Channing Dungey is the first Black person in history to run a major network, appointed head of the entertainment division of ABC on February 17, 2016. Dungey joined the ABC family in 2004 and, since 2013, has held the title of executive vice president of drama development, movies & miniseries, ABC Entertainment Group. There, she developed and launched many series, including Scandal, Quantico, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and How to Get Away with Murder. Previously, she was senior vice president of drama at ABC Primetime Entertainment and served as senior vice president of drama development at Touchstone Television Productions, LLC (formerly ABC Television Studio). She also was vice president of drama series, developing programming as well as overseeing creative executives. Born March 14, 1969, Ms. Dungey grew up in a predominantly white neighborhood of Sacramento, California, beginning her career as a development assistant for Davis Entertainment at 20th Century Fox. She then became a story editor at Steamroller Productions and later senior vice president at Material Film, which she left in January 2004 to start her own production company. In 2004, Ms. Dungey took a pitch meeting with an ABC executive, and the result was an offer to join Touchstone … Continue reading Channing Dungey (1969- )