Marijuana is having its moment in American culture, with recreational pot use now legal in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. California, Arizona, Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts vote on recreational use in November. It’s a trend reflected in popular entertainment. Three TV series devoted to the subject air within the next month.HBO’s New York-set “High Maintenance,” which bows Sept. 16, began as a web series in 2012; both iterations of the show follow an unnamed pot deliveryman (series co-creator Ben Sinclair)...
Warner Bros. Television Group
Peter
Roth
President / Chief Content Officer
Roth had a hand in bringing some of the most popular Warner Bros. series to the small screen, with shows including “The Big Bang Theory,” “Gilmore Girls” (including the Netflix reboot), “The Flash” and “Westworld.” So far, 24 WBTV series have exceeded the milestone 100-episode mark, with some even surpassing 200. He is president of Warner Bros. Television, Warner Horizon Television and Warner Bros. Animation while also overseeing Telepictures, Shed Media and Warner Bros. International Television. He began his career at ABC, then moved to Stephen J. Cannell Productions, where he stayed six years and created such series as “21 Jump Street” and “Picket Fences.” At 20th Century Fox Television, he shepherded “The X-Files” and was later named president of Fox.