Veteran current executive Jeffrey Glaser will be leaving Sony Pictures Television Studios where he has served as EVP of Current Programming. Marie Jacobson, who has been co-leading the current programming department with Glaser since November, will become sole head following his June departure. The announcement was made by Spts President Katherine Pope in an internal memo.
“After a 30+ year career in entertainment, Jeffrey had been considering a change and determined that now felt like the right time to begin a new chapter,” Pope said in her note (You can read it in full below) “Jeffrey has been an incredibly valuable member of our team and will be greatly missed, but I know we all will fully support his decision.”
This marks the latest senior executive change since Pope took over last summer. She has been establishing her executive team, which has resulted in a number of exits as well as new hires and promotions.
“After a 30+ year career in entertainment, Jeffrey had been considering a change and determined that now felt like the right time to begin a new chapter,” Pope said in her note (You can read it in full below) “Jeffrey has been an incredibly valuable member of our team and will be greatly missed, but I know we all will fully support his decision.”
This marks the latest senior executive change since Pope took over last summer. She has been establishing her executive team, which has resulted in a number of exits as well as new hires and promotions.
- 4/17/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sony Pictures Television (Spt) is kicking off its 2023 Diverse Writers Program giving 10 participants the opportunity to link up with industry professionals in a four-week course.
“Our mission is to produce content that is undeniably entertaining and, most importantly, reflective of the world around us. A crucial part of that is having a continuous pipeline of talented emerging creators,” said Jeffrey Glaser and Marie Jacobson, Co-Heads of Current Programming, Sony Pictures Television. “We are firmly committed to identifying and developing a diverse roster of talent and look forward to our creative departments working alongside this new class of writers.”
At the end of the training portion of the program, participants will meet with Spt showrunners, producers, development and current executives and be considered for potential staffing opportunities on US productions.
See the list of participants that were chosen for this year’s class:
• Aeden O’Connor
• ApurupA
• Cameron Ali Fay...
“Our mission is to produce content that is undeniably entertaining and, most importantly, reflective of the world around us. A crucial part of that is having a continuous pipeline of talented emerging creators,” said Jeffrey Glaser and Marie Jacobson, Co-Heads of Current Programming, Sony Pictures Television. “We are firmly committed to identifying and developing a diverse roster of talent and look forward to our creative departments working alongside this new class of writers.”
At the end of the training portion of the program, participants will meet with Spt showrunners, producers, development and current executives and be considered for potential staffing opportunities on US productions.
See the list of participants that were chosen for this year’s class:
• Aeden O’Connor
• ApurupA
• Cameron Ali Fay...
- 2/22/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: New Sony Pictures Television President Katherine Pope has made several hires and promotions as she continues to build her executive team.
Lauren Miller and Craig Kurland are joining the studios as Heads of Business Affairs, effective today.
Miller previously worked with Pope at Spectrum Originals as Head of Business Affairs and Strategic Planning, and at Studio 8 as SVP, Business & Legal Affairs. Kurland was most recently Head of Business Affairs at Quibi and has network/studio BA experience from his stints at Fox Broadcasting Co., Twentieth Century Fox and NBC Universal Television.
The two succeed Karen Tatevosian, who exited as EVP and Head of BA in the executive shakeup at the studio last month when Pope made her first personnel moves.
“Both are respected leaders, with a breadth of experience across platforms, studios, international co-productions, and short-form content, and I couldn’t be more confident that they will help...
Lauren Miller and Craig Kurland are joining the studios as Heads of Business Affairs, effective today.
Miller previously worked with Pope at Spectrum Originals as Head of Business Affairs and Strategic Planning, and at Studio 8 as SVP, Business & Legal Affairs. Kurland was most recently Head of Business Affairs at Quibi and has network/studio BA experience from his stints at Fox Broadcasting Co., Twentieth Century Fox and NBC Universal Television.
The two succeed Karen Tatevosian, who exited as EVP and Head of BA in the executive shakeup at the studio last month when Pope made her first personnel moves.
“Both are respected leaders, with a breadth of experience across platforms, studios, international co-productions, and short-form content, and I couldn’t be more confident that they will help...
- 12/5/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Wendy Baxter, Sony’s Svp International Development and Current Programming, has moved from Asia back to the Us to join Sony Pictures TV’s current department Svp, Scripted Programming.
