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Warner Bros TV Chief to Step Down

By Tom Dotan
· · Source: Deadline

Peter Roth, the long-serving head of Warner Bros. Television, will step down at the end of the year. He’s been atop Hollywood’s most prolific television producer for more than 20 years, and overseen hit series like The West Wing, The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men. His departure has been expected for some time; Deadline reported that when he reupped his contract this February for a one...

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