Two inmates have died within a week at a women's prison. They were both serving sentences at HMP Styal in Cheshire. The Manchester Evening News understands the incidents were unrelated.
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ABC Signature veteran Tracy Underwood has been elevated to President of the Disney Television Studios division. Underwood, most recently EVP of creative affairs for ABC Signature, is taking over the top post vacated by Jonnie Davis in July.
In her new position, Underwood will add oversight of current series to her current role overseeing development of drama, comedy and limited series, which will not be backfilled. Sydnee Rimes, SVP of Series and head of ABC Signature’s current series team, will now report into Underwood; Susan Lewis, SVP of Drama Development, and Danny Feldheim, SVP of Comedy Development, will continue to report into her.
Underwood’s promotion caps a lengthy search for Davis’ successor led by Eric Schrier, President of Disney Television Studios and Global Original TV Strategy for Disney Entertainment, to whom she will report. Outside candidates were considered, with Underwood emerging as the leading candidate by October.
While streamlining its content leadership, merging the President and EVP Creative Affairs roles, ABC Signature will remain a standalone creative unit alongside sibling 20th Television; the back office functions of the two studios across Business Affairs, Casting and Production have been combined over the past couple of years.
ABC Signature has a slate of 16 current series and over six dozen projects in various stages of development across internal and external platforms.
Underwood joined then-ABC Studios in 2010 as VP drama development after stints in the feature world working for John Wells, Jason Blum and Vendome Picture. At the end of 2012, she was tasked with launching ABC Signature, a new studio division focused initially on cable and lower-cost broadcast scripted shows and
Two inmates have died within a week at a women's prison. They were both serving sentences at HMP Styal in Cheshire. The Manchester Evening News understands the incidents were unrelated.
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