Programming President Susanne Daniels is leaving MTV after three years, and Mina Lefevre has been promoted to executive vice president and head of Scripted Development at MTV. Lefevre previously served as senior vice president of Scripted Programming at the network.
She will report to MTV President Stephen Friedman alongside Lauren Dolgen, head of Reality Programming and executive vice president of Series Development.
Friedman thanked Daniels for her work in a memo to staff.
“In just under three years here, Susanne has helped guide our Development team to some tremendous wins, from the launch of hits including ‘Finding Carter,’ ‘Faking It,’ ‘Are You the One?,’ ‘Broke A$$ Game Show’ and, most recently, ‘Scream'; to the strengthening of existing franchises like ‘Real World,’ ‘Challenges,’ ‘Ridiculousness’ and ‘Fantasy Factory,'” Friedman said. “She’s been a strong creative talent for the brand, a thoughtful leader for the organization, and a great partner for me. I will personally miss her terrific sense of humor, her warmth and candor, and those wonderful occasions when she accidentally hangs up on a 40-person VC (sorry, Susanne – I had to 🙂 ). We wish her all the best.
“Our Development team has a tremendously strong bench, and Mina Lefevre and Lauren Dolgen will step up and report to me as they continue their excellent work,” he said.
“From ‘Shannara’ to ‘Finding Carter,’ Mina has an incredible talent for developing entirely new worlds, stories, and characters that always feel relatable and real to our fans,” Friedman said in a statement. “As MTV continues to pursue even more ambitious scripted projects, we’re thrilled to have the leadership of a creative, collaborative executive like Mina.”
“MTV is a great place to take risks and create smart, fun projects that tell unique, youthful stories, and I’m excited to take on a greater role as we bring more original series to our audience,” Lefevre said.
Lefevre previously served as vice president of Development and Programming at ABC Family. She originally joined ABC Family’s predecessor, Fox Family Network. She has also held roles at Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Flicker Fusion Films, a producer of several independent features and shorts.
9 Best and Worst MTV Movie Awards Moments (Photos)
Best: Amy Schumer was the perfect host -- sending up the year's biggest films with her blunt delivery, and working in a bit of her standup with some healthy plugs for her upcoming Judd Apatow comedy "Trainwreck."
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Worst: The cast of "Magic Mike XXL" is nice to look at, but a random bit about how actors Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez, Channing Tatum and Joe Manganiello are coming to accept sexual harassment from their female fans didn't land. Stick to dancing.
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Best: Vin Diesel tugged at heartstrings by singing a few bars of "See You Again," the "Furious 7" Paul Walker tribute song by Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa, before presenting the trophy for Best Female Performance.
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Worst: Separately, we love Mark Wahlberg's east coast chop-busting swagger as much as we do the beautiful melodies of Jessie J. Together presenting Best Comedic Moment, however, their severe lack of chemistry is no laughing matter.
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Best: Shailene Woodley took home the first award of the night for Best Female Performance in "The Fault in Our Stars" and immediately made the book's author John Green cry with a heartfelt, touching tribute. Talk about starting things off on a high note.
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Worst: The "Fantastic Four" cast didn't share any new clips or trailers for their movie. Likewise, they didn't seem to share any chemistry onstage presenting the award for Best Duo.
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Best: Rebel Wilson will always be herself, and she was at her Rebel Wilson-est during an appearance with her "Pitch Perfect 2" co-stars, when she strutted out in skintight leather and angel wings. Because why not?
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Worst: If the comedy stylings offered up by Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara while the duo presented Best Kiss were an indicator of the kind of humor in their new movie "Hot Pursuit," it's going to be a hard sell.
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Best: Robert Downey Jr. is Marvel's first and brightest star, and has long been a treasured entertainer. His Generation Award was inevitable, and he delivered by thanking his "Avengers" costars and telling youngsters to follow their dreams.
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Vin Diesel sings, Sofia and Reese fall flat, and Shailene Woodley moves John Green to tears
Best: Amy Schumer was the perfect host -- sending up the year's biggest films with her blunt delivery, and working in a bit of her standup with some healthy plugs for her upcoming Judd Apatow comedy "Trainwreck."