Warner Bros. Discovery and CEO David Zaslav were all but ready to gut Turner Classic Movies, but three major directors claimed they would steward the program.
, the three famed directors will now be the public curators of TCM. In addition, Charles Tabesh—the longtime executive in charge of TCM’s programming lineup
—will stay on after initial reports claimed he would get the boot. He will now be reporting to Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, dual CEOs of Warner Bros. Film Group.In a joint statement, Spielberg, Scorsese, and Andersen said they are already working with De Luca and Abdy. They also dropped a tithe at grand lord Zaslav’s feet, saying that this arrangement reflects the CEO’s “commitment to honoring the TCM legacy while also involving us on curation and programming.
s going to work on “preserving TCM’s mission of celebrating our rich movie history while at the same time ensuring that future generations of filmmakers and film lovers have TCM as a valuable resource.” The two Film Group execs alongside the directors will all share in the curation duties. In that shared statement, De Luca and Abdy said they intend to “enhance TCM’s on-air programming.” There are very few content streams that try to curate and collect classic cinema. There’sof yesteryear.
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