Kevin Reilly, President TBS, TNT and Chief Creative Officer Turner and Direct-to-Consumer, has extended his contract with a new four-year deal through 2022. As part of the extension, Reilly is expanding his portfolio to add the last remaining network from the former Turner Broadcast System, truTV. As a result of the…

Following through on plans articulated at TCA winter press tour, WarnerMedia emphasized its new strategic direction during a brisk upfront pitch, highlighting a more blended approach to the formerly drama-centric TNT and comedy-focused TBS. The company’s network brands are "stronger if we’re less bound by a single…

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Reilly canceled a planned South By Southwest appearance set for Friday after the WarnerMedia executive worried he might be needed back at HQ. As it is, the now President TBS, TNT and Chief Creative Officer Turner and Direct-to-Consumer is actually scheduled to be sitting down with Bob Greenblatt…

Kevin Reilly has addressed the showrunner changes behind TNT’s long-gestating sci-fi drama Snowpiercer. The chief creative officer of Turner Entertainment, who is also president of TNT, said the Jennifer Connelly-fronted drama should soon see the light of day and that the network is "just playing with the timing of…

WarnerMedia's forthcoming streaming service will bring together its "treasure trove" of 42,000 hours of content from HBO as well as brands such as DC, Looney Tunes, Turner, The CW and CNN after Kevin Reilly for the first time lifted the lid on the content that will fuel the platform. Reilly discussed Monday at the TCA…

TBS and TNT president Kevin Reilly, who is involved in the oversee of the new WarnerMedia streaming service, said Monday that in regards to Friends down the road, the series is bound to play exclusively on the new platform. “I think you can expect the crown jewels of Warner will ultimately end up on our new service…

On the heels of being named Head of Content & Strategy For WarnerMedia's new streaming service, Kevin Reilly has made his first key executive appointment, naming longtime close associate Sarah Aubrey as Head of Original Content for the platform. Aubrey was most recently EVP Original Programming for TNT. In light of…

Kevin Reilly, President of TBS and TNT and Chief Creative Officer for Turner Entertainment, is expanding his role at WarnerMedia to also oversee creative for the company’s upcoming direct-to-consumer streaming platform. Reilly, who will keep his current Turner responsibilities, has been named President TBS, TNT and…

At Turner’s annual upfront at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden, company head Kevin Reilly and ad-sales chief Donna Speciale emphasized the Turner networks’ reach beyond the TV screen and its efforts to reinvent the traditional TV advertising model. “The industry spends a lot of time talking about the future,&#8221…

 UPDATED with Conan interview: Conan O’Brien’s TBS late-night show will become less traditional, less structured, and 30-minutes long in 2019, as he looks to break Conan’s mold. Set will change; also gone the very traditional three-celebrities-plugging-something format. It will, however, remain based in Los Angeles…

TV networks are under increasing pressure to maintain profit margins and distribution while also adapting to the expectations of viewers who are swimming happily in a sea of ad-free streaming content. Fox acknowledged that reality this week, becoming the latest network to state its goal of reducing ad time, joining NBC…

Greg Berlanti, Cesar Conde, Jane Fonda, Kevin Reilly and Tom Selleck are recipients of NATPE’s 15th annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award. The five will be honored at a special reception on Wednesday, January 17 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. The 2018 Tartikoff Legacy Award recipients are recognized for exhibiting…