Overview
- Stern will exit the vice chairman role at the end of March and continue advising Lionsgate Television under a long-term consulting arrangement.
- She signaled plans to pursue work beyond TV, saying it is time to see if there is life after television following a four-decade career.
- Her tenure included deal frameworks that placed Lionsgate series across emerging platforms, from AMC’s Mad Men and Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black to Apple TV’s The Studio, which won a record 13 Emmys.
- She helped steer strategic expansions, including integrating eOne’s library, the majority stake in 3 Arts Entertainment, and a minority investment in UK talent firm 42, where she serves on the board.
- Lionsgate notes operational momentum, citing renewals for 12 of 13 current scripted series and a slate spanning streaming, broadcast, cable, FAST and digital platforms.