Spike TV Hires First SVP of Scripted Original Series

LOS ANGELES: Ted Gold has been tapped for the newly created post of senior VP of scripted original series at Spike TV.

Gold will be reporting to Sharon Levy, the executive VP of original series. He is tasked with oversight for all scripted programming at the network, from development through production. Justin Lacob, the VP of original series, will now be reporting to Gold. Lacob will continue to work on non-scripted projects as well, overseen by Chris Rantamaki, the senior VP of original series.

Previously, Gold served as the president of television and executive producer at Parkes+Macdonald/Universal Television, under an overall deal with NBCUniversal, where he developed projects for HBO, Showtime, Amazon, ABC, USA and NBC. Prior to that, Gold was the head of television for Deuce Three Productions/CBS Paramount Television.

“Ted’s eye for great material, strong relationships and competitive tenacity, makes him perfectly suited to lead our new scripted development team,” said Levy. “Ted will play an integral role on my team as we continue to create programming for our ever-broadening audience.”