{"id":7291,"date":"2016-08-30T11:17:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T15:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lifetime-taps-cw-exec-to-lead-scripted-development\/"},"modified":"2016-08-30T11:18:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T15:18:11","slug":"lifetime-taps-cw-exec-to-lead-scripted-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lifetime-taps-cw-exec-to-lead-scripted-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifetime Taps CW Exec to Lead Scripted Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: Joanna Klein, formerly of The CW, has been named senior VP of scripted development for Lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>In her new role, Klein will be charged with developing and overseeing production of scripted series for Lifetime. She will report to Liz Gateley, Lifetime\u2019s executive VP and head of programming. Klein will be based in L.A.<\/p>\n<p>Klein joins Lifetime from The CW Network, where she served as senior VP of development since 2010. During her tenure, Klein developed the award-winning series <em>Jane the Virgin<\/em> and <em>Crazy Ex-Girlfriend<\/em>, as well as pop-culture hits such as <em>Gossip Girl<\/em>, <em>Vampire Diaries<\/em> and <em>Arrow<\/em>, among others. Prior to joining The CW, Klein was VP of programming at Regency Television, where she developed the FX series <em>Thief<\/em> and NBC\u2019s <em>Windfall<\/em>. She has also worked at Lionsgate, Imagine Television, Walt Disney Television and Goldman Sachs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoanna is talented and well-respected with a long history of developing some of television&#8217;s biggest hits,\u201d said Gateley. \u201cI am absolutely thrilled that she is joining the Lifetime team to lead our scripted series efforts and I know she will attract the very best creative talent to our Fempire.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: Joanna Klein, formerly of The CW, has been named senior VP of scripted development for Lifetime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[148],"class_list":["post-7291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-lifetime"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lifetime Taps CW Exec to Lead Scripted Development - TVUSA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"LOS ANGELES: Joanna Klein, formerly of The CW, has been named senior VP of scripted development for Lifetime.\" \/>\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\/lifetime-taps-cw-exec-to-lead-scripted-development\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lifetime Taps CW Exec to Lead Scripted Development - TVUSA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LOS ANGELES: Joanna Klein, formerly of The CW, has been named senior VP of scripted development for Lifetime.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lifetime-taps-cw-exec-to-lead-scripted-development\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVUSA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-30T15:17:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-08-30T15:18:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lifetime-taps-cw-exec-to-lead-scripted-development\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lifetime-taps-cw-exec-to-lead-scripted-development\/\",\"name\":\"Lifetime Taps CW Exec to Lead Scripted Development - TVUSA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-30T15:17:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-30T15:18:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"description\":\"LOS ANGELES: Joanna Klein, formerly of The CW, has been named senior VP of scripted development for Lifetime.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lifetime-taps-cw-exec-to-lead-scripted-development\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lifetime-taps-cw-exec-to-lead-scripted-development\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lifetime-taps-cw-exec-to-lead-scripted-development\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lifetime Taps CW Exec to Lead Scripted Development\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/\",\"name\":\"TVUSA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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