BROOKE BOWMAN NAMED SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, DRAMA PROGRAMMING & DEVELOPMENT, FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY

Brooke Bowman has been named Senior Vice President, Drama Programming & Development, Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX), effective July 6. Based in Los Angeles, she will be responsible for supervising the development and production of new and returning scripted series for the network. Bowman will report to Terence Carter, FOX's Executive Vice President, Drama Development & Programming.

Bowman joins FOX from Freeform (formerly ABC Family), where she spent the past 12 years, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Development and Programming. In that role, she oversaw a number of the network's biggest hits, including its No. 1 comedy, "Baby Daddy," "Shadowhunters," the Peabody Award-winning drama "Switched at Birth," "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," "Greek," "Bunheads," "Young & Hungry," "Make It or Break It" and "Kyle XY." She also brought in and developed Freeform's upcoming drama from Tim Kring, "Beyond." Bowman joined ABC Family in 2004 as Executive Director, Development, and was promoted to Vice President, Development and Programming, in 2005.

From 2003 to 2004, Bowman was Executive Director, Development, for Buena Vista Productions. There, she oversaw development of the company's current slate of programming for first-run syndication, as well as primetime and cable, including "Live with Regis and Kelly," "The Wayne Brady Show" and "The Tony Danza Show." Prior to that, she was Manager, Series Development and Programming, for VH1, developing "Rock the House" and "Behind the Music." From 1999 to 2001, Bowman worked for Fox Searchlight. She began her career in advertising as an Associate Producer for TBWA/Chiat/Day in San Francisco.

Bowman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and modern literature from Duke University.