Former ABC and Studio Executive Was 56

Stephanie Leifer, a longtime govt at ABC and studio ABC Signature, has died. She was 56.

Leifer died of most cancers on Thursday. She spent a mixed 28 years at ABC Signature (and its forerunner, ABC Studios) and ABC, starting on the community in 1994 as an assistant within the community’s TV film division.

“Stephanie was a beloved member of the Disney Entertainment Television family for nearly three decades, and our hearts are broken by the devastating news of her passing,” Disney Leisure Tv mentioned in an announcement. “She was a highly admired executive, whose creative impact was only matched by the relationships she nurtured both within the company and across the industry. Our sincerest condolences go out to her family, especially her husband and our colleague, Jonathan, and their two beautiful children, Amelia and Noah.” 

After becoming a member of ABC, Leifer rose by means of the ranks, holding positions within the present programming, drama and comedy departments at ABC and serving as senior vp comedy improvement from 2002-06. She then moved to ABC Studios, the place she grew to become head of present programming — overseeing exhibits together with Gray’s Anatomy, Misplaced, Determined Housewives, Fortress and lots of others — in 2010. She held that place till departing the studio, which was renamed ABC Signature following the Disney-Twentieth Century Fox merger, in 2022.

Previous to becoming a member of ABC, Leifer labored at public tv station WGBH in Boston and on the Writers and Artists Company in Los Angeles.

A personal funeral is deliberate, with a celebration of life to come back within the close to future. Donations in her reminiscence could be made to CASA of Los Angeles, the place she was a court-appointed particular advocate for foster kids.