Meanwhile, if she does merge 20th Century Fox TV and ABC Studios, besides figuring out the new management structure, Walden would have to decide the new studio branding, and how it might communicate the amount of product the studio will aim to produce in-house vs. for other outlets.Once the 21st Century Fox acquisition is complete, Disney will hold a 60 percent stake in the streaming service. Walden and Dungey worked together in the past, but with Walden as the seller (as head of 20th Century Fox TV) and Dungey as the buyer (ABC runs 20th shows including “Modern Family” and “Fresh Off the Boat”), in addition to being competitors. Given its high-caliber original programming (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), on par with FX-style content, there has been some speculation that Landgraf might add some Hulu responsibilities to his oversight. What does Walden want out of Dungey? He will work alongside Disney’s Kevin Mayer, Chairman, Direct-to-Consumer and International, and Bob Chapek, Chairman of Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products.Reporting to Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO Bob Iger, Rice will oversee the ABC network, ABC Studios, the ABC Owned TV Stations Group, Disney Channels, Freeform, 20th Century Fox Television, FX Networks and FX Productions, Fox 21 Television Studios, and the National Geographic channels.
The appointments, led by Rice and Walden, signify a total takeover by Fox of Disney’s TV assets which will now be run by Fox executives.Joining Walden at Disney will be 20th Century Fox TV: President of creative affairs Jonnie Davis and President Business Operations Howard Kurtzman as well as Fox 21 TV Studios president Bert Salke.
Tom Staggs was seen as the likely candidate, but he was pushed out in 2015. Landgraf and Knell will continue to lead their network groups as they migrate from Fox to Disney. )Landgraf is expected to bring in his core team who have been together for more than a decade. Today’s announcement was originally expected last Monday but was ultimately postponed by a week.In part in anticipation of the expansion with the Fox acquisition, Disney in March reorganized its operations, adding to the portfolios of Mayer and Chapek, dividing the company’s operations into three big areas, distribution, led by Mayer, experiences, led by Chapek, and content.Rice and Mayer both have been rising star executives at Fox and Disney, respectively, so it is logical for them to be considered potential successors to Iger.“I love making television and have been fortunate to work with incredibly talented executives and storytellers,” Rice said. Disney’s new streaming service, reportedly to be called “Disney Play,” also continues to apparently operate under a separate plane, under Ricky Strauss.Reports have suggested that as many as 5,000 positions will be eliminated in TV and film, from both Disney and Fox, once the deal is done and redundancies are identified. Here’s what to keep an eye on in the coming months:Walden will have oversight over several divisions, including studios, the Freeform network and the ABC-owned TV stations group.
That means Walden has a surplus of studio execs in her arsenal, and that doesn’t even include Fox 21 Television studios president Bert Salke, who has his own portfolio of programming. For the time being, the two studios and their executive teams are expected to remain relatively intact and operate as different labels under one umbrella as indicated by Rice’s title.Reporting to Rice will be Walden, who has been named Chairman, Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment; Landgraf, Chairman of FX Networks and FX Productions; Knell, Chairman of National Geographic Partners; Gary Marsh, President and Chief Creative Officer, Disney Channels Worldwide; and James Goldston, President, ABC News.Walden will oversee the combined TV mega studio, comprised of 20th Century Fox TV and ABC Studios, as well as ABC, Freeform and the ABC Owned & Operated stations. They will work alongside ABC Studios president Patrick Moran.Reporting to Walden in the new structure will be Channing Dungey, President, ABC Entertainment; Moran, President, ABC Studios; Davis and Kurtzman, Presidents of 20th Century Fox TV; Bert Salke, President, Fox 21 TV Studios; Tom Ascheim, President, Freeform; and Wendy McMahon, President, ABC Owned TV Stations Group.While the leaderships of the 20th TV and ABC Studios remain intact for the moment, it is still clear that there will be layoffs, including executive departures, in the combined TV studio operations. Has he finally found his proper successor? In the meantime, Iger has continued to extend his contract at Disney, which he will now lead through December 2021. That’s made for an adversarial situation, but now they’re on the same team.
Disney's ABC News sacks senior executive over allegedly racist comments ... Disney executive Peter Rice told staff in an email which ABC shared with Reuters. Fox execs Peter Rice and Dana Walden will join Disney after acquisition deal is completed Published: Oct. 8, 2018 at 1:24 p.m.
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