Mike Darnell Departs As President Of Unscripted Television At Warner Bros.

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Mike Darnell, the preeminent — and most colorful — unscripted TV executive over the past couple of decades, will be leaving his post as President Of Unscripted Television for Warner Bros.

after 10 years at the studio. In a lengthy statement (You can read it in full below), Darnell said that he was approached by Channing Dungey, Chairman & CEO, Warner Bros.

Television Group, a couple of months ago about continuing but he ultimately made “the “difficult” decision to leave as staying “would have meant more changes for both my personal deal and to the general structure of the division.” Also factoring into Darnell’s call to depart Warner Bros.

was the fact that “a couple of new ventures have come my way” while he was in discussions with Dungey about a new contract. In her own lengthy statement (You can also read it at length below), Dungey, who called Darnell “an industry legend” and “genius,” admitted that she “had hoped we would continue to work together, but I understand Mike’s decision to leave.” “In his 10 years with WBTVG, he truly supercharged the unscripted department by more than doubling the series output, making Warner Bros.