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As the industry considers what a potential Disney acquisition of key 21st Century Fox assets might look like, Fox Television Group Chairs and CEOs Gary Newman and Dana Walden made two key executive moves at Fox and Twentieth Century Fox Television.
Terence Carter moved from Fox, where he was executive vice president of drama programming, development and event series, to executive vice president, development, drama and comedy at Twentieth Century Fox Television, reporting to Jonnie Davis, the studio’s president of creative affairs.
In his new role, Carter will oversee all program development for the studio. He replaces Michael Thorn, who in August was named president of entertainment for Fox, reporting to Newman and Walden.
“Terence is a spectacular creative executive who has been responsible for some of the network’s biggest and boldest hits,” said Davis in a statement. “When Michael was tapped for the network presidency, there was only one executive I thought of who could possibly fill his shoes. Terence is a smart and strategic programmer who already has a shorthand with our creative teams. I couldn’t be happier he will be joining us.”
Replacing Carter is Charlie Andrews, who had gone to Netflix but was recruited back by Walden, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Carter takes the job of his former boss, Carter, and will now serve as executive vice president, drama programming, development and event series, reporting to Thorn.
“Charlie is an extremely well respected executive with impeccable taste and longstanding relationships throughout the creative community,” said Thorn. “We’ve been friends and colleagues for almost a decade and I can’t wait for him to return to the Fox family and re-join the incredible team we have in place.”
Carter has been executive vice president, drama development and programming of Fox since 2014, and last year his role was expanded to include event series. While at Fox, he’s developed and overseen such series as Empire, Lethal Weapon, Gotham, Star, Lucifer, The Exorcist, The X_Files, Glee, Bones, 24: Legacy, Sleepy Hollow, Wayward Pines and this year’s new series The Gifted, The Orville, 9-1-1 and The Resident.
Prior to that, Carter served as senior vice president, drama development at Fox. He joined Fox in 2009 from NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, where he was vice president of drama programming. While there, he developed such series as Parenthood and Southland. Before that, he was director of comedy development at NBC.
Andrews returns to Fox after having served as director of original series at Netflix. He left Fox as senior vice president of drama development and programming, reporting to Carter. He joined Fox from NBC Universal Television Studio, where he was director of comedy development and before that, director of drama programming.
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