Last year’s Disney Entertainment Television layoffs were accompanied by a consolidation of the production operations across multiple divisions under Carol Turner. Alongside the staff reductions across the company last week, Det’s Head of Casting Sharon Klein has streamlined her oversight with fewer direct reports and increased/new responsibilities for several of her lieutenants.

For a couple of years, Disney TV Studios’ 20th Television and ABC Signature have been attracting industry attention with the will-they-won’t-they intrigue surrounding a potential merger. There are still no current plans to combine the units into one studio though by now, only their programming teams have remained independent, with the rest of the operations, including BA and production, getting consolidated.

Casting is the latest, with 20th TV Head of Casting Stephanie Levinson continuing in her role and now also adding ABC Signature to her purview. The latter’s Head of Casting Dylann Gunning will report to her.