Warner Bros have named veteran TV industry executive Channing Dungey as their new chairman of the television group, making Dungey one of only two black women to head a television studio.
Dungey, 51, joins Warner Bros from Netflix, which she left on October 9.
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Dungey, who at ABC in 2016 became the first African American head of a network entertainment division, will succeed veteran Warner executive Peter Roth, who joined in 1999, when he steps down from the post early next year, the company announced on Monday.
After an ABC career that spanned 14 years, including as a series development executive, Dungey was hired by Netflix in late 2018 as its vice president for original series.
While at ABC, Dungey was responsible for shows including ‘The Good Doctor,’ the revival of ‘American Idol’ and the ‘Roseanne’ reboot with Roseanne Barr – canceling the sitcom in 2018 over a racist tweet from Barr that Dungey called ‘repugnant.’
During Dungey’s tenure at Netflix she worked alongside ‘Scandal’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ creator Shonda Rhimes, among the prominent producers and actors lured to the streaming service with lucrative deals.
Dungey oversaw projects including ‘Away’ with Hilary Swank and Octavia Spencer’s ‘Self Made: Inspired By The Life of Madam CJ Walker.’
The Warner Bros. Television Group is part of parent company’s WarnerMedia group that includes HBO and the recently launched HBO Max streaming service.
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‘This is such an electric time in our industry, and we have so much opportunity available to us between Warner Bros’ core businesses and HBO Max, I cannot wait to dive in,’ Dungey said in a statement.
She joins Pearlena Igbokwe, head of NBC Universal’s television studios, as a rare Black executive in charge of a TV studio.
Dungey, from Sacramento, studied at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television before landing her first industry job as a development assistant for Davis Entertainment at 20th Century Fox.
She then became story editor at Steamroller Productions, where she worked on the development and production of films including ‘Under Siege’ and ‘On Deadly Ground.’
Dungey then joined Warner Bros as a production executive, working on films including ‘Bridges of Madison County,’ for which Meryl Streep was nominated for an Oscar; ‘Heat,’ starring Al Pacino and Robert de Niro, and ‘The Matrix’.
She was also involved in ‘Twister,’ ‘Devil’s Advocate,’ ‘City of Angels,’ ‘Conspiracy Theory,’ ‘Rosewood,’ ‘Space Jam’ and ‘Practical Magic.’
In 1998 she left Warner Bros for film production company Material, which was responsible for 2000’s ‘Red Planet,’ as well as 2002’s remake of H.G. Wells’ ‘The Time Machine.’
Dungey was named president of the company in 2001, joining ABC in 2004.
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Ann Sarnoff, WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Group chair and CEO, celebrated Dungey’s return to Warner Bros after 22 years as ‘a homecoming’.
‘We’re excited to have her rejoin the studio,’ said Sarnoff.
‘Channing is one of the most talented, visionary, creative and respected executives working in television today.
‘She has impeccable taste, a breadth of experience covering all platforms and genres, incredible relationships across the creative community and a keen sense of what’s next and how best to get it to audiences.
‘She’s a great choice to lead the television group as it continues to grow its production operations for HBO Max, while also maintaining its standing as the industry’s leading independent supplier of programming to all outlets.’
Dungey and her husband, Scott Power, announced in 2012 that they had adopted a baby daughter. The couple also has a biological son.
Dungey is a board member of Step Up, a national non-profit membership organization dedicated to helping girls from under-resourced communities fulfill their potential.
She is a Los Angeles member of BAFTA and serves on the Board of Governors of the Motion Picture Television Fund.
Dungey also teaches a graduate level course on Developing the Drama Pilot at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
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