Gena McCarthy


Liz Gateley exits Lifetime as pair rise

Lifetime’s head of programming, Liz Gateley, is leaving the A+E Networks-owned US channel to focus on her family. As a result, Tanya Lopez has been promoted to executive VP of movies, limited series and original movie acquisitions and Gena McCarthy becomes EVP and head of programming for Lifetime Unscripted and head of programming for FYI. […]

Paul Greenberg departs A+E’s FYI to launch video consultancy

A+E Network’s FYI channel head, Paul Greenberg, is departing from the company to launch a digital video consulting firm, Butter Works. Greenberg confirmed the news via Twitter yesterday, after Variety first broke the story. Gena McCarthy will replace Greenberg, who has been executive VP and general manager of US network FYI for two years. She […]

FYI orders relationship series

FYI has ordered The Seven Year Switch, a reality series in which couples leave their spouses to enter a two-week experimental relationship with a new partner. The US cable net has enjoyed success with another edgy relationship format, Married at First Sight (pictured), which hails from the Red Arrow stable. Red Arrow US prodco Kinetic […]

New look A+E programing team ups four

A+E Networks has followed its recent appointment of a new top programming team by promoting four executives at History, H2, Lifetime and Bio. The Hatfields and McCoys channel operator had named Elaine Frontain Bryant as senior VP, development and programming, History; Paul Cabana as Senior VP and head of programming, H2; Mary Donahue as senior […]

Lifetime ups Chessler, hires Hardy

US cable network Lifetime has promoted one its key programming executives, Kimberly Chessler and hired another, Paul Hardy. Both will have the title of vice president, reality programming. Chessler joined Lifetime in 2010 after over a decade at NBC Universal’s female-skewing net Oxygen. She has worked on unscripted series including Dance Moms and Abby’s Ultimate […]