She will be based at Sony’s Culver City headquarters and will report to Spt’s head of current, Jeffrey Glaser, Evp, Scripted Programming. She will work alongside fellow current department SVPs, Jordan Feiner and John Westphal in Los Angles and Jen Turner in New York, shepherding Spt’s slate of current scripted series.
Baxter, who has spent the majority of her 24-year career at Spt, has been one of the key members of the studio’s international production team, most recently overseeing Spt’s push into scripted content in Asia with the Chinese action-drama series Chosen and focusing on developing locally-based Korean series.
She previously oversaw the development of multiple international adaptations of Sony TV formats, including The Nanny, Married…...
She will be based at Sony’s Culver City headquarters and will report to Spt’s head of current, Jeffrey Glaser, Evp, Scripted Programming. She will work alongside fellow current department SVPs, Jordan Feiner and John Westphal in Los Angles and Jen Turner in New York, shepherding Spt’s slate of current scripted series.
Baxter, who has spent the majority of her 24-year career at Spt, has been one of the key members of the studio’s international production team, most recently overseeing Spt’s push into scripted content in Asia with the Chinese action-drama series Chosen and focusing on developing locally-based Korean series.
She previously oversaw the development of multiple international adaptations of Sony TV formats, including The Nanny, Married…...
- 9/6/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sony Pictures Television has begun accepting applications for its sixth annual Diverse Directors Program, which is part of Spt’s overall strategy to identify and engage emerging talent from a wide range of backgrounds.
Up to 15 semi-finalists will be selected from as many as 300 participate in the Diverse Directors Program’s episodic directing workshop consisting of evenings of discussion and instruction from working directors, production personnel and entertainment professionals. Finalists then will be to shadow television directors on various Spt series.
“One of the best ways for programming to reflect the true, diverse experiences of our viewers is to have diversity behind the camera as well,” said Jeffrey Glaser, Evp Scripted Programming. “Over the years, our Diverse Directors Program has given a platform to talent that has historically been underrepresented. We’re looking forward to ushering in another class of talented directors.”
Last year’s finalists worked on Spt series including Schooled,...
Up to 15 semi-finalists will be selected from as many as 300 participate in the Diverse Directors Program’s episodic directing workshop consisting of evenings of discussion and instruction from working directors, production personnel and entertainment professionals. Finalists then will be to shadow television directors on various Spt series.
“One of the best ways for programming to reflect the true, diverse experiences of our viewers is to have diversity behind the camera as well,” said Jeffrey Glaser, Evp Scripted Programming. “Over the years, our Diverse Directors Program has given a platform to talent that has historically been underrepresented. We’re looking forward to ushering in another class of talented directors.”
Last year’s finalists worked on Spt series including Schooled,...
- 6/17/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
It was a little stressful and down to the wire as all of Sony Pictures TV’s new series pickups and some of its renewals did not close until the weekend before the upfronts, but the indie studio ultimately saw four of its six pilots picked up, drama For Life and comedy United We Fall at ABC and drama Lincoln and comedy Indebted at NBC. Excluding straight-to-series orders, that is the studio’s strongest conversion ratio in almost a decade.
Additionally, Sony TV saw all of its broadcast scripted series get renewed; its broadcast tally, including scripted and unscripted series, is 11 series on ABC, NBC and CBS.
That is with the studio, which last year did not get a new broadcast series but landed a series order for its NBC pilot La’s Finest at Spectrum, scaling back on broadcast development, developing about 50% fewer scripts with a targeted approach.
Sony Pictures...
Additionally, Sony TV saw all of its broadcast scripted series get renewed; its broadcast tally, including scripted and unscripted series, is 11 series on ABC, NBC and CBS.
That is with the studio, which last year did not get a new broadcast series but landed a series order for its NBC pilot La’s Finest at Spectrum, scaling back on broadcast development, developing about 50% fewer scripts with a targeted approach.
Sony Pictures...
- 5/13/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with semifinalists, 10:15 Am: Sony Pictures Television has announced the 15 semifinalists in its 2018 Diverse Directors Program. The shortlisted folks for fifth annual initiative are Amir Farhang, Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul, Darien Sills-Evans, James Sims, Jeannette Godoy, Kim Nguyen, Leena Pendharkar, Lynda Reiss, Maria Burton, Mel Rodriguez III, Nora Kirkpatrick, Ryan Richmond, Stephanie Martin, Tiffanie Hsu and X. Dean Lim.
Previous Exclusive, June 18: Sony Pictures Television has begun accepting applications for its fifth annual Diverse Directors Program, aimed at providing opportunities to talented artists of diverse backgrounds.
