Liz Wise Lyall Named SVP Scripted Programming & Development At Lifetime

Peter White
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Liz Wise Lyall is returning to Lifetime – 15 years after she left.

Wise Lyall has been appointed SVP Scripted Programming and Development at the A+E Networks channel. It comes after she left The CW last year as it went through a round of layoffs.

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She will now oversee Lifetime’s movie production strategy and scripted co-productions, spearheading development and execution of original films, as well as strategic partnerships and acquisitions.

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Before joining The CW in 2010, Wise Lyall worked on Lifetime movies including The Pregnancy Pact with Thora Birch, To Be Fat Like Me starring Kaley Cuoco, and Girl, Positive with Jennie Garth as well as projects with Gale Ann Hurd, Garth Brooks and Salma Hayak.

At The CW, she was most recently SVP, Head of Scripted Programming, where she managed current programming, scripted development and international co-productions. She worked on series such as Riverdale, Arrow, Superman & Lois, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The 100 and iZombie as well as Wild Cards and upcoming series Good Cop Bad Cop.

Elaine Frontain Bryant, EVP Programming for A&E, Lifetime and LMN said, “Lifetime movies are iconic and a genre in of itself so I could not be more thrilled to have Liz return with her deep understanding and knowledge of Lifetime movies. Liz’s energy coupled with her experience in bringing teams together will help drive further growth for our movie team.”

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