Two months after he was named Evp of Alternative Entertainment for Fox, Simon Andreae has put together his team, surrounding himself with executives who share his producer background. Lisa Levenson has joined the network as Svp and Alex Piper as VP Alternative. Reporting to Andreae, the two will oversee day-to-day management of the network’s returning unscripted programs and specials as well as reality development. “Lisa and Alex come to us with strong backgrounds, both as showrunners and as senior production company executives,” said Andreae. “As such, each is perfectly equipped not only to support our current unscripted slate, but also to help shape the next generation of hit Fox shows.” Most of Fox’s senior unscripted executives who worked under the network’s previous head of alternative Mike Darnell left after he departed his post last May. Some of them, including Tom Sheets and Sabrina Ishak, have since re-joined Darnell at Warner Bros TV.
- 1/7/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Fox Broadcasting Company has named Lisa Levenson senior vice president and Alex Piper vice president of Alternative Entertainment, the team previously led by Mike Darnell and now led by Simon Andeae. The moves were announced Tuesday by Andreae, Fox’s executive vice president of Alternative Entertainment. Both will report to him. Levenson and Piper will lead the day-to-day management of the network’s returning unscripted programs and specials, and help develop and expand the network’s new unscripted fare. Amy Cohen, a member of Fox’s unscripted team since 2005, has been promoted to executive director, Alternative Entertainment. Cohen helps oversee shows such as “American Idol,...
- 1/7/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
"Just join the circus like you wanted to when you were a kid,” goes the Coleman and Stewart tuner. This month, hundreds of kids will run away to the circus—but as a way of finding a community rather than a means of escape. The American Youth Circus Organization will hold its biennial Youth Circus Festival Aug. 14–18 at the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts in Seattle. Over the course of five days and more than 150 skill- and discussion-based workshops, young circus aficionados from 30 states and three countries will flock to feed their hunger for an art that occupies a niche market. “You don’t always stumble on circus,” said Amy Cohen, executive director of Ayco. “It’s becoming more and more prevalent, but it’s still niche enough that you have to seek it out or create it.” Festivals like the one in Seattle grant circus lovers a...
- 8/7/2013
- backstage.com
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