Fifteen semi-finalists will participate in the Diverse Directors Program’s episodic directing workshop consisting of six evenings of discussion and instruction from working directors, production personnel and entertainment professionals. About five finalists will then be chosen to work closely with established TV directors on episodes of hour and half-hour scripted Spt series. Last year’s program finalists worked on such shows as The Blacklist,...
Previous Exclusive, June 18: Sony Pictures Television has begun accepting applications for its fifth annual Diverse Directors Program, aimed at providing opportunities to talented artists of diverse backgrounds.
Fifteen semi-finalists will participate in the Diverse Directors Program’s episodic directing workshop consisting of six evenings of discussion and instruction from working directors, production personnel and entertainment professionals. About five finalists will then be chosen to work closely with established TV directors on episodes of hour and half-hour scripted Spt series. Last year’s program finalists worked on such shows as The Blacklist,...
- 11/13/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Jeffrey Glaser is replacing Kim Rozenfeld as head of current programming at Sony Pictures Television Studios. Glaser starts Sept. 5, and Rozenfeld is leaving at the end of August. The company’s internal memo is below. “Today we are announcing that Jeffrey Glaser will join Sony Pictures Television Studios (Spts) as executive vice president, U.S. current programming, overseeing the studio’s on-air series. Jeffrey will replace Kim Rozenfeld, who will be leaving Spts at the end of the month. Jeffrey will start September 5th and report to Chris and Jason. “With over 20 years of experience in this space, Jeffrey is...
- 8/17/2017
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Wrap
Jeffrey Glaser, 20th Century Fox TV's former longtime current programming chief, is joining Sony Pictures TV Studios as head of current, effective September 5. He will replace Sony TV’s Evp Current Programming Kim Rozenfeld, who will leave the company when his contract is up at the end of the month. No one is commenting, but I hear Rozenfeld is in negotiations for a job at Apple, where he would rejoin his former Sony TV bosses, Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht. Glaser’s…...
- 8/17/2017
- Deadline TV
Twentieth Century Fox Television has promoted executives Jennifer Carreras to Vice President, Comedy Development and Mandy Summers to VP of Current Programming. Additionally, former “Glamour” editor Jen Weinberg has joined the studio as Vice President, Talent Relations and Events. Carreras reports to Executive Vice President of Development, Michael Thorn; Summers reports to the Evp of Current Programming, Jeffrey Glaser. Weinberg will report to Chris Alexander, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications and Publicity. Also read: Culver Studios’ New Owners Plan Expansion, Not Condo Conversion Carreras recently served as director of Comedy Development. She joined Twentieth Century Fox TV in July 2007 as assistant to Chairman.
- 3/7/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Former Nikita co-executive producer Albert Kim has signed a two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV. The pact, which has an option for a third year, marks Kim’s first overall deal. Under the agreement, Kim will work on 20th TV’s upcoming Fox adventure series Hieroglyph and will later join the second season of the studio’s breakout Fox drama Sleepy Hollow as a co-executive producer. He also will develop. “This was highly sought after,” said 20th president of creative affairs Johnny Davis of the deal. “We build shows around a voice, and Albert has a very specific voice; his writing is compelling and an adrenaline rush.” Related: 20th Century Fox TV’s Head Of Current Jeffrey Glaser Upped To Evp Kim, who developed a legal thriller pilot at the CW this season, spent four seasons on the CW/Wbtv spy drama Nikita, writing/co-writing a number of key episodes,...
- 2/19/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Jeffrey Glaser has been promoted to executive vice president of current programming at 20th Century Fox Television. Glaser has served as the senior vice president of current programming for the studio since 2003, when the department was created with Glaser at the helm. He has overseen series maintenance of such shows as “Modern Family,” “Glee,” “New Girl” and “How I Met Your Mother.” Also read: 20th Century Fox TV Names Jonathan Davis President, Creative Affairs “Jeffrey has led our current programming team for many years, and has done a spectacular job keeping our shows creatively strong and vibrant, helping to earn them.
- 2/10/2014
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
20th Century Fox TV continues to dole out promotions to its top executive under chairmen/CEOs Dana Walden and Gary Newman. Following the recent elevation of Jonathan Davis to President, Creative Affairs, félicitations are in order for one of his new direct reports, 20th TV’s long-time head of current programming Jeffrey Glaser. (More on his French connection later.) Glaser, who had served as Svp of Current Programming for 20th TV since 2003, when Walden and Newman created the department with him at the helm, has been upped to Evp. “Jeffrey has led our current programming team for many years, and has done a spectacular job keeping our shows creatively strong and vibrant, helping to earn them well-deserved renewals year after year,” Davis said. Over the years, Glaser has overseen such series for 20th TV as Modern Family, Glee, New Girl, American Horror Story, Raising Hope, How I Met Your Mother,...
