Ben Megargel Promoted To SVP Development, Unscripted TV At eOne
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: eOne has upped non-scripted exec Ben Megargel.Megargel has been promoted to SVP, Development, Unscripted Television at the company.
He was previously VP.He will continue to build out eOne’s slate of unscripted series, including those based on Hasbro IP, while working with partners and talent.Megargel joined the company in 2014 as Director of Development.
He has helped create programming including WEtv’s long-running Growing Up Hip-Hop franchise, BET+’s docuseries The Impact ATL and Netflix’s upcoming competition series Easy-Bake Battle.He has also served as executive producer on true crime miniseries Oxygen’s The Fatal Attraction Murder, WEtv reality series Brat Loves Judy, and VH1’s upcoming Hall of Love: The Ultimate Dating Experiment.Separately, Valerie Dean has been promoted to Senior Director, Development, Unscripted Television.
Dean joined from ICM in 2014 and developed VH1’s My Celebrity Dream Wedding. The company has also added Devorn Hannah as Director, Development, Unscripted Television.
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