A multi-year first-look agreement has been made between Warner Bros. Television and Pine Tree Entertainment, run by Bill Prady and Chris Sanagustin.
Sanagustin began her career as a production assistant on a WBTV sitcom, whereas Prady is most known for co-creating the popular WBTV series “The Big Bang Theory” with Chuck Lorre. According to the agreement, Pine Tree Entertainment will create scripted content for all distribution channels, including HBO Max, third-party streaming, cable, and broadcast.
“It’s exciting for Chris and me to be back at Warner Bros., a studio I first called home almost two decades ago,” Prady said. “We are thrilled to partner with a creative team that shares our vision for innovative television and the championing of new voices.”
The longest-running multi-cam series in TV history, “The Big Bang Theory” aired on CBS for 12 seasons and 279 episodes. Writing on shows like “Married…With Children,” “Caroline in the City,” “Dream On,” “Dharma & Greg,” and “Gilmore Girls,” Prady started his career at Jim Henson Productions. Prady and WBTV Group chairperson Channing Dungey, who signed Prady to another first-look agreement while she was at Netflix, are reunited due to the deal.
Sanagustin has held executive positions at businesses including Netflix, Universal Television, UCP, and The WB throughout the TV industry. Throughout her career, she has contributed to such programmes as “The Mindy Project,” “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” and “Bates Motel.” Pine Tree was established in 2020 by Prady and Sanagustin. The business has so far established projects at platforms like NBC, TBS, Apple, Hulu, and Netflix.