- 2/10/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
20th Century Fox Television's newly minted president of creative affairs Jonnie Davis has promoted studio vet Jeffrey Glaser to executive vp current programming. The appointment comes just one week after the studio put Davis in the newly created role. Glaser, who has served as senior vp current programming since 2003, will now report directly to Davis. Story: 20th Century Fox Television Names Jonathan Davis President of Creative Affairs, Ups Michael Thorn to Exec VP "Jeffrey has led our current programming team for many years and has done a spectacular job keeping our shows creatively strong and vibrant, helping to earn them well-
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- 2/10/2014
- by Michael O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Carolyn Cassidy has been promoted to Svp Comedy Development and Steven Sicherman has been upped to Svp Current Programming. Cassidy has been VP Comedy Series since 2009 and Sicherman has served as Director Comedy Series since 2001. Cassidy reports to Jonathan Davis, Evp Comedy Development and Animation, and Sicherman to Jeffrey Glaser, Svp Current Programming. Their promotions are effective immediately. Cassidy has shepherded the development of Fbc’s New Girl, ABC’s Last Man Standing and CBS’ new series, The Crazy Ones. She oversees a roster of producers, writers and directors for the studio including The Chernin Company, 21 Laps/Adelstein, Jake Kasdan, Jenny Bicks, Cindy Chupack, Kay Cannon, Corrigan & Walsh and Yuspa & Goldsmith. Sicherman has worked on dozens of hit series at 20th including CBS’ How I Met Your Mother, Still Standing and Yes, Dear, FX’S American Horror Story, Arrested Development (both Fox and Netflix versions), Fbc’s Glee, Raising Hope,...
- 9/30/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
20th Century Fox TV continues the executive realignment of its development teams with the appointment of Dana Shelburne as vp comedy development and Steve Sicherman as vp current programming.
The moves come on the heels of the elevation of Jennifer Nicholson Salke to executive vp creative affairs, overseeing drama and comedy development, as well as the tapping of senior vp Patrick Moran as head of the drama department and Jonathan Davis as senior vp and head of the comedy department (HR 1/16).
Shelburne, who was vp current programming, will now report to Davis.
She recently oversaw "Journeyman", "Shark" and "The Unit" and has worked on "Drive", "Standoff", "The Loop" as well as "The Simple Life: Till Death Do Us Part."
Sicherman, who most recently was vp drama development, will report to current department head Jeffrey Glaser. Sicherman most recently helped develop the "The Oaks" and "Blue Blood" as well as last season's pilot "Babylon Fields".
Before joining drama development, he worked as vp current programming, where he oversaw "Arrested Development", "Bernie Mac", "Reba" and "Still Standing".
The moves come on the heels of the elevation of Jennifer Nicholson Salke to executive vp creative affairs, overseeing drama and comedy development, as well as the tapping of senior vp Patrick Moran as head of the drama department and Jonathan Davis as senior vp and head of the comedy department (HR 1/16).
Shelburne, who was vp current programming, will now report to Davis.
She recently oversaw "Journeyman", "Shark" and "The Unit" and has worked on "Drive", "Standoff", "The Loop" as well as "The Simple Life: Till Death Do Us Part."
Sicherman, who most recently was vp drama development, will report to current department head Jeffrey Glaser. Sicherman most recently helped develop the "The Oaks" and "Blue Blood" as well as last season's pilot "Babylon Fields".
Before joining drama development, he worked as vp current programming, where he oversaw "Arrested Development", "Bernie Mac", "Reba" and "Still Standing".
- 2/22/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Reba supervising producers Patti Carr and Lara Runnels have signed a two-year overall deal with the show's producer, 20th Century Fox TV. Under the seven-figure pact, which has an option for a third year, Carr and Runnels will continue on the WB Network comedy as co-executive producers next season while developing other half-hour projects for the studio. Based on their positive experience on Reba, where they have worked since the show's inception, and a meeting with 20th TV senior vp comedy Brad Johnson and senior vp current programming Jeffrey Glaser, the duo decided to ally with the studio for their first overall deal.
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