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EXCLUSIVE There have been a handful of exits of Netflix executives from different areas related to kids and family programming, I have learned. I hear the layoffs took place over the past two to three weeks. Five people were impacted. The list includes Jenna Boyd, Director, Kids & Family Original Series; Jill Stewart…

EXCLUSIVE: Samantha Graham, who joined CBS News in 2016 as executive director of communications, has been promoted to vice president. Graham has primarily focused on CBS This Morning and CBS This Morning: Saturday. CBS has sought to differentiate its morning show from Today and Good Morning America by emphasizing news…

EXCLUSIVE: Former The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik is reuniting with the studio behind the long-running hit comedy series, signing a multi-faceted deal with Warner Bros. TV Group. It includes an exclusive two-year pod deal for Bialik’s newly launched production company, Sad Clown Productions, and a talent holding…

Nickelodeon has hired a pair of execs to run its studio model business, producing content for longform movie content and SVOD services. Angelique Yen joins as SVP Physical Production, Nickelodeon Movies, and Eddie Gamarra is VP Studio Business Development for Nickelodeon. Yen is charged with overseeing production all…

EXCLUSIVE: Jamila Hunter is eying a return to NBCUniversal. I hear that Hunter is leaving Kenya Barris' Netflix-based Khalabo Ink Society after less than a year for a new opportunity and has been in conversations for a top programming job at NBCUniversal’s upcoming ad-supported streaming service and potential Netflix…

Paramount Television has added a trio of executives: Brian Segna as SVP Development and Kate Gill and Nicole Harjo as VPs of the division. "I am thrilled by the addition of these three incredible executives to our stable,” said Jenna Santoianni, EVP and Head of Development at the studio, to whom they will report…

Ryan Murphy has named longtime associate Alexis Martin Woodall as president of his Netflix-based company, Ryan Murphy Productions, effective immediately. She will manage Murphy's production company while remaining hands-on executive producer on all of RMP's TV series as well as a producer on all the company's…

Nithya Raman, the executive director of Time’s Up Entertainment, is leaving the organization, a week after she announced she was running for Los Angeles City Council. Time’s Up interim CEO Rebecca Goldman confirmed the news Thursday and said film producer and PR veteran Ngoc Nguyen will take over Raman’s role on an…

During a town hall with employees Wednesday, Viacom CEO Bob Bakish praised workers for their “hard work turning around Viacom” and promised to keep them informed about the merger with CBS, attendees said. Viacom and CBS formally announced their long-awaited, $30 billion, all-stock combination on Tuesday. Bakish spoke…

Participant Media has promoted Jeannine Tang to General Counsel, where she will be tasked with overseeing all business and legal affairs for the production company behind Netflix’s Roma and When They See Us and Oscar Best Picture winners Spotlight and Green Book. Tang, who joined Participant in January 2018 as SVP…

AMC Networks continues to consolidate its operations under Sarah Barnett. The latest move is integrating AMC Studios into the company’s Entertainment Networks Group. It is triggering the departure of David Madden, who will exit as President of Programming for the Entertainment Networks Group and AMC Studios later this…

The fact that CBS-owned Showtime revealed at the end of last month that it was developing a U.S. version of Paramount TV and Viacom International Studio's Argentinean comedy 100 Days To Fall In Love is undoubtedly a coincidence, but it also sums up what the two companies need to do globally following the long-awaited…