{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-27/lionsgate-scott-herbst-television-president","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-27/lionsgate-scott-herbst-television-president.md","title":"Lionsgate Promotes Scott Herbst to Television Group President","headline":"Lionsgate Elevates Scott Herbst to President of Television Group Under Kevin Beggs","description":"Lionsgate promoted Scott Herbst to president of its Television Group, reporting to Kevin Beggs, after he developed The Studio and The Hunting Wives.","section":"Leadership","published_at":"2026-10-27T17:22:56+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-27T17:22:56+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["Scott Herbst was promoted to president of Lionsgate Television Group, reporting to chair and chief creative officer Kevin Beggs.","Herbst previously served as executive vice president and head of development at Lionsgate TV.","Lee Hollin and Marcello Bellisario signed long-term deals to remain in their roles and report to Herbst."],"companies":[{"name":"Lionsgate","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00009e7/lionsgate","website":"https://www.lionsgate.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"Yahoo","title":"Lionsgate Television Group Promotes Scott Herbst to President","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/lionsgate-television-group-promotes-scott-170000691.html"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Leadership","Lionsgate"],"body_markdown":"[Lionsgate](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00009e7/lionsgate) promoted Scott Herbst to president of Lionsgate Television Group, reporting to TV Group chair and chief creative officer Kevin Beggs, the studio announced October 27, 2026. [Yahoo](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/lionsgate-television-group-promotes-scott-170000691.html) carried the announcement. Herbst had been executive vice president and head of development at Lionsgate TV.\n\n## Herbst's Expanded Creative Mandate\n\nIn the new role, Herbst will lead the television group's creative operations across development, current programming, casting, music and scripted digital series. As head of development, he oversaw Seth Rogen's \"The Studio,\" which set two Emmys records at the time for its 13 wins in 2025, and \"The Hunting Wives,\" which received an early Season 3 renewal at Netflix ahead of its Season 2 launch in November.\n\nBeggs said Herbst has \"great relationships, terrific creative instincts and a strong track record of identifying distinctive material.\" Herbst said he was \"incredibly proud of what this team has accomplished\" and thanked \"every writer, producer and representative who has ever called me about an idea that ultimately became one of our shows.\"\n\nCurrent programming EVP Lee Hollin and television casting EVP Marcello Bellisario signed long-term deals to remain in their roles and report to Herbst. Head of television music Russell Ziecker also extended his employment at the studio.\n\nThe promotion comes as the studio expands its \"Power\" universe with \"Power: Origins\" and \"Power: Legacy\" and adds the hostage thriller \"Trauma\" for Paramount+ and Prime Video UK, plus the multi-cam comedy \"Dinks\" with Amazon MGM Studios and Publicis.\n\n## Lionsgate's Studio and Streaming Moves\n\nAccording to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Lionsgate sold its Lionsgate Play streaming service in India and Southeast Asia to former Asia head Rohit Jain for approximately $30 million in January 2026, transferring full ownership and operational control while retaining content licensing under a multi-year agreement. In December 2025 the studio broke ground on a $125 million film production studio in Newark's South Ward under New Jersey's Film and Digital Media Tax Credit Program.\n\n## Earlier Lionsgate Deals This October\n\nOn October 26, 2026, Lionsgate and Steven Paul's SP Media announced a joint venture in which SP Media will co-invest in new ventures and produce independent feature films that Lionsgate will distribute, PR Newswire reported. On October 20, 2026, Westfield Rise and Lionsgate launched an immersive Hunger Games experience at Westfield London running from October 30 to November 23, Retail Technology Innovation Hub reported. On October 15, 2026, Stila partnered with Lionsgate on a makeup collection for \"The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,\" released November 20, 2026, and sold exclusively in Canada at Shoppers Drug Mart, Aktien reported.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}