Lifetime Names Hooper VP Of Programming Acquisitions

Lifetime has named Meghan Hooper vice president of programming acquisitions.

Hooper, who will report directly to Lifetime Networks senior vice president of scheduling and acquisitions Christian Drobnyk, will help oversee all program acquisitions for Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network and Lifetime Real Women. She will be based in New York.

"I'm delighted to have someone with Meghan's caliber joining Lifetime Networks. Her creative and strategic insights to programming and acquisitions will play an integral role in further building our powerful brand," said Drobnyk in announcing the hire.

Hooper comes to Lifetime from NBCUniversal, where she was director, program acquisitions and administration, managing the inventory of films and series for USA Network, Cloo and Universal HD.