{"id":7676,"date":"2017-01-27T10:59:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T15:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lionsgate-appoints-chris-selak-as-evp-of-worldwide-television\/"},"modified":"2017-01-27T13:51:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T18:51:16","slug":"lionsgates-chris-selak-re-ups-contract-in-expanded-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/lionsgates-chris-selak-re-ups-contract-in-expanded-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate&#8217;s Chris Selak Re-Ups Contract in Expanded Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA MONICA\/VANCOUVER: Lionsgate has inked a new long-term agreement with Chris Selak, who has expanded her purview to include worldwide television.<\/p>\n<p>During Selak\u2019s six-year tenure at Lionsgate, scripted programming revenue has more than tripled. Scripted series that Selak has directly shepherded through development and production since joining the company in 2011 include <em>Orange Is the New Black<\/em>, <em>Nashville<\/em>, <em>Casual<\/em> and <em>Dear White People<\/em>. She also oversaw the final seasons of the iconic <em>Mad Men<\/em> and <em>Nurse Jackie<\/em> series.<\/p>\n<p>As executive VP of worldwide television, Selak will spearhead the group\u2019s creative collaboration with the newly launched Lionsgate UK television business. In addition, Selak\u2019s team will be responsible for supplying new premium scripted projects to Starz, acquired in December 2016, with three major properties already in the development pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChris has been an integral part of our success over the past six years, and she will be one of the key executives moving our business forward in the years to come,\u201d said Lionsgate Television Group Chairman Kevin Beggs.\u00a0\u201c[Lionsgate Television Group President] Sandra Stern and I couldn\u2019t ask for a better executive partner. Chris\u2019s superb talent relationships, savvy creative instincts and outstanding leadership skills will be an important driver of the continued rapid growth and diversification of our global television operations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA MONICA\/VANCOUVER: Lionsgate has inked a new long-term agreement with Chris Selak, who has expanded her purview to include worldwide television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":7677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1169,83],"class_list":["post-7676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-chris-selak","tag-lionsgate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lionsgate&#039;s Chris Selak Re-Ups Contract in Expanded Role - 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