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Sony Pictures Television is adding to its roster of non-scripted production companies. The studio's non-fiction group has struck an overall deal with Unconventional Entertainment, the new label from former Lifetime exec Gena McCarthy. It comes two years after A+E Networks veteran McCarthy left…

EXCLUSIVE: A+E Networks veteran Gena McCarthy is stepping down as EVP and Head of Programming, Lifetime Unscripted and Head of Programming. fyi, and is leaving the company after 10 years. Search is underway for her replacement.  "Gena is an exceptional person and creative executive," said Paul Buccieri, President of…

For years, Lifetime’s unscripted brand had been associated primarily with Project Runway. Then in 2011, Dance Moms came along, followed by the Little Women franchise. In 2017, the breakout relationship series Married at First Sight moved to Lifetime from A+E Networks sibling FYI. A year later, the network launched a Ju…

Liz Gateley, who had served as Lifetime’s EVP and head of programming for the past three years, is leaving the company. She had taken a temporary leave to deal with personal issues and outlines the reasons for her permanent exit so she can focus on her family in a note to the company staff, in which she also reflects…

A+E Networks said today that Gena McCarthy has been promoted to EVP Programming and Development for FYI. She had been SVP since 2013 and will continue to oversee all programming and development for cable net. "During Gena's impressive tenure at FYI, she has worked tirelessly and overseen the development and success of…