Walt Disney Co. is cleaning house at its division responsible for producing prime-time television series, the latest in a string of executive changes at the studio.
Sources say Walt Disney Network Television President David Neuman will leave the company, while his two top lieutenants, Executive Vice President Peter Aronson and Senior Vice President David Himelfarb, segue from their executive positions into producing deals at Disney.
Changes have been anticipated since the studio named Lloyd Braun, a former Brillstein-Grey Entertainment executive, chairman of Buena Vista Television Productions in March--news that leaked to reporters before Neuman and his staff were notified they would be getting a new boss.
Word of the reorganization came down late Friday. A Disney spokeswoman declined comment, and replacements have yet to be determined.
The shift comes after the period in which studios develop and sell new programs for the coming television season. The networks set their lineups in May, and a flurry of personnel moves usually follows.
