NBC's Salke Expands Role to Oversee Universal TV

Entertainment president takes on responsibility of studio

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/26/2012 9:33:04 PM

NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke is expanding her role at the network to include oversight of its studio, Universal Television, and NBC spokesperson confirmed Thursday.

Salke had been a longtime studio executive, coming to NBC last July after nine years at 20^th Century Fox Television where she helped develop Modern Family and Glee.

Bela Bajaria, who joined as executive VP of Universal TV last August, will continue to run the day-to-day operations of the studio, reporting to Salke and NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt.

NBC has made rebuilding its studio a priority under Greenblatt and wants to make it a creator of hit shows for other broadcast and cable networks, as evidenced by its high-profile sale of The Mindy Project to Fox this season.

Deadline first reported the story.