Biography

Kate Adler was named Executive Vice President, Comedy Development, CBS Television Studios in 2013. In her position, Adler oversees the development of all comedy series for broadcast, cable, and streaming.

New CBS comedies include "Carol's Second Act" starring Patricia Heaton and "The Unicorn" starring Walton Goggins. "The Neighborhood" starring Cedric the Entertainer and Max Greenfield and "Man With A Plan" starring Matt LeBlanc both return to CBS this Fall. Adler developed the critically acclaimed Netflix series "Dead to Me" starring Christina Applegate, going into its second season, as well as the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" and the Emmy nominated Netflix series, "American Vandal."

Prior to CBS Television Studios, Adler served as a Producer for CBS' "Survivor Palau," "Survivor Guatemala" and "Crime & Punishment: Real-Life Law & Order" for NBC. In 2002, she was a producer on the Oscar-winning documentary, "Twin Towers" which told the story of the NYPD's Emergency Service Unit and their heroic acts on September 11th.

From 1997 to 2000, Adler was Vice President, Creative Affairs for Worldwide Pants Incorporated, where she supervised all-new series development, oversaw the production of "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Ed," and recruited writers for "The Late Show with David Letterman" and "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn." In 1994, Adler was Director, Comedy Development for Walt Disney Network Television where she developed network comedies as well as served as Current Programming Executive on "Ellen."

Prior to Disney, Adler worked at Creative Artists Agency as an Assistant to the Head of the Television Literary Department.

Adler received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University.
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