Netflix taps ABC's Dungey to oversee content from Obamas, Rhimes
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Channing Dungey, the first African-American to lead entertainment programming on network television, is heading to Netflix, where she’ll oversee original content and work with longtime collaborators Shonda Rhimes and Kenya Barris.
Dungey, who developed a string of hit shows for Walt Disney Co.’s ABC, will join some of Netflix’s highest-profile producers — part of an influx of talent from the broadcast networks to the digital platform.
Dungey had worked with Rhimes and Barris to make popular ABC shows such as “Scandal,” but her stint as head of entertainment programming at the network didn’t go as smoothly. After taking that role in 2016, she tried unsuccessfully to turn around flagging ratings at ABC. Dungey announced her resignation last month.
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