EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Berg, a 25-year CBS veteran, is stepping down as Senior Executive Vice President, Production, CBS Network Television Entertainment.
The departure is part of the ongoing consolidation across CBS Studios with Paramount TV Studios, which started when the two studios were put under the purview of George Cheeks last October.
Liz Miller, EVP and Head of Production for Paramount TV Studios, will now oversee production for both studios. The move was outlined in an internal memo sent to staff by Bryon Rubin COO and CFO of CBS Entertainment Group; to whom Miller reports, CBS Studios President David Stapf and Paramount Television Studios President Nicole Clemens.
There will be a period of transition, with other changes likely; no layoffs are expected. In November, Cheeks, President and CEO, CBS, and Chief Content Officer, News and Sports, Paramount+, outlined his vision for the two studios, which included centralizing a number of its back-end functions by installing leaders across production, finance, law, business affairs and casting.
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