Toronto-headquartered Blink49 Studios has inked a multi-year first look executive producer deal with TV industry veteran Pancho Mansfield.

The deal reunites Mansfield with Blink49’s CEO John Morayniss and Carolyn Newman, EVP, global scripted television. The trio had previously worked together under the Entertainment One (eOne) banner, where Morayniss was CEO and Newman was SVP of scripted at the time.

The Blink49 deal will see Mansfield collaborate with Newman to develop and produce original projects, including a procedural with writer and producer Andrew Miller (Percy Jackson and the Olympians).

Prior to partnering with Blink49, Mansfield served as president of global scripted programming, television for eOne. In this role, he oversaw such shows as the Emmy-nominated survival drama Yellowjackets (Showtime), the Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning psychological thriller Sharp Objects (HBO), and the long-running hit series The Rookie and its spinoff The Rookie: Feds (ABC), among others.

Previously, Mansfield headed his own shingle under a first-look deal with Fox TV Studios, where he set up and produced projects across multiple networks, including Queen of the South and Damien.

Earlier in his career, Mansfield served as EVP of Spike TV, SVP of programming at Fox TV Studios and SVP of original programming at Showtime Networks. During this 20-year period, he was involved in the development of shows such as Queer as Folk, Stargate SG-1 and The Outer Limits, to name a few.

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