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Five weeks after joining NBCUniversal, Susan Rovner has put her stamp on the company's TV and streaming division by setting her programming leadership team. The main takeaways from the reshuffle, which Rovner shared via an internal memo, are Lisa Katz becoming President of Scripted Content and Rovner splitting the…

NBC’s heads of drama and comedy, Lisa Katz and Tracey Pakosta, have been elevated to Co-Presidents, Scripted Programming for NBC Entertainment. The move, which had been expected, follows the departure of entertainment president Jennifer Salke who last week was named new head of Amazon Studios. Under the new…

Respected drama development executive Lisa Katz is joining NBC as EVP, Drama Development. She takes the reins of NBC’s drama development department from Pearlena Igbokwe, who was recently promoted to President of Universal Television Studios. Katz comes from 20th Century Fox TV where she most recently served as SVP…

Two high-level development executives at 20th Century Fox TV, SVP of drama development Lisa Katz and SVP comedy development Dana Honor, will be leaving the studio at the end of their current contracts in July. Both opted not to enter new contracts. Katz and Honor — both well respected in the Hollywood community — are…

20th Century Fox TV has pinned SVP stripes on two development VPs: Dana Honor has been promoted to SVP Comedy Development, and Lisa Katz has been upped to SVP Drama Development. Honor continues to report to Jonathan Davis, recently promoted himself to EVP Comedy Development and Animation. Katz reports to SVP Drama…