{"id":10221,"date":"2021-03-31T10:38:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T14:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/marci-proietto-head-20th-television-animation\/"},"modified":"2021-03-31T10:38:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T14:38:39","slug":"marci-proietto-to-head-20th-television-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/marci-proietto-to-head-20th-television-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"Marci Proietto to Head 20th Television Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disney Television Studios has promoted Marci Proietto to lead 20th Television Animation, a newly formed production unit devoted entirely to developing, growing and maintaining its library of animated hits.<\/p>\n<p>The unit already has 11 series in production, including Hulu\u2019s <em>Koala Man<\/em> and <em>Solar Opposites<\/em>, FOX\u2019s <em>The Great North<\/em>, Apple TV+\u2019s <em>Central Park<\/em> and HBO Max\u2019s <em>The Prince<\/em>. The unit also oversees the legacy animated hits <em>Family Guy<\/em>, <em>American Dad<\/em>, <em>Bob\u2019s Burgers<\/em> and\u00a0<em>The Simpsons<\/em>, among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of the greatest family sitcoms on television\u2014<em>The Simpsons<\/em>, <em>Family Guy<\/em>, <em>Bob\u2019s Burgers<\/em>, <em>Solar Opposites<\/em>, <em>Central Park<\/em>, <em>The Great North<\/em>\u00a0and the list goes on\u2014come from the genius creators 20th Television Animation has assembled and nurtured over the past two decades,\u201d said Craig Hunegs, president of entertainment of Walt Disney Television. \u201cMarci has been a part of all of these phenomenal successes. She is an extraordinary executive who is much beloved and respected by our creators and her studio team. And knowing Marci\u2019s relentless passion, we\u2019re just getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis studio is literally the only place I\u2019ve ever worked, and I\u2019ve been fortunate to have a front row seat to the creativity and genius of artists like Matt Groening, Seth MacFarlane, Loren Bouchard and Justin Roiland,\u201d said Proietto. \u201cI love what we get to do, and I am grateful to Craig and Dana Walden for this vote of confidence. This is truly a boom time in adult animation and I\u2019m excited to continue to build on the leadership of this studio with this new production unit laser-focused on growing our roster of successful animated series.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney Television Studios has promoted Marci Proietto to lead 20th Television Animation, a newly formed production unit devoted entirely to developing, growing and maintaining its library of animated hits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":10222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[2491,2131],"class_list":["post-10221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-20th-television-animation","tag-disney-television-studios"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Marci Proietto to Head 20th Television Animation - 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