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Lionsgate has promoted Scott Herbst to head of scripted development for its television group and Jocelyn Sabo to senior VP of television.

Simran Sethi, a veteran programming executive who has held positions at Netflix, Freeform and NBC, has been appointed executive VP of development and content strategy for ABC Entertainment.

Producer and executive Toby Gorman has been named president of Universal Television Alternative Studio (UTAS).

Caroline Baumgard is set to join A. Smith & Co. Productions as CEO in October, coming from Banijay Studios North America, where she helped launch the studio in 2014 and served for five years as chief creative officer.

FOX Entertainment has appointed Sony Pictures Television alum Amy Carney as chief operating officer, reporting directly to CEO Charlie Collier.

CBS Corporation and AT&T have signed a new multiyear carriage deal covering broadcast stations, the CBS Sports Network and Smithsonian Channel.

FX has renewed Atlanta and Snowfall, along with revealing another installment of its American Crime Story franchise and an expanded nonfiction slate.

Hulu and Bleecker Street have partnered on a new multiyear output deal that grants the streamer exclusive SVOD rights to all upcoming films from the distributor, including the thriller Hotel Mumbai.

Jimmy Kimmel has new programming coming to ABC, including working with Mark Burnett on the game show Generation Gap, while the network also revealed upcoming highlights such as a live staging of The Little Mermaid.

Leigh London Redman has been elevated to executive VP of scripted programming at Warner Horizon Scripted Television (WHSTV), which has also promoted two other executives for both scripted and unscripted TV.