scheduling veteran, Levy was named SVP Program Planning and Scheduling for the CW in 2014. He joined as Director of Program Planning and Scheduling and was promoted to VP in 2007. His key acquisitions for the net included Penn & Tell: Fool Us and adventure series The Outpost. Levy transitioned to the CW from Upn, where he began his television career in 1998 as an assistant in the scheduling department. During his tenure there he helped launch shows such as America’s Next Top Model, Veronica Mars and Everybody Hates Chris.
As EVP, Levy oversees the strategic planning and scheduling of all network programming and is responsible for the acquisitions of movies, specials and series.
A CW original who joined the network at launch in 2006, Levy was promoted to his most recent role in 2018.
A 25-year scheduling veteran, Levy was named SVP Program Planning and Scheduling for the CW in 2014. He joined as Director of Program Planning and Scheduling and was promoted to VP in 2007. His key acquisitions for the net included Penn & Tell: Fool Us and adventure series The Outpost. Levy transitioned to the CW from Upn, where he began his television career in 1998 as an assistant in the scheduling department. During his tenure there he helped launch shows such as America’s Next Top Model, Veronica Mars and Everybody Hates Chris.
As EVP, Levy oversees the strategic planning and scheduling of all network programming and is responsible for the acquisitions of movies, specials and series.
- 6/27/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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Exclusive: As the dust has settled on the wave of layoffs that hit the CW on Tuesday, we are hearing more names of senior executives in multiple areas who were impacted.
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The list includes the CW’s EVP Distribution Betty Ellen Berlamino. Her exit was indirectly confirmed by Nexstar’s announcement yesterday morning that Google’s Rebekah Dopp is joining the network as EVP of distribution, strategy and affiliate relations. The CW’s affiliate relations team also took a hit, we hear.
The broadcaster may be taking the route a number of cable networks have taken of not...
Related Story The CW Names Brad Schwartz As President, Entertainment Related Story The CW Floats 1M An Episode License Fee For Drama Series As Studios Wait For Clarity On New Business Model Related Story 'The Winchesters' & 'Walker: Independence' Get No Back Orders As CW Cutbacks Continue, No Decision On Season 2
The list includes the CW’s EVP Distribution Betty Ellen Berlamino. Her exit was indirectly confirmed by Nexstar’s announcement yesterday morning that Google’s Rebekah Dopp is joining the network as EVP of distribution, strategy and affiliate relations. The CW’s affiliate relations team also took a hit, we hear.
The broadcaster may be taking the route a number of cable networks have taken of not...
- 11/2/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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The CW’s “Magnificent” Saturday mornings will continue. The network and Litton Entertainment have extended their deal for One Magnificent Morning, the teen-targeted three-hour reality block.
Launched in 2014, the current Magnificent lineup includes Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild, This Old House: Trade School, Best Friends Furever and Tails of Valor. See the summer schedule below.
“We are committed to continuing to serve our youngest viewers with educational content that showcases positive role models and strong values,” said Betty Ellen Berlamino, EVP Distribution at the CW. “By extending our long-standing partnership with Litton, we look forward to continuing to build on our mutual success for our affiliates and advertisers.”
Said Dave Morgan, Litton’s president and CEO: “The CW has been the perfect partner to bring inspirational stories to teens and their families every week via our One Magnificent Morning block. We are excited to continue our mission together to entertain,...
Launched in 2014, the current Magnificent lineup includes Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild, This Old House: Trade School, Best Friends Furever and Tails of Valor. See the summer schedule below.
“We are committed to continuing to serve our youngest viewers with educational content that showcases positive role models and strong values,” said Betty Ellen Berlamino, EVP Distribution at the CW. “By extending our long-standing partnership with Litton, we look forward to continuing to build on our mutual success for our affiliates and advertisers.”
Said Dave Morgan, Litton’s president and CEO: “The CW has been the perfect partner to bring inspirational stories to teens and their families every week via our One Magnificent Morning block. We are excited to continue our mission together to entertain,...
- 7/1/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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Just in time for the unveiling of its 2021-22 schedule next week, the CW has secured its largest affiliate group for the next season and beyond. The broadcast network and Nexstar Media Group (as well as its operating partners) have reached multi-year agreements to renew CW affiliations in 37 markets across the country (28 Nexstar- and 9 partner-owned television stations), which cover more than 31% of the U.S. audience, serving more than 38 million television households. The deal includes five top-10 market affiliates: Wpix-tv in New York City, Ktla-tv in Los Angeles, Kdaf-tv in Dallas, Kiah-tv in Houston, and Wdcw-tv in Washington, D.C.
This is the CW’s first affiliate agreement with Nexstar, which has had CW stations for awhile, since the company in 2019 acquired the previous top CW affiliate group, Tribune, including the flagship stations in New York and Los Angeles. That acquisition happened during Tribune’s most recent five-year affiliate agreement with the CW,...
This is the CW’s first affiliate agreement with Nexstar, which has had CW stations for awhile, since the company in 2019 acquired the previous top CW affiliate group, Tribune, including the flagship stations in New York and Los Angeles. That acquisition happened during Tribune’s most recent five-year affiliate agreement with the CW,...
- 5/20/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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CW and Nexstar have set a long-term renewal of their affiliation agreement, securing the network’s broadcast distribution in 37 markets with the nation’s largest TV station owner.
The deal covers Nexstar’s Wpix-tv New York and Ktla-tv Los Angeles, in addition to other top 10 markets such as Kdaf-tv Dallas and Kiah-tv Houston. In all, Nexstar’s CW affiliates reach more than 38 million TV households representing about 31% of all U.S. TV homes. The renewal comes on the heels of CW unveiling a plan to expand to a full seven-night primetime schedule for the first time in the network’s nearly 15-year history.
