Mark Pedowitz is the current President of The CW Television Network

The CW Television Network

The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...

. He replaced Dawn Ostroff

Dawn Ostroff

Dawn Tarnofsky-Ostroff was the former President of Entertainment of The CW Television Network. She was in charge of all creative efforts of the network and oversees such areas as current programming, series development, scheduling, research, marketing and publicity.-Career:Ostroff began her career...

 in 2011, who has been the Head of Entertainment since the networks inception in 2006. Pedowitz oversees all aspects of The CW, including programming, sales, marketing, distribution, finance, research and publicity.

Early career

Pedowitz began his career in the entertainment industry as an attorney at MCA Inc. in 1979. He was Senior Vice President, Business Affairs and Administration, MGM/UA Television Production Group

United Artists

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, a position he had held since 1987. From 1985–87, Pedowitz was Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel, The Landsburg Company

Alan Landsburg Productions

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. From 1980–85, he was Vice President, Business Affairs, Reeves Entertainment. He served as Executive Vice President, ABC Entertainment Television Group

Disney-ABC Television Group

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, overseeing all business, legal and financial affairs for ABC Primetime and Touchstone Television, as well as business/legal affairs for ABC Daytime

ABC Daytime

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. He joined ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 in 1991 as Senior Vice President, Business Affairs and Contracts.

He set up Pine Street Entertainment, a production company which has a first look deal with Warner Bros. Television

Warner Bros. Television

Warner Bros. Television is the television production arm of Warner Bros. Entertainment, itself part of Time Warner. Alongside CBS Television Studios, it serves as a television production arm of The CW Television Network , though it also produces shows for other networks, such as Shameless on...

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