By Elaine Low Senior TV Writer Former HBO president of programming Michael Lombardo has joined Entertainment One, Variety has learned exclusively.
While he is currently working with the company as a consultant, Lombardo is expected to officially board the company in the near future to lead all of television.
At eOne, the television veteran is consulting on ongoing and new project development across all areas of scripted and unscripted television internationally.
Following Hasbro’s $3.8 billion all-cash acquisition of eOne at the end of 2019, eOne is now responsible for the toymaker’s entertainment slate; “Peppa Pig,” “PJ Masks,” and “Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom” are just a few of the entertainment franchises under eOne’s purview.
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