TV Group & U.S. networks chairman/CEO Channing Dungey sent a memo to her staffers on Tuesday evening confirming her role in the new Skydance structure, including the fact that she will be a part of the company’s new executive leadership team. Dungey’s oversight will be expanding: As expected, she shared the news that she’ll be taking on all of Paramount’s Media Networks (which include MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and BET), in addition to the WBD U.S. networks that she already has been running since last year. She also confirmed that she’ll be getting a new boss duo.
The exec, who reported directly to CEO David Zaslav in the Warner Bros. Discovery era, will now report to newly named Skydance TV co-chair and chief content officer George Cheeks and JB Perrette, in his role as co-chair and chief business officer for Skydance TV. Dungey has already worked for years with Perette inside WBD, and knows Cheeks well, particularly because Warner Bros. has been a supplier of countless hit series for CBS (including many Chuck Lorre comedies).
In her note, Dungey opened by touting the studio’s recent successes, including 13 new series orders and 13 series renewals so far this year and its overall slate of more than 80 titles for over 20 platforms. But Dungey also acknowledged the “stressful time” that comes with adjusting to a merger: “I imagine many of you are arriving at this milestone with mixed emotions: pride in what your teams have accomplished, genuine excitement about the possibilities ahead, and understandably, some uncertainty about what comes next,” she wrote. TV Group at the start of 2021; she later added the Warner Bros.
Discovery U.S. networks to her oversight at the start of 2025. First, I want to thank all of you for your unwavering focus and commitment to the Studio. I deeply appreciate each and every one of you.
We have shared an incredible journey, and today we turn the page and begin a new chapter. But before we do, allow me to remind you what a hot streak the Studio has been on, even during this period of uncertainty and rapid change throughout the industry. We’ve secured 13 new series orders and 13 series renewals since January.
The Studio’s current slate totals more than 80 titles for over 20 platforms, with many more projects in development. Several WBTVG series have reached No. 1 status in various categories this season, including ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,’ ‘Memory of a Killer,’ ‘Rooster’ and ‘Running Point,’ while ‘Lanterns’ ranks among the top 5 series launches in HBO Max history. Our numerous animation highlights include part one of the ‘Batman: Knightfall’ trilogy, which soared to #2 on Apple TV’s Top Movies chart.
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