Joe Lewis Exits Amazon Studios; Sharon Tal Yguado Takes Over Scripted Series
Top drama and comedy executive Joe Lewis has departed Amazon Studios, Variety has confirmed. Sharon Tal Yguado has been promoted to take over all scripted programming, reporting to Albert Cheng, COO and acting president of the tech giant’s entertainment division.
Lewis had been the top scripted programming executive under Roy Price, who last week resigned from his post as president of Amazon Studios after being suspended for the company amid a sexual harassment allegations. Lewis was on increasingly thin ice in the wake of Price’s departure. As Variety reported last week, Lewis was the subject of an internal investigation earlier this year into his behavior toward women, conducted by the same outside firm hired to look into harassment claims against Price.
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