Longtime TV development head Scott Herbst has been promoted to president of the Lionsgate Television Group.

The announcement was made by Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate Television Group chair and chief creative officer, whom Herbst has worked closely with as he continues to report to Beggs.

The studio’s TV Group has also seen Lee Hollin, head of current programming, and Marcello Bellisario, head of casting, sign new longterm deals as part of a revamped TV group leadership that follows Sandra Stern, vice chairman of the Lionsgate TV Group and a 23-year veteran of the studio, stepping down from her post in March 2026. Stern continues with the studio as a longterm consultant.

With his promotion from the post of executive vp and head of development, Herbst will lead the Television Group’s creative operations across development, current programming, casting, music and scripted digital series. The exec joined the studio in 2018.…