ABC Ups Drama Development SVP

LOS ANGELES, June 29: Suzanne Patmore-Gibbs has been
promoted to executive VP of drama development at ABC Entertainment.

Patmore-Gibbs was elevated from her previous position as senior
VP of drama development at ABC Entertainment, one she has held since June 2004.
She oversees the day-to-day operations of ABC's prime-time drama development
department. During Patmore-Gibbs' tenure, ABC has developed and shepherded hit
series like Desperate Housewives, Grey's
Anatomy and Lost, as well as Brothers & Sisters, this season's highest rated new drama in the 10
p.m. slot, and the Golden Globe Award-winning Ugly Betty.

Current drama projects in the works for ABC's 2007-08 fall
season include the romantic whodunit Pushing Daisies, created by Bryan Fuller and directed by Barry
Sonnenfeld; the Grey's Anatomy
spin-off, Private Practice,
penned by Shonda Rhimes; the salacious soap Dirty Sexy Money, with Peter Krause, Donald Sutherland and Jill
Clayburgh; and Women's Murder Club,
based on the James Patterson books and starring Angie Harmon.

Prior to ABC Entertainment, Patmore-Gibbs was the senior VP
of drama series for Touchstone Television, a position she held from December of
2002. She began her career at Touchstone in December 2000 as the VP of drama
series. During her tenure with the studio, she oversaw the initial development
of Desperate Housewives, Grey's
Anatomy and Lost. Prior to Touchstone, Patmore-Gibbs was a senior
executive at Mutual Film Company, a Paramount Studios-based production entity
founded by Mark Gordon. At Mutual she supervised the development of a variety
of feature film and cable projects, including Miramax's The Hoax, written by Bill Wheeler and starring Richard Gere,
and And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself, featuring Antonio Banderas and written by Larry Gelbart for HBO.