Stamford live wrestling, video and film promoter WWE has hired a Hollywood TV talk-show executive to oversee WWE’s push into reality-show and children’s programming outside the ring.
Eric Pankowski is WWE’s new senior vice president for creative and development.
He reports to Executive Vice President Stephanie McMahon.
Pankowski previously was a senior executive at Reveille and Warner Bros., where he focused on daytime, access and late night programming in syndication and cable.
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He launched comedian George Lopez’s Lopez Tonight show, and was involved in The Ellen DeGeneres Show and several other shows.
Pankowski holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University Bloomington.
