Skydance TV Co-Chair George Cheeks Reveals Executive Structure After Paramount–Warner Bros. Merger
Following the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, Skydance TV co-chair George Cheeks has announced the executive structure that will oversee all three combined television studios: Warner Bros. Television, CBS Studios and Paramount Television Studios.
With the Skydance-brokered merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery now complete, Skydance TV co-chair and chief content officer George Cheeks has announced the senior leadership structure for the newly combined television operations. In a memo to staff, Cheeks confirmed that all three major television studios — Warner Bros. Television Group, CBS Studios and Paramount Television Studios — will operate under a single Skydance TV umbrella reporting to him. Channing Dungey will head the Warner Bros. Television Group and also oversee the combined portfolio of more than 50 Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery cable brands, including HGTV, Food Network, TNT, BET and MTV. David Stapf continues to lead CBS Studios, while Matt Thunell oversees Paramount Television Studios. David Berson leads the Global Sports Group, which covers CBS Sports, TNT Sports and WBD Sports. JB Perrette, formerly WBD's CEO and president of global streaming and games, serves alongside Cheeks as co-chair of Skydance TV and chief business officer. Other confirmed roles include Amy Reisenbach as CBS Entertainment president, Tom Cibrowski heading CBS News operations, Byron Rubin as chief operating officer, Laurel Weir overseeing research and programming insights, Mike Benson leading marketing, and Chris Ender heading communications and publicity.
