Channing Dungey on Warner Bros. TV Group’s Big Year of Pickups, Renewals and New Deals — Despite Industry Distractions and Ownership Uncertainty

So far this year, the studio has landed 12 new series orders — and another 12 renewals, while securing new pacts with talent like John Wells and Matt Reeves

By Michael Schneider

Michael Schneider

Variety Editor at Large

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Warner Bros. TV Group isn’t acting like a studio with an uncertain future. Even as the fate of Warner Bros. Discovery remains up in the air — given the uncertain timeline of a Paramount Skydance acquisition — the studio has been on a development and production spree in recent months.

This summer the division, under chairman Channing Dungey, reupped its megadeal with John Wells — whose hit juggernaut for HBO Max, “The Pitt,” already won four Emmys last weekend and is expected to dominate the drama category at Monday night’s main ceremony.

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