Lionsgate TV Inks Overall Deal with The Good Wife’s Keith Eisner

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Keith Eisner, an Emmy-nominated writer and producer whose credits include The Good Wife and Law & Order, has been signed to a multiyear overall TV deal with Lionsgate.

The pact with Lionsgate comes after five seasons for Eisner on The Good Wife, where he started as co-executive producer to later became an executive producer of the acclaimed drama. In addition to developing future projects at Lionsgate, Eisner will serve as executive producer on the studio’s recently announced EPIX series Graves, alongside executive producer and showrunner Joshua Michael Stern and executive producers Greg Shapiro and Eric Weinberg.

“Keith brings extraordinary talent and a wealth of experience to Lionsgate having worked on several of television’s most acclaimed series,” said Kevin Beggs, the chairman of the Lionsgate Television Group. “We’re excited to welcome him and look forward to a very rewarding creative partnership.”
 
“I am thrilled to be signing on with Lionsgate,” added Eisner. “Kevin and his team are the smartest, most creative and most entrepreneurial studio executives in the business, and I am excited to see what we can accomplish together.”