{"id":8410,"date":"2017-12-19T11:47:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T16:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/hbo-taps-co-heads-doc-family-programming\/"},"modified":"2017-12-19T12:53:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T17:53:03","slug":"hbo-taps-co-heads-of-doc-family-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/hbo-taps-co-heads-of-doc-family-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Names Co-Heads of Doc &#038; Family Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the announcement about Sheila Nevins&#8217; upcoming departure, HBO has appointed Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller as executive VPs of HBO documentary and family programming.<\/p>\n<p>This news comes on the heels of yesterday&#8217;s announcement that Sheila Nevins, HBO&#8217;s longtime president of HBO documentary and family programming, will be departing the channel in early 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Abraham and Heller both currently serve as senior VPs of HBO documentary and family programming. 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Abraham and Heller first joined HBO&#8217;s documentary division in 1995 and 2000, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Nancy and Lisa leading a stellar team, there will be a continued commitment to the excellence that was a hallmark of Sheila\u2019s tenure,\u201d noted Casey Bloys, the president of HBO programming. \u201cOur viewers can look forward to a compelling slate of programming.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the announcement about Sheila Nevins&#8217; upcoming departure, HBO has appointed Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller as executive VPs of HBO documentary and family programming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":8411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[117,1579,1580],"class_list":["post-8410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-hbo","tag-lisa-heller","tag-nancy-abraham"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HBO Names Co-Heads of Doc &amp; 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