ABC Entertainment 
The CW Network 
Touchstone Television 
Mark Pedowitz has been named chairman and CEO of the CW Network. The veteran television exec's new deal will keep him ensconsed at the ViacomCBS-WarnerMedia joint venture, where he has served as president for nearly a decade.Pedowitz last renewed his deal with the CW two years ago this month.The extension and elevation solidify the youth-skewing broadcaster's leadership at a time of transition for its corporate parents. Warner Bros., which holds 50% of the CW, was acquired last year along with...
The CW Network
Mark
Pedowitz
Chairman / CEO
Since Pedowitz began his tenure as president of The CW in 2011, the network has attracted male viewers with a slew of DC Comics-inspired superhero dramas, such as “Arrow” and “The Flash,” while retaining women with nighttime soaps — think “Riverdale” — and female-skewing hour-long comedies including “Jane the Virgin.” It continues to offer original programming year-round. In a mark of inclusion, this season’s “Batwoman” is the first primetime series with an openly gay superhero — and, coincidentally, an out and proud star, Ruby Rose. Under Pedowitz, the CW has also embraced multi-platform distribution, and in 2020 the network upped him to chairman and CEO. He made his mark in the business during a nearly 20-year run at ABC, starting in business affairs and contracts and eventually tapped to lead Disney’s TV production arm, Touchstone Television (now ABC Studios).
