By Michael Schneider
Selection Editor at Giant
Sony Pictures Television vet Suzanne Prete, who has pushed the studio’s recreation present division since its launch in 2022, has been upped to president. The exec will proceed to report back to Sony Footage TV chairman Ravi Ahuja, who introduced the information Thursday in a memo to staffers.
“We established our devoted recreation present group simply two years in the past, and below Suzanne’s management, our recreation present division has excelled past even our lofty expectations,” Ahuja mentioned within the be aware, pointing notably to Prete’s stewardship of each “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune.”
“Along with her eager understanding of the unimaginable worth these collection maintain, Suzanne was instrumental in securing a landmark five-year renewal take care of ABC to take the exhibits by the 2027-2028 season. She can be a driving power in increasing these syndicated powerhouses into multi-faceted franchises, together with primetime specials akin to ‘Celeb Wheel of Fortune,’ ‘Celeb Jeopardy!’ and ‘Jeopardy! Masters.’”
Prete had most lately served as exec VP of recreation exhibits at Sony Footage TV, overseeing enterprise operations and recreation present content material creation. The launch of the sport present division got here following a restructure of Sony’s unscripted departments in 2022, when the studio acquired a majority stake in Industrial Media, and Industrial’s Eli Holzman joined as Sony Footage TV’s president of nonfiction leisure, whereas the studio introduced an growth in recreation exhibits below Prete.
Prete additionally lately offered and produced a brand new U.S. adaptation of “Raid the Cage” for CBS. Different packages below her watch embrace “The $100,000 Pyramid.” Subsequent up, she’s going to oversee the host transition on “Wheel” as Ryan Seacrest succeeds Pat Sajak to host the forty second season of “Wheel of Fortune” in 2024.
Prete first joined Sony Footage TV in 1995 as a manufacturing lawyer. Her work on strategic licensing offers, in-show product integrations and enterprise partnerships on titles like “Wheel” and “Jeopardy!” included licensing these titles within the lottery, slot machine, and on-line gaming areas.
Right here is Ahuja’s memo to employees:
Pricey Colleagues,
I’m delighted to share that Suzanne Prete, who leads our Recreation Present division, has been elevated to President, Recreation Exhibits for Sony Footage Tv.
We established our devoted Recreation Present group simply two years in the past, and below Suzanne’s management, our Recreation Present division has excelled past even our lofty expectations. The group has expanded SPT’s established franchises and leveraged our in depth library of codecs to create progressive “radical reboots,” whereas concurrently growing authentic content material for at the moment’s consumers and audiences. She has constructed an distinctive group that has rapidly achieved excellent development and turn into a best-in-class manufacturing operation, making vital contributions to the general success of SPT.
Most notably, Suzanne and her group are behind two of the business’s most beloved and profitable exhibits on tv, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, that are the #1 and #2 non-sports packages throughout all platforms at the moment.
Along with her eager understanding of the unimaginable worth these collection maintain, Suzanne was instrumental in securing a landmark five-year renewal take care of ABC to take the exhibits by the 2027-2028 season. She can be a driving power in increasing these syndicated powerhouses into multi-faceted franchises, together with primetime specials akin to Celeb Wheel of Fortune, Celeb Jeopardy! and Jeopardy! Masters, with extra thrilling developments on the horizon. And through her 29-year tenure on the studio, she has expanded the exhibits’ ancillary companies by strategic licensing offers, in-show product integrations and enterprise partnerships, together with forging a multi-year licensing settlement for Wheel of Fortune with IGT, leading to unprecedented success in casinos and lottery gaming.
Moreover, Suzanne and her group offered and produced a brand-new U.S. adaptation of our format Raid the Cage for CBS, and oversees The $100,000 Pyramid on ABC, presently in its seventh season.
Suzanne is a useful member of SPT’s management group and will likely be an instrumental driver in persevering with to develop and information our recreation present enterprise into the longer term. Please be a part of me in congratulating Suzanne and wishing her continued success.
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