Speaker Bryan Seabury
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In his position as EVP, Drama Development, Seabury oversees the development and creation of all drama series for broadcast, cable and streaming on behalf of CBS Studios. Seabury has developed dozens of successful series, including this season's most watched new drama, Fire Country for CBS, Your Honor for Showtime, Rabbit Hole for Paramount+, Swagger for Apple TV+, Unbeliveable and the upcoming Glamorous for Netflix, and Most Dangerous Game for Quibi/Roku, among others.
Seabury was named head of Drama Development at CBS Studios in 2016, which marked his return to the studio after nearly seven years in Drama Development at CBS Network. During that time, he was involved in the development of Bull, Blue Bloods, Madam Secretary, NCIS: New Orleans, Scorpion, Elementary and Hawaii Five-O.
Prior to his stint at CBS Entertainment, Seabury was Vice President of Drama Development for CBS Studios, coming to the company in July 2006.
Previously, he served as Vice President of TV Development for Mark Johnson’s Gran Via Productions, where he developed and served as a producer on Love Monkey for CBS.
Seabury graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Vanderbilt University.
Speaking on: Trends in scripted programming