TNT and TBS moved to beef up their in-house production unit by shuffling three development executives into new roles. The networks announced Wednesday that Lillah McCarthy, who had been their VP of original programming, will now lead the networks’ in-house production company, TBS Original Productions, with the title of Svp. Moreover, TNT VP for development Brett Weitz has been promoted to Svp of scripted development for both nets. And Kathy Busby, who was in charge of comedy for TBS, will take on a new role as VP of TNT and TBS Original Productions, reporting to McCarthy. “With an increased emphasis on building up our in-house production arm, we needed an executive who could bring true experience and great taste to the task,” President Michael Wright, head of programming for TNT, TBS, and Turner Classic Movies, said in a statement.“Lillah McCarthy has been a powerful force behind some of our most popular original series,...
- 7/12/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Sean J. Miller)
- backstage.com
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