Liz Wise Lyall returns to Lifetime as the Senior Vice President, Scripted Programming and Development to lead the network’s movie production strategy and scripted co-productions. In this role, she will oversee the development and execution of original films, while expanding strategic partnerships and acquisitions. During her initial stint at Lifetime, where she began as a manager before being elevated to a director, Lyall worked on iconic Lifetime movies including The Pregnancy Pact with Thora Birch, To Be Fat Like Me starring Kaley Cuoco and Girl, Positive with Jennie Garth. During her first run with Lifetime, Lyall also worked on creative partnerships with Gale Ann Hurd, Garth Brooks, and Salma Hayak among others.

Prior to rejoining Lifetime, Lyall spent over 14 years at The CW Network, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Head of Scripted Programming. There, she managed current programming, scripted development, and international co-productions. Lyall played a pivotal role in many of the network’s most beloved series including Wild Cards, upcoming Good Cop Bad Cop, Superman & Lois, cult favorites Riverdale, Arrow, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The 100, and iZombie. Lyall also oversaw the DC animated films for the CW Seed platform including Constantine and Vixen, the comedy Significant Mother and Beebo Saves Christmas, The CW’s first original animated holiday special.

Following the CW's ownership transition to Nexstar, Lyall led the initiative to merge the current programming and development departments into a unified team, streamlining operations and encouraging creative innovation across the network. Before she ventured into television, Lyall was a literary agent at Alpern Group in Los Angeles and Harrison Artist Management in her native Canada. Lyall resides in Burbank with her son and husband.