CBS Television Studios and CBS Interactive announced today that Julie McNamara, who has led drama development at CBS Television Studios for the past 10 years, has been named to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Original Content, CBS All Access, CBS's digital subscription video-on-demand and live streaming service.
In her new position, McNamara will oversee all current and future original series for the service. She will report to David Stapf, President,
CBS Television Studios, and Marc DeBevoise, Executive Vice President and General Manager of
CBS Digital Media,
CBS Interactive.
CBS
ALL ACCESS has recently expanded into the development of exclusive original programming, with plans for three or four new series in the next year. The streaming service has already announced an all-new "Star Trek," set to premiere in January 2017, and a spinoff of "The Good Wife," targeted for spring 2017.
"Julie has been one of the industry's pre-eminent drama development executives for more than a decade," said Stapf. "Her taste, business savvy and deep relationships with the creative community will serve her and
CBS ALL ACCESS well as we move forward with more marquee premium content for subscribers. As a Studio, we're very excited to expand into this space, and even more excited to do so with a dedicated executive of Julie's caliber."
McNamara joins
CBS ALL ACCESS after spending the past 10 years at
CBS Television Studios, most recently as Executive Vice President, Drama Development, overseeing development for all primetime drama series for broadcast television. In that role, McNamara shepherded "The Good Wife," "Elementary," "Scorpion," "Jane the Virgin," "Hawaii Five-0," "Blue Bloods, "Madam Secretary," "Under the Dome" and "NCIS: Los Angeles," among others.
Prior to that, she served as Vice President, Drama Development, at
ABC Network, where she developed "Alias," "Desperate Housewives" and "Grey's Anatomy."
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