Leadership of all prime-time, daytime and late-night creative departments at the CBS Television Network — including comedy and drama development, alternative, specials, current programming, scheduling and casting — has been handed to a 17-year CBS veteran.
She succeeds Kelly Kahl, who is retiring next month to conclude a 26-year tenure at the network.
Amy Reisenbach has been named President of CBS Entertainment. She reports to CBS President/CEO George Cheeks.
Reisenbach has been with CBS since 2005. She was named EVP of Current Programs at the network in June 2017. In that role, she has overseen creative affairs for all scripted series broadcast on CBS, CBS Studios shows produced for other broadcast networks, CBS Daytime’s talk shows, game shows and dramas, and its Saturday morning lineup.
From September 2015 through June 2017, Reisenbach was SVP of Current Programs, supervising all series produced by CBS Studios for The CW, while continuing to work on several shows broadcast on CBS. After joining CBS Studios in 2005 as manager of current programs, she was promoted to director a year later, and named vice president in 2011.
Previously, Reisenbach worked at Warner Bros. Television in the drama development and current departments.
“Amy is a brilliant, creative executive and an incredible, highly collaborative leader who has worked closely with all parts of the Network and our Studios partners for many years,” Cheeks said. “She is a passionate advocate for writers, producers and the creative process, with proven programming instincts for what it takes to make and sustain highly successful television series. She also continues to be a strong proponent for diversity and inclusion and a key figure in the advancements CBS has made in front of and behind the camera in this area.”
