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20th Television Names Jillian Longnecker & Brendan Countee To Top Production & Comedy Posts
20th Television has hired former Netflix executive Jillian Longnecker as EVP and Head of Production and Showtime's Brendan Countee as SVP and Head of Comedy Development for the studio, a part of Disney Television Studios.
Previously, she was president of Physical Production for Features and Television for Annapurna Pictures where she served as executive producer on Kajillionaire, Detroit, Ballad of Buster Scruggs, If Beale Street Could Talk, Vice, Where’d You Go, Bernadette, Wounds and Booksmart. In his roles as VP and most recently SVP of programming at Showtime, Countee developed and produced such comedy and drama series as The Chi, The Curse, I Love That For You, Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who Is America, Jim Carrey’s Kidding and Stephen Colbert’s Our Cartoon President. Said Cassidy, “Brendan has an expansive track record in bringing smart, funny and unexpected programming from top talent to fruition, and possesses a unique eye for comedy.
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