Universal Media Art galleries Can get New Heads Of Drama, Comedy & Casting And New Title

EXCLUSIVE: NBC’s sister Universal Media Art galleries has come up with a completely new top executive team under EVP Bela Bajaria, who needed the reins in the studio lately. In addition, UMS is changing its title to Universal Television, reverting for the moniker held by Universal’s TV production company, recognized for such series since the Law & Order franchise, right before its 2004 merger with NBC Art galleries. Bajaria’s new team includes Russell Rothberg, formerly SVP Drama Programming, NBC and UMS, that's been named mind in the art galleries drama department as SVP Universal Television. Joining him inside the drama area will probably be Erin Underhill, formerly SVP Current Programming, NBC and UMS, who now becomes SVP Universal Television, verifying to Rothberg. In addition, former WB mind of comedy Tracey Pakosta comes to Universal Television to steer the comedy department as SVP Comedy. And Showtime veteran Jesse Klein, who left the pay cable network in April after 23 years, remains named SVP Casting, Universal Television. Yet another comedy executive will probably be introduced shortly. The current announcement further demonstrates our persistence for our studio business, mentioned NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt, who had made re-creating NBC’s sister studio just like a full-service entity, including growing its production along with other broadcast systems and cable, important. “The title change to Universal Television harkens to some business that was whenever a juggernaut in the business and may really reinforce for the creative community our pointed out goal of making quality television. Added Bajaria, “This incredible group brings a range of experience, great creative associations together with a powerful belief inside the studio business. Underneath the latest NBC executive structure, UMS was without its own department heads, with Laura Lancaster (drama), Tal Rabinowitz (comedy) and class Wu (casting) controlling both network and studio. The 3 will focus on network matters, with Rothberg, Pakosta and Klein their studio options. As well as Universal Television, its cable sister Universal Cable Prods, once part of UMS, can also be searching being full-service studio and expand into development for broadcast and non-NBCUniversal cable nets. Universal Television has revealed a completely new logo design design, that the organization states “pays homage to its legacy getting a worldwide-inspired trademark that's much like its earlier years but remains slightly up-to-date.” In the earlier position, Rothberg developed NBCs new dramas Awake and Prime Suspect. He grew to become an associate of NBC and Universal Media Art galleries in June 2009 and formerly offered as V . p . Current Programming at Fox. Underhill recently oversaw such new series since the dramas The Playboy Club,Awake,Motherhood, Chase as well as the anthology seriesLove Bites. She earlier developed Heroes, Chuck and Friday Evening Lights for NBC. Pakosta most recently was the partner at Eco-friendly Mountain West, Craig Fergusons production company for CBS TV Art galleries. She formerly offered as EVP Comedy Development at WB Network, where she co-went the comedy department and developed such series as Reba and What I Really Like About Yourself. Throughout her extended tenure at Showtime, Klein oversaw casting for your network’s scripted series, working carefully with Greenblatt for quite a while. She's the next high-level Showtime executive to follow along with together with Greenblatt to NBC, as well as mind of promoting Len Fogge and mind of communications Richard Licata.