Netflix Taps ABC's Channing Dungey to Oversee Content From Obamas, Rhimes
- Executive joins talent flow from networks to streaming service
- At ABC, Dungey had helped create hit shows such as ‘Scandal’
Channing Dungey, the first African-American to lead entertainment programming on network television, is heading to Netflix Inc., where she’ll oversee original content and work with longtime collaborators Shonda Rhimes and Kenya Barris.
Dungey, who developed a string of hit shows for Walt Disney Co.’s ABC, will join some of Netflix’s highest-profile producers -- part of an influx of talent from the broadcast networks to the digital platform.