​TBS has named Thom Hinkle as Vice President of comedy, the network announced Tuesday. The TV vet will be responsible for all original scripted comedy on the channel and report to Brett Weitz, senior vice president of scripted development for TBS and TNT. Hinkle comes to TBS from Carousel Television, the TV production arm of Steve Carell’s Carousel Entertainment.

“We found ourselves doing a lot of business with Thom while he was at Carousel, and we loved his taste and the style with which he handles talent,” said Weitz. “It became very clear to us that we would be lucky to have him on our team, leading TBS’s scripted comedy department as we prepare to launch our new comedy ‘Ground Floor’ and build on the success of our sitcom hits ‘Cougar Town,’ ‘Sullivan & Son’ and ‘Men at Work’.”

While at Carousel, Hinkle was responsible for putting a number of shows into development, including a “Rockford Files” reboot for NBC and a new series for FOX starring “The Daily Show”‘s Jason Jones.

Hinkle got his start at “The Daily Show"—where TBS notes he was the first Employee of the Month—and served as vice president of NorthSouth Productions prior to arriving at Carousel.

[Image courtesy TBS].

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