Fox Television Studios Bolsters Programming Team

LOS ANGELES, October 15: Fox Television Studios has made
three key hires for its programming department: Pancho Mansfield, Diego Suarez
and Karyn Smith.

Pancho Mansfield has been named senior VP of programming,
after serving as executive VP and head of original programming at Spike TV.
Prior to Spike TV, he served a 14-year tenure at Showtime, most recently as the
senior VP of development.

Diego Suarez also joins Fox Television Studios as senior VP
of programming, with a focus on international co-production. He comes to his
new position from Fox International Channels, Italy, where he served as VP,
head of production and managing director for Fox Factory Europe, responsible
for the development and production of scripted shows for the Italian market.

Former Endeavor agent Karyn Smith has been appointed as the
director of programming. At Endeavor, Smith rose to become a key member of the
agency’s TV Lit department.

Mansfield and Smith began their stints at Fox Television
Studios today, with Suarez having joined the studio several weeks ago. All
three will report to the executive VP of scripted programming, David Madden.