Lionsgate has signed a new long-term employment agreement with Kevin Beggs, president and chief content integration officer of the studio’s television group. The terms of the new contract were not disclosed.
Beggs and Lionsgate Television Group President Sandra Stern have led LGTV for 20 years, making them one of the longest-standing leadership teams in television. Beggs’ contract renewal follows an expansion in LGTV’s creative leadership team, with Scott Herbst, EVP and Head of Scripted Development, Lee Hollin, EVP and Head of Current Programming, and Jocelyn Sabo, SVP of Scripted Development, all recently appointed new Deals signed.
Lionsgate has picked up 14 new shows for the series in the past year, and 15 current series have been renewed for additional seasons, among them broadcast network shows that Beggs has picked up on “Home Economics” (ABC), “Welcome to Flech”. “Like shepherds renewal. (Fox) and “Ghost” (CBS). NBC also picked up an untitled family comedy from Mike O’Malley via Lionsgate.
The studio currently houses over 100 scripted and unscripted series spanning the Lionsgate Television, Pilgrim Media Group, Debmar-Mercury and 3Arts entertainment platforms.
“Kevin and his team have done a great job building Lionsgate Television into a world-class supplier of valuable premium content to buyers across the ecosystem,” said Lionsgate CEO John Feltheimer. “Kevin is a trusted partner whose entrepreneurial, innovative and collaborative approach best reflects our culture. Under his leadership, our television business is well positioned to continue to grow its profitability and strengthen our respected brand.”
As Lionsgate’s Chief Content Integration Officer, Beggs leads the “Lionsgate 360” initiative for cross-platform opportunities, notably licensing the John Wick spinoff series “The Continental” to Peacock and Lionsgate films such as “Step”. Up” series. Blindspotting” and “Swimming with the Sharks.”
Other shows led by Beggs include “Love Life,” “Minx” and “Julia” on HBO Max and “Mythic Quest” and “Acapulco” on Apple TV+, as well as 15 series airing or in the pipeline on Starz. , which includes three installments from Power Universe (“Ghost,” “Rising Kanan” and “Force”), “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Blindspotting,” “The Serpent Queen” (in collaboration with 3Arts) and “P-Valley” . He has also been a part of Lionsgate between the releases of hit shows such as “Mad Men,” “Orange is the New Black,” “Weeds” and “Dead Zone.”
Beggs is the recipient of the Alliance for Children’s Rights 2019 “National Champion for Children Award,” Operation Smile’s John Connor Humanitarian Award, Help Group’s Teddy Bear Humanitarian Award, and the Broadcasting & Cable 2014 Innovation Award. In October 2017, he was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame. He has served on the boards and executive committees of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles Paley Center for Media. He is currently a board member of the homeless youth center My Friends Place, Keaton Children’s Museum, Southern California Public Radio and Green Dot Charter Schools. He was also recently named Chairman of the Board of Directors of BANFF.
