{"id":6679,"date":"2015-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/discoverya%c2%80%c2%99s-amy-savitsky-joins-ae-network\/"},"modified":"2016-01-28T11:52:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T16:52:34","slug":"discoverya%c2%80%c2%99s-amy-savitsky-joins-ae-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/discoverya%c2%80%c2%99s-amy-savitsky-joins-ae-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery&#8217;s Amy Savitsky Joins A&amp;E Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: A&amp;E Network has appointed Discovery Communications\u2019 Amy Savitsky as its senior VP of development and programming.<\/p>\n<p>In her new role, Savitsky will be responsible for driving A&amp;E Network\u2019s nonfiction development. She will be based in New York and will report to Elaine Frontain Bryant, the executive VP and head of programming for A&amp;E. Shelly Tatro will continue to serve as senior VP of development and programming, and Savitsky and Tatro will manage the programming and development team together.<\/p>\n<p>Savitsky joins A&amp;E from Discovery Communications, where she most recently served as senior VP of development for TLC, overseeing the daily management of the network\u2019s development team. Her credits include <em>Breaking Amish <\/em>and<em> My 600lb Life<\/em>, among other series. She also worked as the VP of development for Discovery Channel.\u00a0Savitsky is a member of the CINE board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmy joins A&amp;E with a proven track record of developing long-running franchises that engage viewers,\u201d Frontain Bryant commented. \u201cWith her experience developing buzzy factual content, Amy is the perfect fit for the A&amp;E brand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: A&amp;E Network has appointed Discovery Communications\u2019 Amy Savitsky as its senior VP of development and programming. In her new role, Savitsky will be responsible for driving A&amp;E Network\u2019s nonfiction development. 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