Sanaa Hamri has joined Amazon Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time for season 2 as executive producer and director of the second half of the season. The news comes ahead of the series premiere on Nov. 19.
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Simone Swink has been named executive producer of Good Morning America.
Swink, who has been with the show since 2010, is filling the top job following the departure in April of Michael Corn.
Corn, who is now president of Nexstar’s NewsNation, was accused last week of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed by Kirstyn Crawford, a producer on the show. Corn denies the claims.
Kim Godwin, the president of ABC News, sent a note to staff on Sunday with the announcement, below.
More to come. The full email
Sanaa Hamri has joined Amazon Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time for season 2 as executive producer and director of the second half of the season. The news comes ahead of the series premiere on Nov. 19.
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According to a report last week, ABC tried — and failed — to mediate with the two women earlier this summer. Corn denies the accusations.Per the Wall Street Journal, Godwin told staffers last month that she wants an independent investigation into the claims against Corn because, “We can’t have us investigating us.
James Holzhauer isn’t hedging his bets. The former “Jeopardy!” champion and current trivia master on The Chase is expressing his true feelings about Mike Richards’ departure.
James Holzhauer isn't hedging his bets. The former champion and current trivia master on is expressing his true feelings about Mike Richards' departure.Holzhauer took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to address Richards' ouster as executive producer on, and addressed Richards' past controversial comments, which were in part the reason for his exit.«Do I think Mike Richards’ podcast comments were appropriate for polite society? No,» Holzhauer wrote.
and. The news comes after he already stepped down as the new host of following his apology over sexist comments he made in the past.The news was announced to and staff on Tuesday. Embassy Row's Michael Davies will take over as executive producer on an interim basis.«I'm writing to let you know that Mike will no longer be serving as EP of and effective immediately,» Suzanne Prete, EVP, Business and Strategy, and said in a note to staff.
stepped down from the coveted host gig last week amid public outrage and resurfaced sexist comments.
“Jeopardy!” is out a host, and now an executive producer, too.
stepped down as permanent host of the syndicated Sony quiz show just one day after it returned to production, following the resurfacing of a gender discrimination lawsuit from his time with “The Price is Right” and multiple misogynistic comments he made on a podcast he co-hosted last decade.
The promotion comes just days after Swink’s predecessor, former “GMA” senior executive producer Michael Corn, was accused of sexual assault by two ABC producers. Corn had left ABC in April to become president of news for NexStar’s NewsNation and has denied all allegations.