As part of the latest round of restructuring and consolidation in the Viacom cable group announced late last month, 25-year company veteran Kevin Kay was to step down as President, Paramount Network, TV Land and CMT after a transition period. That transition period is over, and Kay yesterday sent a farewell email to…

Viacom Media Networks is undergoing another round of consolidation into four brand groups: Comedy Central, Paramount Network and TV Land under Kent Alterman; MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo under Chris McCarthy; BET Networks and Nickelodeon. Kevin Kay will step down as President, Paramount Network, TV Land and CMT following a…

Eddie Dalva is ending his 33-year run at Viacom, stepping down from his post as EVP Content and Program Enterprises and Bellator MMA. The news was shared internally by Kevin Kay, president of the Paramount Network, CMT and TV Land. Dalva will not be replaced, and his duties will be absorbed by the Viacom…

Just three days before Viacom’s Spike relaunches as Paramount Network, President of Spike/Par Network, TV Land and CMT Kevin Kay and the three networks’ head of development Keith Cox laid out their plans for the Paramount Network, designed to be Viacom’s leading scripted brand. “We want to be in the hourlong drama…

2nd Update: Paramount Network president Kevin Kay continued to expound on the cable channel excising its upcoming series Waco and Yellowstone from its producer the Weinstein Co. in the wake of Harvey Weinstein’s sex scandal last fall. “What happened there, what Harvey did is disgusting and disheartening. When we read…

Four months after Frank Tanki was named General Manager of TV Land, he also is being appointed GM of sibling CMT. The news follows the departure earlier today of longtime CMT president Brian Philips, who stepped down after 16 years at the helm of the Viacom network. Tanki will oversee day-to-day operations at CMT…

The Paramount Network, a general entertainment channel which will replace Spike in early 2018, just announced its inaugural slate, which includes two new series migrating from TV Land, American Woman and Heathers, and Spike’s Waco miniseries. In an interview with Deadline, Kevin Kay, president of Paramount Network, TV…

As reported by Deadline, Spike's longtime head of programming, EVP Original Series Sharon Levy, is leaving the network. She just announced her departure in a memo to the company, with Spike president Kevin Kay praising her contributions in a separate email to the staff. (You can read both under the post). Levy’s exit…

Viacom CEO Bob Bakish this morning revealed his turnaround strategy for Viacom, which included the transformation of Spike into a general entertainment network rebranded as The Paramount Network. It will be one of the six core domestic channels in the company’s cable portfolio, which will get the lion share of…