Day 1 of Disney’s second wave of layoffs is impacting ABC and Freeform’s senior programming ranks and Disney Television Studios’ music operations.
Respected development executive Julie Jarmon, in her second stint at Freeform as SVP development, is departing, with development and current consolidated under Jamila Hunter, EVP of original programming and development.
Stacey Adams, ABC’s SVP, Current Programming, who has been leading the network’s drama current team, is departing. Head of drama Brianna Bennett, who has been spearheading development, will now also take over current. (ABC head of comedy Erin Wehrenberg already has been handling both development and current).
Over the past couple of decades, networks have gone multiple times back-and-forth between having standalone current programming departments and combining them with development.
20th Television and ABC Signature’s music departments are being...
Respected development executive Julie Jarmon, in her second stint at Freeform as SVP development, is departing, with development and current consolidated under Jamila Hunter, EVP of original programming and development.
Stacey Adams, ABC’s SVP, Current Programming, who has been leading the network’s drama current team, is departing. Head of drama Brianna Bennett, who has been spearheading development, will now also take over current. (ABC head of comedy Erin Wehrenberg already has been handling both development and current).
Over the past couple of decades, networks have gone multiple times back-and-forth between having standalone current programming departments and combining them with development.
20th Television and ABC Signature’s music departments are being...
- 4/24/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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