At the moment, Warner Bros. Discovery introduced that Kathleen Finch is retiring as chairman and CEO, US Networks, after 25 years with the corporate. She shall be changed by Channing Dungey, Warner Bros. Tv Group chairman and CEO.
Amongst Finch’s duties at Warner Bros. Discovery, the manager oversaw animation cable networks Grownup Swim and Cartoon Community in addition to TNT and TBS.
“There is no one better at developing captivating content, compelling talent, and meaningful lifestyle brands than Kathleen, who has been my partner as we built our premier entertainment networks at Discovery and created Warner Bros. Discovery as an unscripted powerhouse,” CEO David Zaslav in a press release. “While I understand her long-standing decision to retire, I will certainly miss her, as will the entire company, which has benefited from her unmatched collaboration and unique understanding of what our audiences crave.”
In a press release, Finch mirrored on her profession, together with shifting from Scripps to Discovery alongside the way in which.
“I began my journey at the fledgling Food Network and am so proud to have helped turn it into a cable powerhouse, and then to lead the team developing some of the most addictive unscripted franchises across HGTV and TLC, creating household names out of chefs and house flippers, and capturing the cultural conversation with real-life stories,” Finch mentioned. “The greatest joy, and the part I will miss the most, is the incredible people with whom I get to work every day.”
Finch additionally threw assist behind Dungey as her successor, saying that the manager’s management would have “many successes to come.”
Dungey, ADWEEK’s 2024 TV Govt of the 12 months, turned chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Tv Group in 2020, making her one of many premier Black executives main the cost within the tv trade. Previous to that, she was president of ABC’s Leisure Group and vp of unique content material at Netflix.
In 2023, she revitalized the long-running Bachelor franchise with the hit sequence The Golden Bachelor. Excluding sports activities, that sequence ended up changing into the No. 2 leisure sequence, scripted or unscripted, on community tv in the important thing demos.
“Channing is an unparalleled creative executive who has shepherded countless award-winning hit shows,” Zaslav added. “She has the ideal expertise and experience—as a content developer, platform programmer, and network executive—to lead the US Networks.”
