Alexandra Jewett Moves Up at Debmar-Mercury

NEW YORK/SANTA MONICA: Debmar-Mercury has elevated former exec producer Alexandra Jewett from senior VP to executive VP of programming, a newly expanded role.

Jewett will collaborate with Lonnie Burstein, who is staying on as executive VP of programming. She is responsible for managing all programming, development and production for the company. She and Burstein will continue to supervise The Wendy Williams Show and Celebrity Name Game, which premieres in national syndication on September 22.

Prior to joining Debmar-Mercury in 2010, Jewett was the VP of programming and development for the East Coast at CBS Television Distribution, where she contributed to the launch of The Rachael Ray Show and the final seasons of The Montel Williams Show. Earlier in her career, she exec produced a number of programs, including Operation Homecoming for TLC, Rebuilt: The Human Body Shop for Discovery Health Network and The John Walsh Show for NBCUniversal. Before that, she served as executive VP of All American Communications/Orbis Entertainment.

"Alexandra has done a remarkable job and is a major contributor to our first-run success," remarked Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus, co-presidents of Lionsgate-owned Debmar-Mercury. "With her strong creative instincts and production skills, keen eye for talent, profound understanding of the daytime audience and innate ability to effectively utilize social media, Alexandra has played a key role in turning Wendy into a rare success story. Combined with the invaluable creative contributions she has made to Celebrity Name Game and many other accomplishments, Alexandra is very deserving of this promotion and we are thrilled to have her and Lonnie lead all of our programming efforts."