Aaron Baiers Named TV President for Alex Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout, Heather Kadin to Exit

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Aaron Baiers has been named President of Television for Alex Kurtzman’s CBS Studios-based production company, Secret Hideout. Baiers, who was most recently SVP of Television, will succeed Heather Kadin, who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Baiers is getting the promotion after a 10-year tenure as VP and SVP working under Kurtzman and Kadin at Secret Hideout and predecessor K/O Paper Products.

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Joe Otterson TV ReporterAlex Kurtzman’s production company, Secret Hideout, has named Aaron Baiers president of television. He will succeed Heather Kadin in the role, with Kadin announcing her departure from the CBS Studios-based pod to pursue other opportunities.“In the ten years we’ve worked together, day in and day out, Aaron has proven himself to be a problem solver and diplomat who has the rare gift of excellent taste across many genres,” said Kurtzman.

EXCLUSIVE: Heather Kadin is going out on her own. After 12 years of running a TV production company, Alex Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout and its predecessor, Kurtzman and Bob Orci’s K/O Paper Products, Kadin is leaving to pursue other opportunities. Her exit is still being finalized, and it is unclear yet whether Kadin would continue as an executive producer on Secret Hideout’s projects in development, which she has shepherded.

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