Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Longtime ABC drama executive Rachel Bendavid has left the network to head BBC Studios & Lionsgate TV programming venture, I have learned.
She succeeds Dan McDermott who left in March to become president of original programming of AMC and co-president of AMC Studios.Bendavid spent the last decade as VP drama development at ABC.
Prior to that she was a drama development executive at Fox, including a stint as co-head of the department.Bendavid’s resume include a four-year tenure at Spelling TV, the last two as SVP of series development, and a stint as director of series television at Lifetime.
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