Kevin Beggs Strikes Long-Term Contract Extension With Lionsgate
deadline.comKevin Beggs is sticking around Lionsgate. The exec has signed a long-term employment agreement with company. He will continue as Chair of Lionsgate Television and Chief Content Integration Officer of Lionsgate.
It comes on the back of a successful streak that includes 14 series pickups and 15 renewals over the last twelve months including going three-for-three at broadcast with the return of CBS’ Ghosts, ABC’s Home Economics and Fox’s Welcome to Flatch.
It means that the company now has more than 100 scripted and unscripted series spanning its Lionsgate Television, Pilgrim Media Group, Debmar-Mercury and 3Arts Entertainment divisions.
Beggs is the latest exec at Lionsgate to extend his contract; CEO Jon Feltheimer signed up through August 2025 and its TV creative leadership team – Scott Herbst, EVP & Head of Scripted Development, Lee Hollin, EVP & Head of Current Programming, and Jocelyn Sabo, SVP of Scripted Development – have all signed new deals recently.
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