{"id":10741,"date":"2022-07-14T10:03:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T14:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/katherine-pope-lead-sony-pictures-television-studios\/"},"modified":"2022-07-14T13:17:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T17:17:14","slug":"katherine-pope-to-lead-sony-pictures-television-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/katherine-pope-to-lead-sony-pictures-television-studios\/","title":{"rendered":"Katherine Pope to Lead Sony Pictures Television Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katherine Pope, former head of original content at Charter Communications\u2019 Spectrum Originals, has been tapped as president of Sony Pictures Television Studios, overseeing all U.S. scripted productions.<\/p>\n<p>At Charter Communications, Pope successfully created and launched the Spectrum Originals platform, curating a slate of premium series such as the upcoming\u00a0<i>A Spy Among Friends<\/i>,\u00a0as well as\u00a0<i>Beacon 23<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Panhandle<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>George &amp; Tammy<\/i>. Pope also executive produced the Emmy -nominated Hulu limited series\u00a0<i>The Dropout<\/i>.\u00a0Prior to joining Charter, Pope launched the television division at Peter Chernin\u2019s Twentieth Century Fox-based production company.\u00a0Earlier in her career, Pope spent ten years at NBC\/NBCUniversal Television Studios.<\/p>\n<p>She will begin her new role at Sony on August 22, reporting to Ravi Ahuja, chairman of Global Television Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment Corporate Development.<\/p>\n<p>Ahuja commented: \u201cKatherine has proven herself as a dynamic leader with impeccable taste and the ability to successfully develop and produce content that resonates with audiences. She is an excellent fit for this role and I\u2019m delighted that she has chosen to join us at SPT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cKatherine brings vast experience that will help us build on the overall strength of our global production capabilities at the studio. With Katherine leading our scripted production business in the U.S. and Wayne Garvie leading our international production business, we have an incredible leadership team dedicated to working with the industry\u2019s top talent to produce undeniable content around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to be joining the incredibly talented team Tony and Ravi have assembled at SPT\u2014a studio with the strength, expertise and independence to lead amidst the challenges of a rapidly evolving marketplace,\u201d said Pope. \u201cI have long admired the creativity and high-quality work SPT consistently produces and can\u2019t wait to explore all the opportunities that lie ahead. I am excited to step onto the lot and get started!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katherine Pope, former head of original content at Charter Communications\u2019 Spectrum Originals, has been tapped as president of Sony Pictures Television Studios, overseeing all U.S. scripted productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":10742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1419],"class_list":["post-10741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-sony-pictures-television-studios"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Katherine Pope to Lead Sony Pictures Television Studios - TVUSA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Katherine Pope, former head of original content at Charter Communications\u2019 Spectrum Originals, has been tapped as president of Sony Pictures Television Studios, overseeing all U.S. scripted productions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/katherine-pope-to-lead-sony-pictures-television-studios\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Katherine Pope to Lead Sony Pictures Television Studios - 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