Lisa Levenson and Alex Piper both are joining Fox’s alternative entertainment department, headed by new EVP Simon Andreae.

Levenson, who joins Fox from Cineflix Productions where she was executive VP of development, will serve as senior VP, while Piper, who comes from Asylum Entertainment where he was senior VP of alternative television, will serve as VP. Both will report to Andreae overseeing Fox’s current alternative programming slate as well as assisting in the development of new unscripted fare for the network.

“Lisa and Alex come to us with strong backgrounds, both as showrunners and as senior production company executives. As such, each is perfectly equipped not only to support our current unscripted slate, but also to help shape the next generation of hit Fox shows,” said Andreae in a statement.

Amy Cohen, a member of Fox’s unscripted team since 2005, also has been promoted to executive director of alternative entertainment. Cohen helps oversee “American Idol,” “Hell’s Kitchen” and “The X Factor,” and helped launch “Masterchef” and “Masterchef Junior.”

While at Cineflix, Levenson oversaw development and production. Prior to that, she executive produced such shows as ABC’s “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” and served as a producer on CBS’ “Big Brother,” ABC’s “General Hospital” and NBCUniversal’s syndicated “The Jerry Springer Show.”

At Asylum, Piper helped develop, launch and oversee such shows as Fox Sports 1’s “Being Mike Tyson,” WE tv’s “The Locator” and TLC’s “Addicted.” He also was supervising producer on ABC’s Peabody Award-winning medical docu-series “Hopkins,” and has won six Emmys producing NBC Sports and NBC Olympics.

Brief Take: Fox’s new alternative team has some rebuilding to do after last year’s departure of Mike Darnell, the settling of “American Idol”‘s ratings after its long run and the failure of any of Fox’s new unscripted franchises, such as “The X Factor,” to become big hits.

Image of Lisa Levenson and Alex Piper (above) courtesy of Fox.

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