Jeffrey Glaser Exits As Sony Pictures Television Co-Head Of Current Programming
17.04.2023 - 19:11
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Veteran current executive Jeffrey Glaser will be leaving Sony Pictures Studios where he has served as EVP of Current Programming. Marie Jacobson, who has been co-leading the current programming department with Glaser since November, will be become sole head following his June departure. The announcement was made by SPTS President Katherine Pope in an internal memo.
“After a 30+ year career in entertainment, Jeffrey had been considering a change and determined that now felt like the right time to begin a new chapter,” Pope said in her note (You can read it in full below) “Jeffrey has been an incredibly valuable member of our team and will be greatly missed, but I know we all will fully support his decision.”
This marks the latest senior executive change since Pope took over last summer. She has been establishing her executive team, which has resulted in a number of exits as well as new hires and promotions.
Glaser joined Sony Pictures TV Studios as EVP and head of current in September 2017. As part of the November 2022 restructuring, Sony TV shut down its Gemstone Studios label, with EVP Jacobson, who ran it, becoming co-head of current alongside Glaser.
During his six-year tenure at the studio, Glaser helped a number of series establish themselves and become hits, including The Boys franchise as well as For All Mankind, Better Call Saul, S.W.A.T., Cobra Kai, Outlander, The Good Doctor, and The Wheel of Time. He also played a key role in creating and leading Sony’s Showrunner Training Program, which gives emerging writers an opportunity to gain practical experience as they prepare to run their own shows in the future.
Prior to joining Sony, Glaser oversaw current for 20th Century Fox TV from 2003, when the department