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Paul Lee Makes Executive Changes: John Saade To Head Alternative, Vicki Dummer To Run Current, Patrick Moran Upped At Studio

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday June 17, 2011 @ 12:15pm PDTTags: ABC, ABC Studios, Patrick Moran, Paul Lee
Nellie Andreeva

ABC Entertainment Group president Paul Lee has made his expected post-upfront move, reshuffling the executive teams at the network and the studio, with promotions/new roles for John Saade, Vicki Dummer, Patrick Moran, Amy Hartwick and Lynn Barrie.

After months of speculations that Lee won’t keep ABC’s dual leadership structure of the alternative department with the contracts of co-heads John Saade and Vicki Dummer coming up, Lee is indeed going go for a single head of the department. But unlike the last summer changes in the marketing department where one of the co-heads, Mike Benson, stepped down, both Saade and Dummer will be staying at ABC. John Saade, former SVP Alternative Series and Specials & Late-Night, is being promoted to EVP Alternative Series & Late Night Programming, overseeing solo all of ABC’s primetime alternative/reality series and Jimmy Kimmel Live. This is the title Saade and Dummer’s predecessor Andrea Wong held before leaving for Lifetime. READ MORE »

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ABC & ABC Studios Tap Development VPs

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 25, 2010 @ 8:35am PDTTags: ABC, ABC Development, ABC Studios, ABC Studios Development, Lynn Barrie, Patrick Moran, TV
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Following her brief stint as head of programming for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, Jamila Hunter is returning to the broadcast side as VP comedy development for ABC. Meanwhile, Tracy Underwood has joined ABC Studios as VP drama development. Hunter will report to ABC SVP comedy Samie Kim Falvey; Underwood to ABC Studios SVP drama Patrick Moran. The hires appear to be a result from the restructuring to restore the network and the studio’s current departments, which ABC started just before president Steve McPherson’s sudden departure. ABC’s VP comedy Lynn Barrie was tapped to lead the network’s current department, and ABC Studios’ VP drama Stephanie Leifer took over current at the studio, creating vacancies in the 2 development departments. Read More »

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Former 20th TV Drama Topper Moran Joins ABC Studios As New Head Of Drama

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday July 19, 2010 @ 4:50pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox TV, ABC Studios, Breakout Kings, Chaos, Jennifer Nicholson Salke, Josh Barry, Lone Star, Patrick Moran, Ride-Along, Studios
Nellie Andreeva

PatrickMoranEXCLUSIVE: Former 20th Century Fox TV SVP drama Patrick Moran has been tapped as new head of drama at ABC Studios. He will replace Josh Barry, who is stepping down from his post after a year. Barry, a 10-year ABC/ABC Studios … Read More »

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