NBCUniversal TV and PBS SoCal Alum Brenda Brkusic Milinkovic Joins GrowthDay Self-Improvement Platform

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William Earl NBCUniversal TV and PBS SoCal alumnus Brenda Brkusic Milinkovic has joined Brendan Burchard’s GrowthDay to launch an entertainment division for the personal development and wellness app.

Milinkovic will oversee the development of a slate of original series and short-form content for broadcast, cable and streaming drawing on Burchard’s books and material from other self-help experts affiliated with the platform including Mel Robbins, Ed Mylett, Trent Shelton, Dr.

Daniel Amen, Lisa Bilyeu, Natalie Ellis and Jamie Kern Lima. Milinkovic will also spearhead the launch of the GrowthDay Network, a FAST channel expected to debut later this year. “Brenda is a seasoned television executive with a proven track record of success across all areas of thebusiness, from developing, funding, producing and distributing award-winning programming tospearheading and leading new network divisions,” said Burchard, who is CEO of GrowthDay. “We areexcited to bring her best-in-class leadership and creativity to expand our incredible GrowthDay offeringsin new and innovative ways.” Milinkovic was most recently senior director of program development for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming.

Before that she was executive producer of national productions for PBS SoCal, where she championed Variety‘s Emmy-winning “Actors on Actors” interview series.