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EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has group its tv BA activity successful nan aftermath of dressed up business executive Sandra Stern stepping down arsenic Vice Chairman of Lionsgate Television Group pinch nan promotion of Keith Warren, a 12-year institution veteran, to EVP.
While not a replacement for Stern who had a wide scope of top-level responsibilities, Warren will service arsenic Head of Television Business Affairs. In his expanded role, he will beryllium overseeing business affairs for nan Television Group, negotiating talent, web and co-production agreements crossed its slate of scripted series.
Reporting to Lionsgate Television Chair & Chief Creative Officer Kevin Beggs, White will activity intimately pinch EVP & Head of Development Scott Herbst and EVP & Head of Current Programming Lee Hollin.
The assignment comes 2 years aft White was promoted to SVP, Television Business Affairs. He will proceed to collaborate pinch nan 2 elder executives successful nan department, EVPs Ashley Morales and Dan Hadl.
Warren supervises business affairs for The Rookie franchise connected ABC — astir precocious overseeing negotiations for nan Season 9 renewal of nan mothership and nan bid order for spinoff The Rookie: North — arsenic good arsenic Ghosts, for which he closed a two-season pickup astatine CBS past year. Additionally, he leads BA for the Power franchise, including upcoming offshoots Power: Origins and Power: Legacy, and precocious closed a bid order for The Interrogator astatine Fox.
“Keith is simply a highly strategical executive who has played a cardinal domiciled successful orchestrating our astir important bid deals,” Beggs said. “He is profoundly respected and exceptionally good liked by our network, streaming and cablegram partners, arsenic good arsenic by colleagues crossed nan company. His activity and expertise will beryllium instrumental arsenic we proceed to grow our premium scripted slate.”
Over nan past year, Lionsgate Television has secured renewals for 12 of its 13 existent scripted series. That includes respective breakout freshman bid that will return for 2nd seasons, Apple TV’s Emmy-winning The Studio, Netflix’s The Hunting Wives, USA Network’s The Rainmaker and MGM+’s Robin Hood.
“I’m incredibly excited to measurement into this domiciled during a play of continued momentum for Lionsgate Television,” Warren said. “I look guardant to partnering pinch Kevin, Scott, and Lee and to continuing to activity intimately pinch Dan and Ashley. I’m besides profoundly grateful to Sandra Stern – nan champion successful nan business – whose mentorship and guidance person been invaluable passim my career.”
