Peter Friedlander , the former head of scripted U.S. and Canadian television at Netflix, has been hired at Amazon MGM Studios as head of global television. He will enter the role on Oct. 6.

Having left Netflix in August after nearly 14 years at the streamer, Friedlander serves as the successor to Vernon Sanders, who stepped dow n as the TV boss earlier in September .

Friendlander first joined Netflix in 2011 as director of the original series team before ascending to a vice president position and later becoming the leader of his department. During his time there, he helped oversee some of Netflix’s early hits, such as “House of Cards” and “Orange Is the New Black,” as well as its current tentpoles, like “Wednesday,” “Monster” and “Bridgerton.” Previously, Friedlander was an exe

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