January 2024

Allison Brightman serves as Executive Vice President and Co-Head of Business Affairs, CBS Studios and CBS. Brightman, who originally joined the Studio in 2006, was promoted to Executive Vice President and Co-Head alongside Jeeun Kim in 2020.

In her position, Brightman leads a business operation that supports the most-watched broadcast network in primetime, daytime and late night, and one of the world’s leading studios, supplying entertainment programming for broadcast, cable networks, streaming services, and other emerging platforms. Brightman oversees all “above-the-line” deals, and under her leadership, the business affair team has spearheaded 563 projects, term deals and series for over 30 broadcasters and streamers, domestically and internationally. This includes numerous high-profile titles for Paramount+ such as the much-anticipated return of FRASIER, the original movie event STAR TREK: SECTION 31 starring Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh and new global series STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY, as well as shows for Netflix, Roku, Apple TV+ and other third-party streaming partners. Brightman also oversaw all aspects of the NCIS: SYDNEY deal, the first international expansion of the world’s #1 TV franchise. She not only helped launch a new global series but set groundwork for more co-productions with international partners.

Brightman has been with CBS for almost a decade and a half ascending in increasingly senior business affairs roles. Prior to joining CBS, she worked as senior legal counsel at HBO since 1998. Brightman earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley and her law degree from the USC Gould School of Law. She served as president of the board of directors of Disability Rights California for over eight years and continues to actively advocate on behalf of people with disabilities.