TMC
03-21-2011, 02:34 PM
Deadline's (http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/mark-pedowitz-poised-to-get-top-cw-job/) TV writer Nellie Andreeva is reporting that the CW may have already found a replacement for departing president Dawn Ostroff.
Veteran TV executive-turned-producer Mark Pedowitz is expected to succeed departing CW entertainment president Dawn Ostroff as head of the network. Word is that Pedowitz, who spent 19 years at Disney-ABC, including serving as president of ABC Studios for five years, has been identified as the person for the job by the two entities that co-own the CW: CBS and Warner Bros. Additionally, the CW's EVP drama development, Thom Sherman, is expected to get a larger creative role, possibly also overseeing unscripted programming.
No deal with Pedowitz is in place yet but making one would not be a problem as Pedowitz is already in the Warner Bros fold -- his Pine Street Entertainment is based at Warner Bros TV with a first-look deal. Pedowitz is said to be very close with Warner Bros TV Group president Bruce Rosenblum who, along with CBS' Nancy Tellem, led the search for a new CW topper.
Veteran TV executive-turned-producer Mark Pedowitz is expected to succeed departing CW entertainment president Dawn Ostroff as head of the network. Word is that Pedowitz, who spent 19 years at Disney-ABC, including serving as president of ABC Studios for five years, has been identified as the person for the job by the two entities that co-own the CW: CBS and Warner Bros. Additionally, the CW's EVP drama development, Thom Sherman, is expected to get a larger creative role, possibly also overseeing unscripted programming.
No deal with Pedowitz is in place yet but making one would not be a problem as Pedowitz is already in the Warner Bros fold -- his Pine Street Entertainment is based at Warner Bros TV with a first-look deal. Pedowitz is said to be very close with Warner Bros TV Group president Bruce Rosenblum who, along with CBS' Nancy Tellem, led the search for a new CW topper.