With the company eliminating his position as Senior EVP of Programming, where he had overseen daytime dramas “Days of our Lives” and “The Young and the Restless” since 2007, veteran Sony Pictures Television executive Steve Kent will be transitioning to become executive in charge of production at “The Young and the Restless.”
According to Deadline, which first reported Kent’s new role, other members of the Sony production team will take over his former responsibilities going forward. In related news, the outlet also reported that another Sony executive, Nina Lederman, would be exiting the company amid a production slowdown impacting Hollywood following last year’s monthslong dual strikes. Lederman, who joined Sony as the head of global scripted development and programming in 2018, will exit the company next month.
News of Kent’s exit was first reported last month by Soap Opera Digest, who at the time noted Kent’s last day...
According to Deadline, which first reported Kent’s new role, other members of the Sony production team will take over his former responsibilities going forward. In related news, the outlet also reported that another Sony executive, Nina Lederman, would be exiting the company amid a production slowdown impacting Hollywood following last year’s monthslong dual strikes. Lederman, who joined Sony as the head of global scripted development and programming in 2018, will exit the company next month.
News of Kent’s exit was first reported last month by Soap Opera Digest, who at the time noted Kent’s last day...
- 5/3/2024
- by Errol Lewis
- Soap Opera Network
Exclusive: Veteran Sony Pictures Television (Spt) executive Steve Kent is leaving his role to focus solely on The Young and the Restless.
Deadline has confirmed that Kent will no longer be Senior EVP of Programming but will become executive in charge of production on CBS’ 50-year-old daytime soap.
He has been overseeing daytime dramas The Young And The Restless and Days of Our Lives since 2007, along with being in charge of development and production of original local language productions such as Outlander, Nikola and As If as well as scripted and unscripted formats like Dragons’ Den.
Spt’s Senior EVP Programming role is being eliminated and Kent’s responsibilities will be covered by other members of the Spt production team going forward, we are told. He is the second senior exec we have revealed to be leaving their role in the past week. Global scripted boss Nina Lederman is exiting...
Deadline has confirmed that Kent will no longer be Senior EVP of Programming but will become executive in charge of production on CBS’ 50-year-old daytime soap.
He has been overseeing daytime dramas The Young And The Restless and Days of Our Lives since 2007, along with being in charge of development and production of original local language productions such as Outlander, Nikola and As If as well as scripted and unscripted formats like Dragons’ Den.
Spt’s Senior EVP Programming role is being eliminated and Kent’s responsibilities will be covered by other members of the Spt production team going forward, we are told. He is the second senior exec we have revealed to be leaving their role in the past week. Global scripted boss Nina Lederman is exiting...
- 5/3/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
COLOGNE, Germany -- Are "House", "CSI: Miami", "Monk" and "Desperate Housewives" a threat to the German TV industry? That seems to be the opinion of several local politicians who are calling for a quota for homemade series on German primetime.
"A quota for German series could preserve our TV production industry," Erwin Ruddel, a media spokesman for the conservative CDU told German tabloid Bild Zeitung in a story published Wednesday. "The Germany industry shouldn't get a raw deal."
A quota to keep U.S. series out might seem extreme, but things are starting to look dire for German TV producers. Five years ago, German series dominated primetime. The low-budget hospital drama "Nikola" on commercial channel RTL outperformed "ER" in the ratings by a factor of two or three.
Then came "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives". Then came "CSI". Then came "House". The recent renaissance in U.S. series has driven German shows off the schedule. Across the main commercial networks, there is only one German-made series in primetime: RTL's long-running Autobahn cops show "Alarm for Cobra 11".
While German commercial broadcasters are still producing plenty of shows, they now tend to be low-budget reality or local-language knockoffs of international formats such as "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" and "American Idol".
German parliamentarian and former TV journalist Reinhard Grindel of the CDU is pushing German channels to introduce a voluntary quota of homemade series.
"A quota for German series could preserve our TV production industry," Erwin Ruddel, a media spokesman for the conservative CDU told German tabloid Bild Zeitung in a story published Wednesday. "The Germany industry shouldn't get a raw deal."
A quota to keep U.S. series out might seem extreme, but things are starting to look dire for German TV producers. Five years ago, German series dominated primetime. The low-budget hospital drama "Nikola" on commercial channel RTL outperformed "ER" in the ratings by a factor of two or three.
Then came "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives". Then came "CSI". Then came "House". The recent renaissance in U.S. series has driven German shows off the schedule. Across the main commercial networks, there is only one German-made series in primetime: RTL's long-running Autobahn cops show "Alarm for Cobra 11".
While German commercial broadcasters are still producing plenty of shows, they now tend to be low-budget reality or local-language knockoffs of international formats such as "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" and "American Idol".
German parliamentarian and former TV journalist Reinhard Grindel of the CDU is pushing German channels to introduce a voluntary quota of homemade series.
- 10/18/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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