Exclusive: A+E Networks veteran Gena McCarthy is stepping down as EVP and Head of Programming, Lifetime Unscripted and Head of Programming. fyi, and is leaving the company after 10 years. Search is underway for her replacement.
“Gena is an exceptional person and creative executive,” said Paul Buccieri, President of A+E Networks Group. “We thank her for her leadership, and for her many lasting contributions to the company, and wish her ongoing success.”
McCarthy joined Lifetime in 2010 as SVP Reality and Alternative. She developed and produced the network’s first wave of homegrown hit reality shows following the acquisition of Project Runway, including Dance Moms, Bring It!, Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition, Project Runway All-Stars, Preachers’ Daughters, and The Week the Women Went. She also managed ongoing production of Project Runway.
In 2013, McCarthy moved to A+E’s Bio as content chief ahead of the network’s transformation into lifestyle brand fyi 10 months later.
“Gena is an exceptional person and creative executive,” said Paul Buccieri, President of A+E Networks Group. “We thank her for her leadership, and for her many lasting contributions to the company, and wish her ongoing success.”
McCarthy joined Lifetime in 2010 as SVP Reality and Alternative. She developed and produced the network’s first wave of homegrown hit reality shows following the acquisition of Project Runway, including Dance Moms, Bring It!, Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition, Project Runway All-Stars, Preachers’ Daughters, and The Week the Women Went. She also managed ongoing production of Project Runway.
In 2013, McCarthy moved to A+E’s Bio as content chief ahead of the network’s transformation into lifestyle brand fyi 10 months later.
- 2/17/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The Lifetime reality show "Preachers' Daughters" was clearly created for the viewing audience to witness rebellious pastors' daughters in action, and Taylor Coleman has not disappointed in Season 2.
Exhibit A: Zap2it's exclusive sneak peek at the show's Season 2 premiere, in which Coleman brings home a copy of her racy new music video to play for her parents -- and a bunch of congregation members, since they're in the middle of a church meeting.
"Even though the congregation might think my music video is too sexy for a preacher's daughter, they need to know that I'm grown now and it's okay for me to be sexy," Coleman says.
Guess how they react? Yeah, not well. One member asks if that's how Coleman wants to project herself to the world, while her father, Ken, describes it as "nasty." Says her mom, Marie, "This is not a video that the preacher's daughter should be making.
Exhibit A: Zap2it's exclusive sneak peek at the show's Season 2 premiere, in which Coleman brings home a copy of her racy new music video to play for her parents -- and a bunch of congregation members, since they're in the middle of a church meeting.
"Even though the congregation might think my music video is too sexy for a preacher's daughter, they need to know that I'm grown now and it's okay for me to be sexy," Coleman says.
Guess how they react? Yeah, not well. One member asks if that's how Coleman wants to project herself to the world, while her father, Ken, describes it as "nasty." Says her mom, Marie, "This is not a video that the preacher's daughter should be making.
- 3/5/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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