{"id":10389,"date":"2021-07-29T11:20:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T15:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/cbs-appoints-evp-comedy-development\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T11:20:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T15:20:58","slug":"cbs-appoints-evp-of-comedy-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/cbs-appoints-evp-of-comedy-development\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Appoints EVP of Comedy Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Network and studio veteran Jon Koa has been tapped by CBS to serve as executive VP of comedy development.<\/p>\n<p>Koa will oversee all comedy development for CBS Entertainment&#8217;s prime-time programming. Koa most recently served as senior VP of scripted television for Cond\u00e9 Nast Entertainment, a role he held since 2015. 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