Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix head of global TV Bela Bajaria has picked her head of U.S./Canada scripted series, promoting longtime creative exec Peter Friedlander to the role.Brian Wright, Netflix’s head of overall deals who had overseen shows including “Stranger Things,” is leaving the company.
Friedlander, most recently head of spectacle and event TV programming, is assuming oversight of the company’s partnerships with creative talent.
That’s in addition to Friedlander’s duties leading Netflix’s U.S. comedy and drama teams and continuing to head the big-budget spectacle/event TV group.Friedlander is one of Netflix’s longest-tenured creative execs after joining the company in October 2011.
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