Comedy Central, the home of animated hits such as South Park, Futurama and Drawn Together, has hired on Lisa Leingang as SVP of Original Programming and Development, East Coast. In her new position, Leingang will oversee all original pilots and series in production on the East Coast and report to Lauren Corrao, President--Original Programming and Dev. Leingang comes to Comedy Central from a VP programming and development post at CBS, where she oversaw development of scripted series and pilots. Her comedy chops where also honed at NBC, where she was VP of comedy development for seven years and sealed deals for Flight of the Conchords and comedian Demetri Martin.
Discovery has moved Sara Kozak from her production post at the brand's Discovery Health channel into their Emerging Networks branch, where she will serve as VP Production for Science Channel, Investigation Discovery and Military Channel. Kozak most recently acted as senior producer on the main network's Destroyed in Seconds and Two Weeks in Hell. Kozak came to the Discovery family from the BBC after collaborated with them on American adaptations of such BBC series as What Not to Wear.
Discovery has moved Sara Kozak from her production post at the brand's Discovery Health channel into their Emerging Networks branch, where she will serve as VP Production for Science Channel, Investigation Discovery and Military Channel. Kozak most recently acted as senior producer on the main network's Destroyed in Seconds and Two Weeks in Hell. Kozak came to the Discovery family from the BBC after collaborated with them on American adaptations of such BBC series as What Not to Wear.
