AMC Networks has promoted and expanded the responsibilities of seven key members of its scripted programming group, including Ben Haigh, Josh Sizer, Jack Glascott, Alexis Greer, Noel Manzano, Corey Schmalzle and Samantha Perelman.
All were key in expanding the company’s original programming, especially when it comes to the Anne Rice immortal universe and “The Walking Dead” expanded universe. They were also instrumental on upcoming series such as “Monsieur Spade,” “Parish” and “Orphan Black: Echoes.”
Ben Haigh and Josh Sizer have been promoted to senior vice president of programming. Together, they will oversee domestic scripted programming and will report to Ben Davis, the current executive vice president of programming for AMC Networks and AMC Studios. Davis first joined the company nearly 20 years ago.
Haigh and Sizer were key in expanding the network’s scripted programming offerings, specifically across the Anne Rice immortal universe and “The Walking Dead” expanded universe, and...
All were key in expanding the company’s original programming, especially when it comes to the Anne Rice immortal universe and “The Walking Dead” expanded universe. They were also instrumental on upcoming series such as “Monsieur Spade,” “Parish” and “Orphan Black: Echoes.”
Ben Haigh and Josh Sizer have been promoted to senior vice president of programming. Together, they will oversee domestic scripted programming and will report to Ben Davis, the current executive vice president of programming for AMC Networks and AMC Studios. Davis first joined the company nearly 20 years ago.
Haigh and Sizer were key in expanding the network’s scripted programming offerings, specifically across the Anne Rice immortal universe and “The Walking Dead” expanded universe, and...
- 1/3/2024
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Exclusive: AMC Networks has kicked off the new year with a slew of scripted promotions.
The company has upped seven executives across its scripted programming group, which is responsible for shows including The Walking Dead universe, the Anne Rice Immortal universe and Dark Winds.
Ben Haigh and Josh Sizer, who oversee the company’s domestic scripted programming area, have been promoted to SVP, Programming. They report to EVP, Programming Ben Davis. In addition to the aforementioned shows, they also work on Apple’s AMC Studios-produced Silo and Parish, AMC’s Giancarlo Esposito-fronted remake of The Driver.
Haigh joined AMC Networks in 2020, after positions at Shore Z Productions and Columbia Pictures, while Sizer also joined AMC Networks in 2020, after positions at DreamCrew, HBO, WME.
Haigh and Sizer’s team includes Jack Glascott, who has been promoted to VP, Domestic Scripted Programming, Alexis Greer, who has been upped to Director,...
The company has upped seven executives across its scripted programming group, which is responsible for shows including The Walking Dead universe, the Anne Rice Immortal universe and Dark Winds.
Ben Haigh and Josh Sizer, who oversee the company’s domestic scripted programming area, have been promoted to SVP, Programming. They report to EVP, Programming Ben Davis. In addition to the aforementioned shows, they also work on Apple’s AMC Studios-produced Silo and Parish, AMC’s Giancarlo Esposito-fronted remake of The Driver.
Haigh joined AMC Networks in 2020, after positions at Shore Z Productions and Columbia Pictures, while Sizer also joined AMC Networks in 2020, after positions at DreamCrew, HBO, WME.
Haigh and Sizer’s team includes Jack Glascott, who has been promoted to VP, Domestic Scripted Programming, Alexis Greer, who has been upped to Director,...
- 1/3/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated: Shonda Rhimes is among the many paying tribute to Suzanne Patmore Gibbs, the head of Sony Pictures TV’s TriStar Television, who died suddenly at the age of 50.
Patmore Gibbs was passionate about providing more opportunities for female showrunners and directors and was regarded as a champion of distinctive writers and as an executive who nurtured younger and less experienced TV writers. Rhimes was one of those newcomers in the early 2000s. In a tweet, Rhimes wrote Patmore Gibbs was the first exec to say “maybe Shonda could write a TV show” and noted “she fought like hell to get us the chance to make the Grey’s Anatomy pilot. No way to describe this loss.”
Director Paris Barclay, Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Krista Vernoff and more also are remembering Patmore Gibbs. A selection of tweets follows below.
She was my very first champion at ABC Studios, the first...
Patmore Gibbs was passionate about providing more opportunities for female showrunners and directors and was regarded as a champion of distinctive writers and as an executive who nurtured younger and less experienced TV writers. Rhimes was one of those newcomers in the early 2000s. In a tweet, Rhimes wrote Patmore Gibbs was the first exec to say “maybe Shonda could write a TV show” and noted “she fought like hell to get us the chance to make the Grey’s Anatomy pilot. No way to describe this loss.”
Director Paris Barclay, Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Krista Vernoff and more also are remembering Patmore Gibbs. A selection of tweets follows below.
She was my very first champion at ABC Studios, the first...
- 3/29/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
She was the first TV executive to champion Shonda Rhimes as a series creator. She was “a class act” and “a brilliant executive” in the view of those who worked with Suzanne Patmore Gibbs during her tenures at ABC and Sony Pictures TV.
Many in the TV industry expressed shock at news of the death of Patmore Gibbs, the head of Sony’s TriStar Television banner who died suddenly on Thursday morning. She was 50.
Rhimes, director Paris Barclay and others took to social media to pay tribute to the executive who championed series ranging from “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “Desperate Housewives” to “The Blacklist,” “Masters of Sex,” “Good Girls Revolt,” and “Lost.”
She was my very first champion at ABC Studios, the first exec to say "maybe Shonda could write a TV show." Then she fought like hell to get us the chance to make the Grey's Anatomy pilot.
Many in the TV industry expressed shock at news of the death of Patmore Gibbs, the head of Sony’s TriStar Television banner who died suddenly on Thursday morning. She was 50.
Rhimes, director Paris Barclay and others took to social media to pay tribute to the executive who championed series ranging from “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “Desperate Housewives” to “The Blacklist,” “Masters of Sex,” “Good Girls Revolt,” and “Lost.”
She was my very first champion at ABC Studios, the first exec to say "maybe Shonda could write a TV show." Then she fought like hell to get us the chance to make the Grey's Anatomy pilot.
- 3/29/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
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