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Warner Bros TV Group signs up Thede

Warner Bros Television Group (WBTVG) has signed an exclusive overall deal with A Black Lady Sketch Show creator, executive producer and star Robin Thede.

Robin Thede

WBTVG did not disclose financial terms of the deal but confirmed it is an exclusive multi-year agreement.

This is Thede’s first deal with WBTVG and extends the writer, producer and star’s long-standing relationship with the group’s parent, WarnerMedia.

Under the pact, Thede will develop new television programming for all platforms: on-demand/streaming services, including WarnerMedia’s HBO Max; premium/pay and basic cable channels, including WarnerMedia’s HBO; and broadcast networks.

Thede created, executive produced, starred in and serves as showrunner/writer on HBO’s Emmy-nominated series A Black Lady Sketch Show, which has already been renewed for a second season.

In addition, Thede has joined Christa Gatewood to write the feature Fashionably Black for HBO Max, produced by Michael B Jordan’s Outlier Society.

Most recently, Thede appeared in the fourth season of HBO’s Insecure, as well as in Justin Simien’s thriller Bad Hair, which debuted at Sundance and is set to be released on Hulu on October 23.

Thede previously served as the creator, executive producer, showrunner, writer and star of the BET late-night talkshow The Rundown with Robin Thede.

She also served as the head writer and correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, and was head writer for the 2016 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

Thede is represented by WME, Del Shaw Moonves and ID Public Relations.

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