Disney Leisure Tv Consolidates Casting Operations

Final yr’s Disney Leisure Tv layoffs have been accompanied by a consolidation of the manufacturing operations throughout a number of divisions below Carol Turner. Alongside the employees reductions throughout the corporate final week, DET’s Head of Casting Sharon Klein has streamlined her oversight with fewer direct stories and elevated/new tasks for a number of of her lieutenants.

For a few years, Disney TV Studios’ twentieth Tv and ABC Signature have been attracting business consideration with the will-they-won’t-they intrigue surrounding a possible merger. There are nonetheless no present plans to mix the models into one studio although by now, solely their programming groups have remained unbiased, with the remainder of the operations, together with BA and manufacturing, getting consolidated.

Casting is the most recent, with twentieth TV Head of Casting Stephanie Levinson persevering with in her function and now additionally including ABC Signature to her purview. The latter’s Head of Casting Dylann Gunning will report back to her.

Equally, ABC Leisure’s Head of Casting Felicia Joseph is including casting oversight of Hulu and Onyx.

Hulu’s Head of Casting Barbara Fiorentino is transferring into a brand new, Worldwide casting function, which can have her targeted on bringing worldwide expertise to home DET reveals. These duties had been beforehand dealt with by consultants.

Lindsey Kasabian, Head of Casting for Onyx (and previously Freeform which is not within the authentic scripted enterprise), is taking up Fiorentino’s tasks at Hulu, reporting to Joseph.

Brenda Kelly-Grant will proceed to go casting for Disney Branded Tv.