by Thinus Ferreira
The Warner Bros. Television Group in the United States is restructuring its studios with Warner Bros. Television and Warner Horizon Scripted TV that is merging to form the new Warner Bros. TV Scripted Division.
The Telepictures division is being folded into it as well. The change moves Warner Bros. TV back to how it was originally before Warner Horizon was launched in 2006 as a separate studio to create unscripted and pay-TV content.
Peter Roth, Warner Bros. TV Group chairperson will continue to oversee the new enlarged scripted studio division, with WBTV presidents Susan Rovner and Brett Paul looking after the scripted divisions and with president Mike Darnell who will continue to oversee the unscripted and alternative television section.
The Warner Bros. restructuring is part of the larger and dramatic restructuring at WarnerMedia in a dramatic move that could see as much as 800 WarnerMedia staffers get fired and lose their jobs.
Already out and gone are Jeffrey R. Schlesinger (president, Warner Bros Worldwide Television Distribution) and Ron Sanders (president, Worldwide Theatrical Distribution & Home Entertainment and executive vice president International Business Operations).
