WB TV taps Rovner, Lisotta, Goldstein

Development execs to o'see drama

By JENNY HONTZ

Warner Bros. TV has named Susan Rovner director of drama development and Christopher Lisotta manager of the department. Also, director of drama development Len Goldstein has extended his contract. All three executives report to Steve Pearlman, senior vice president of drama development.

Rovner joins Warner Bros. TV from ABC, where she was executive director of movies for TV. During her tenure there, she developed such telefilms as "Alibi," "The Devil's Child," "Ice" and "The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3."

Rovner also served as VP of drama development at Hill/Fields Entertainment, where she was responsible for all aspects of development, and she was an associate producer for telefilms and minis such as "Gone in the Night," "A Tangled Web" and "Stolen Innocence." She also worked as the department coordinator of longform packaging at ICM.

Lisotta previously served as development coordinator of TV series at Broder, Kurland, Webb Uffner. He began his career working at Paul Kagan and Associates as a research associate and at Columbia TriStar TV as a research analyst in syndication.