MTV Taps Daniels to Head Programming

Janollari out; former Lifetime exec has Buffy, Army Wives on her resume

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Out with David Janollari, in with Susanne Daniels at MTV. The president of programming is leaving his post (the network characterized the departure as Janollari's decision) and will be replaced by Daniels, effective immediately.

Janollari has contributed Teen Wolf, I Just Want My Pants Back and Awkward to the network's slate of originals; Daniels, formerly of Lifetime, brought that network its flagship show Army Wives and greenlit a string of hits at the WB including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dawson's Creek.

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