CBS promotes Showtime chief David Nevins to chief creative officer for the whole company
LA TimesCBS Corp. has elevated Showtime chief David Nevins to an expanded role — chief creative officer for the entire company — in recognition that the sudden departure of former Chief Executive Leslie Moonves left a major gap in management for the company’s Hollywood operations. Nevins will retain his role as chief executive of Showtime, the premium channel that has prospered under his leadership with such shows as “Shameless,” “Homeland,” “Billions,” “Ray Donovan,” and “The Affair.” The appointment, announced Thursday by CBS acting CEO Joseph Ianniello, is immediate. In the newly created position, Nevins will continue to be based in Los Angeles and assume responsibility for programming, marketing and research across CBS television studios, the CBS Television network’s entertainment division, and Showtime networks. He has pushed in political genre with shows such as “The Circus.” Nevins also was an early champion of Showtime’s nascent streaming service, which now has more than 2 million subscribers.
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