Commissioner Moves

In: Patrice Andrews, General Manager, Animal Planet

Patrice Andrews has been appointed as General Manager, Animal Planet from mid June 2016, based in NYC. Andrews will report to Rich Ross, Group President, Discovery, Animal Planet and Science Channel. She will oversee all aspects of programming, production, development, marketing and day-to-day operations for Animal Planet.

Andrews most recently served as Chief Operating Officer – East Coast for ITV Studios America. She was responsible for the strategic course of the east coast division where she had creative oversight of all development, pilot and series programming produced out of the New York office. During her 11 year tenure with ITV, Andrews was responsible for the management and development of cable and syndicated series that included Room Raiders (MTV), The Jeremy Kyle Show (Syndication), The First 48 (A&E), Rebel Gold (Discovery Channel), Four Weddings (TLC), Secret Space Escapes (Science Channel), The Bill Cunningham Show (Syndication), Four Houses (TLC) and Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters (Animal Planet).

Before joining ITV, Andrews was with A&E where she served as Executive Producer, Non-Fiction Programming and Development and was responsible for the creative management and supervision of original non-fiction programming, specials and miniseries. While at A&E, Andrews oversaw production of Airline, the docu-series with Southwest Airlines, which was the first new series from the network’s non-fiction division in 2004.

Earlier, Andrews held numerous senior production roles that included Senior Vice President of Programming and Production for MetroTV, Vice President of Production for Discovery Themed Entertainment, Head of Production for Discovery Pictures, and Executive Producer, Special Projects Unit at Discovery Networks, among other positions.

Source: Discovery press release