Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Warner Bros. Television Announces Executive Appointments for Development and Current Programming Departments

Warner Bros. Television today announced a series of Nip/Tuck DVDexecutive appointments and promotions in its development and current programming departments, including the Queer As Folk DVD of Clancy Collins White to Senior Vice President, Six Feet Under DVD, and Stephanie Groves to Senior Vice President, Current South Park DVD. These appointments complete the formation of the division’s new creative management structure. The announcements were made today by Peter Roth, Numb3rs DVD, Warner Bros. Television.

Collins White will spearhead Numb3rs DVD set’s day-to-day efforts to create new one-hour, dramatic Nip/Tuck DVD set series programming. She reports to Queer As Folk DVD set, Executive Vice President, Development.

Groves reports to Melinda Hage, Executive Six Feet Under DVD set, Current Programming, and will work closely with her on the South Park DVD set management of creative affairs for on-going primetime series produced by WBTV.

“We have tremendous strength throughout the executive Numb3rs DVD boxset at our company, and I am pleased to announce these very deserving new appointments and promotions which reward the Nip/Tuck DVD boxset and accomplishments of this outstanding team,” said Roth.

On the drama development side, Queer As Folk DVD boxset has promoted Lisa Roos to Vice President, Drama Development, and has named Matthew King Vice President, Six Feet Under DVD boxset. Roos previously served as Director, South Park DVD boxset, while King joins WBTV after having previously been Vice President of Television at director/producer Numb3rs seasons 1-5 DVD boxset’s Wonderland Sound and Vision. Both Roos and King will report to Collins White.

In comedy development, Adrienne Turner – who most recently was Vice President, Current Nip/Tuck seasons 1-5 DVD boxset – has joined the development team as Vice President, Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset, reporting to Erin Gough Wehrenberg, Senior Vice President, Comedy Development.

In the current programming ranks, Six Feet Under seasons 1-5 DVD boxset has been promoted to Vice President, Current Programming, from Director. And Christopher Mack has been promoted to South Park seasons 1-12 DVD boxset, Warner Bros. Writers’ Workshop, from Director of the Workshop, where he will continue to oversee the Numb3rs DVD’s efforts to identify new writing talent for its comedy and drama series. Both Watkins and Mack report to Hage.

Prior to her promotion, Collins White had served as Vice President, Nip/Tuck DVD, since 2007. During this time, she helped develop programs such as “Queer As Folk DVD” and the upcoming “Six Feet Under DVD” from Jerry Bruckheimer Television (JBTV). Previously, she was Vice President, Current, Programming, South Park DVD, for three years, working on a number of series, including the JBTV series “Numb3rs DVD set” “Nip/Tuck DVD set” and “Queer As Folk DVD set” as well as “Six Feet Under DVD set” among others. Before joining WBTV, Collins White was Senior Vice President, South Park DVD set, MGM Worldwide Television Group, after having been Vice President, Development, Paramount Domestic Television. She also held development positions at New Numb3rs DVD boxset Television, Four Point Entertainment and Wilshire Court Productions.

A 12-year veteran of WBTV, Groves most recently served as Vice President, Nip/Tuck DVD boxset, since 2007, after having been promoted from Director and, prior to that, Manager. During her tenure at WBTV, she has overseen day-to-day creative affairs on “Queer As Folk DVD boxset,” “Six Feet Under DVD boxset,” “South Park DVD boxset,” “Numb3rs DVD boxset” and more.

Turner started at WBTV in production before joining the Numb3rs seasons 1-5 DVD boxset team in 1999 as Manager, then earning promotions to Director and Vice President prior to moving now into Development. During her time at Nip/Tuck seasons 1-5 DVD boxset, Turner has managed current programming for series such as “Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset,” “Six Feet Under seasons 1-5 DVD boxset,” “South Park seasons 1-12 DVD boxset” and “Numb3rs DVD,” among others.

Roos joined WBTV in 2001, working in creative affairs before then being named Manager and, then, Director,Nip/Tuck DVD. While at the Studio, she has been involved in the development of “The Queer As Folk DVD” and “Six Feet Under DVD,” as well as the upcoming “South Park DVD,” among others. Roos began her professional career at the talent and literary agency Innovative Artists.

Numb3rs DVD set previously worked for two years at Wonderland Sound and Vision, the production company of director/producer McG, where he was involved in the creative affairs of series such as “Nip/Tuck DVD set” and “Queer As Folk DVD set,” the “Six Feet Under DVD set” pilot, original digital production “South Park DVD set” and more. Before Wonderland, King was Manager of Development, U.S. & UK Operations, Caryn Mandabach Productions for three years. Previously, he worked in development for both Nik Powell – at the Numb3rs DVD boxset and Television School in the UK – and writer/director Justin Kerrigan. He began his entertainment career at International Creative Management in London.

Watkins joined WBTV in 2002 as Director, Current Programming, and has managed current programming on “Nip/Tuck DVD boxset,” “Queer As Folk DVD boxset,” “Six Feet Under DVD boxset” and “South Park DVD boxset,”among others. Before coming to WBTV, Watkins was Director, TNT Original Series, at Turner Broadcasting, after having been Manager. She previously worked in the Numb3rs seasons 1-5 DVD boxset department at CBS Productions and the current programming department at the FOX Broadcasting Company.

Mack has been with WBTV since 2005. Prior to joining the Nip/Tuck seasons 1-5 DVD boxset, he was an independent writer-producer through his Seemack Productions, involved in the writing and production of multiple hours of primetime series television, including stints as a staff writer on “Queer As Folk seasons 1-5 DVD boxset” and story editor on “Six Feet Under seasons 1-5 DVD boxset,” among others. Before that, Mack worked at NBC Entertainment as Manager, Primetime Series Programs.

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