EXCLUSIVE: Jamila Hunter is exiting as President of Macro Television Studios.
The former Disney exec has been with the company, which was founded in 2015 by former WME agent Charles D. King, since January 2024.
Deadline understands that her contract was ending and was not renewed. There is no word on replacement.
Macro Television Studios is behind series such as Apple’s David Oyelowo period drama Government Cheese, which premiered earlier this year, FX’s Tupac docuseries Dear Mama and Tubi original Always Lady London, which launched on the Fox-owned streamer last month.
Before joining Macro, Hunter was EVP, Programming and Development at Disney’s Freeform, a role that she held for four years. She oversaw series such as Jessica Biel-exec produced Cruel Summer, Black-ish spinoff Grown-ish, Good Trouble and Single Drunk Female.
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Before that she spent a year at Kenya Barris’ Khalabo Ink Society as President, when it was based at Netflix with an overall deal, resulting in series such as BlackAF, animated series Entergalactic and sketch series Astronomy Club.
Prior to hooking up with Barris, she was VP of Comedy at ABC, where she worked on series including Black-ish, Fresh Off The Boat and Last Man Standing. Hunter joined ABC in 2011 and took the reins of the department in 2016.
Hunter’s resume also includes a run as VP of Comedy Development for 20th Century Fox Television and a brief stint as head of programming for then-fledgling OWN.