April 2025

Claudia Lyon oversees all talent and casting operations for CBS Entertainment’s primetime and daytime programming, limited series, alternative programs and specials. Among the projects she has been instrumental in casting are breakout series GHOSTS, TRACKER and MATLOCK, which stars Oscar® winner Kathy Bates, and ELSBETH, featuring Emmy Award® winner Carrie Preston and Tony® nominee Wendell Pierce. Bates was recently nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won a Critic’s Choice Award for her role in MATLOCK.

Prior to joining CBS in 2019, Lyon served as vice president of talent and casting at ABC Entertainment, where she oversaw casting for all ABC Studios and ABC Signature pilots and primetime series, including “Grey’s Anatomy,” “How to Get Away with Murder,” “Scandal,” “Black-Ish” and “High Fidelity.” Preceding that, Lyon oversaw the casting of UGLY BETTY and the multi-Emmy® Award and Golden Globe® Award-winning MODERN FAMILY. In addition, Lyon helped spearhead all aspects of ABC’s domestic, global and digital initiatives that identified, developed and mentored talent from around the world. 

Lyon was previously vice president of casting and talent at the WB Network. She led the casting of primetime series such as “Dawson’s Creek,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Felicity,” “Gilmore Girls” and “Supernatural.”

Lyon is honored to be one of the Imagen Foundation’s Influential Latinos in Media Hall of Fame members. Additionally, Lyon served on the advisory board for the NICA Foundation, an initiative to elevate rural communities in Central America, and has volunteered for Minds Matter and the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications.