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EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment One has entered a first-look television deal with top film and TV director-producer Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like a Man franchises) and his The Story Company production company. Through the deal, Story will develop television series for broadcast, cable and streaming. He has hired former…

EXCLUSIVE: Lynn Barrie is leaving Freeform after a three-year stint as SVP Original Programming and Development. Barrie, who was brought in by then-Freeform head of programming Karey Burke in early 2018, oversaw the development of scripted drama and comedy series for Freeform. Some of the projects that went to pilot…

ABC comedy executive Lynn Barrie is moving to corporate sibling Freeform as SVP of Original Programming and Development. Barrie will oversee the development of scripted drama and comedy series for Freeform, reporting to Karey Burke, EVP, Programming and Development. She will fill the void left by the August departure…

EXCLUSIVE: Following her brief stint as head of programming for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, Jamila Hunter is returning to the broadcast side as VP comedy development for ABC. Meanwhile, Tracy Underwood has joined ABC Studios as VP drama development. Hunter will report to ABC SVP comedy Samie Kim Falvey; Underwood…

EXCLUSIVE: I hear ABC’s plan to restore the current departments on the network and studio side is moving full steam ahead, and Lynn Barrie and Stephanie Leifer are in negotiations to head the current teams on the ABC and ABC Studios side, respectively. ABC folded current into the drama and comedy development…