Channing Dungey has been named Chairman of Warner Bros. Television Group, succeeding Peter Roth, who recently announced his departure from the studio after 22 years.
Earlier this month, Dungey announced the news that she had stepped down as VP Original Content and head of drama at Netflix. She had been at Netflix for just 20 months.
Dungey supervised a sizable chunk of the Netflix’s drama lineup, including Octavia Spencer’s Self Made: Inspired By The Life of Madam CJ Walker, Hilary Swank’s Away, and two upcoming series from Shonda Rhimes: romantic period drama Bridgerton, and a drama inspired by the life of con woman Anna Delvey, according to Deadline.
Dungey has also served a President of ABC Entertainment, becoming the first Black executive to run one of the Big Four networks’ entertainment divisions. She also ran ABC’s drama development, overseeing the development of such shows as Shondaland’s Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder, and Once Upon a Time.
“The Warner Bros. Television Group is the recognized industry leader in content creation and a true destination for talent based on its ability to produce across all genres and for all outlets,” said Dungey. “I’m thrilled to be joining the company at such a pivotal time in its history and look forward to working with my new colleagues at Warner Bros. and across the Studios and Networks Group to build on the incredible work of my predecessor, Peter Roth. This is such an electric time in our industry, and we have so much opportunity available to us between Warner Bros.’ core businesses and HBO Max, I cannot wait to dive in.”