“As the nation’s largest CW affiliate group, Nexstar is very pleased to extend its longstanding relationship with the network,” said Tom Carter, Nexstar’s president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer. “The CW’s line-up of prime-time entertainment shows, coupled with Nexstar’s highly-rated local...
The deal covers Nexstar’s Wpix-tv New York and Ktla-tv Los Angeles, in addition to other top 10 markets such as Kdaf-tv Dallas and Kiah-tv Houston. In all, Nexstar’s CW affiliates reach more than 38 million TV households representing about 31% of all U.S. TV homes. The renewal comes on the heels of CW unveiling a plan to expand to a full seven-night primetime schedule for the first time in the network’s nearly 15-year history.
“As the nation’s largest CW affiliate group, Nexstar is very pleased to extend its longstanding relationship with the network,” said Tom Carter, Nexstar’s president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer. “The CW’s line-up of prime-time entertainment shows, coupled with Nexstar’s highly-rated local...
- 5/20/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
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The CW is aiming to go where few broadcasters dare travel these days: Saturday nights. The netlet plans to add a two-hour Saturday primetime block to its schedule this fall, programming a full seven nights a week for the first time in its 15-year history.
The CW chairman/CEO Mark Pedowitz announced the expansion on Thursday. The additional two hours will bump The CW’s programming output up to 14 hours a week.
Saturdays will launch on Oct. 2 with night one of the “iHeartRadio Music Festival,” which airs at 8 p.m. Et. The CW will announce its regular Saturday programming line-up when it reveals its fall 2021 schedule on May 25.
“Becoming a seven-night-a-week network has been a long-standing goal for everyone here at The CW,” said Rob Tuck, executive vice president, national sales for The CW. “In an extremely tight broadcast environment, the ability to expand our primetime by two more hours...
The CW chairman/CEO Mark Pedowitz announced the expansion on Thursday. The additional two hours will bump The CW’s programming output up to 14 hours a week.
Saturdays will launch on Oct. 2 with night one of the “iHeartRadio Music Festival,” which airs at 8 p.m. Et. The CW will announce its regular Saturday programming line-up when it reveals its fall 2021 schedule on May 25.
“Becoming a seven-night-a-week network has been a long-standing goal for everyone here at The CW,” said Rob Tuck, executive vice president, national sales for The CW. “In an extremely tight broadcast environment, the ability to expand our primetime by two more hours...
- 5/13/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
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The CW Network is becoming a full seven-day-a-week broadcast network. The net, co-owned by WarnerMedia and ViacomCBS, is expanding its primetime schedule to include Saturday next season.
This will mark the first time even that the CW has programmed seven nights a week over its entire 27-year history, going back predecessors the WB and Upn. Starting with the 2021-22 season, CW will air 14 hours of primetime programming a week (8 Pm – 10 Pm Monday-Sunday), just one fewer than Fox.
However Fox, like the other Big 4 broadcast networks, does not run any original entertainment programming on Saturdays, a one-time top night of broadcast viewing that has largely been abandoned in the past two decades to become home of sports, repeats and newsmagazines.
Meanwhile, the CW does plan to have originals on Saturday, starting with its first Saturday of primetime programming on October 2, 2021, night one of iHeartRadio Music Festival (8:00-10:00 Pm). Night two of the festival,...
This will mark the first time even that the CW has programmed seven nights a week over its entire 27-year history, going back predecessors the WB and Upn. Starting with the 2021-22 season, CW will air 14 hours of primetime programming a week (8 Pm – 10 Pm Monday-Sunday), just one fewer than Fox.
However Fox, like the other Big 4 broadcast networks, does not run any original entertainment programming on Saturdays, a one-time top night of broadcast viewing that has largely been abandoned in the past two decades to become home of sports, repeats and newsmagazines.
Meanwhile, the CW does plan to have originals on Saturday, starting with its first Saturday of primetime programming on October 2, 2021, night one of iHeartRadio Music Festival (8:00-10:00 Pm). Night two of the festival,...
- 5/13/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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The CW is set to expand its primetime programming schedule to include Saturday nights next season, the network announced Thursday.
The move comes three years after the network resumed programming on Sundays, making it a full seven-day-a-week broadcast network for the first time in its history. Saturday programming will kick off in October with the start of the 2021-22 TV season. In exchange for the new hours, The CW will return the 3-4 p.m. weekday afternoon block to its affiliate stations.
The network will air primetime programming for two hours a night between 8 and 10 p.m. Et/Pt, for a total of 14 hours across the week. The move brings The CW closer in total weekly hours to the other broadcast networks, with ABC, NBC and CBS all programming 22 hours a week, and Fox programming 15 hours a week.
The first program set to air in The CW’s Saturday slot...
The move comes three years after the network resumed programming on Sundays, making it a full seven-day-a-week broadcast network for the first time in its history. Saturday programming will kick off in October with the start of the 2021-22 TV season. In exchange for the new hours, The CW will return the 3-4 p.m. weekday afternoon block to its affiliate stations.
The network will air primetime programming for two hours a night between 8 and 10 p.m. Et/Pt, for a total of 14 hours across the week. The move brings The CW closer in total weekly hours to the other broadcast networks, with ABC, NBC and CBS all programming 22 hours a week, and Fox programming 15 hours a week.
The first program set to air in The CW’s Saturday slot...
- 5/13/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
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