Nickelodeon promoted Cathy Galeota to senior vice president of Preschool Current Series on Monday.
The veteran television executive will now oversee the production of all current Nickelodeon preschool series, including original shows and co-productions. She’ll continue reporting to Teri Weiss, the network’s executive vice president of Preschool Original Programming.
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“Cathy is an incredible champion of creativity, with a great ability to effectively lead large teams,” Weiss said in a statement obtained by TheWrap. “Her production expertise and collaborative spirit have fueled the incredible success of some of the network’s recent preschool hits and I look forward to her continued leadership and vision.”
Galeota, who has worked at Nickelodeon for 18 years, remains executive in charge of the newly launched “Dora and Friends: Into the City!,” as well as “Dora the Explorer,” “PAW Patrol” and the upcoming “Shimmer and Shine.”
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She began her career with the network in 1997 as part of Nickelodeon’s production management group. She went on to become a producer on “Dora the Explorer” and “Go, Diego, “Go.”
Prior to joining Nickelodeon, Galeota worked for two other youth-skewing networks — The Disney Channel and the WB. The University of Colorado-Boulder graduate was a production manager and worked in on-air creative branding for the networks.