Exec Shakeup Coming to ABC?

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With the broadcast upfronts over, attention is focusing on ABC, which is piecing together a new executive structure.

ABC said in January it was merging ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios under president Stephen McPherson, but it opted to defer any executive changes until after the end of the development season, with McPherson spending the past few months examining the synergies between the units.

The network has not finalized its development chain of command, but sources have indicated that veteran ABC executive Suzanne Patmore-Gibbs, currently exec vp drama development, would be upped to oversee all scripted development as McPherson’s No.

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