Angelica McDaniel

Angelica McDaniel serves as EVP, Head of Daytime Programs and Syndicated Program Development for CBS Entertainment and CBS Television Distribution.

In her role, McDaniel oversees CBS Daytime, the TV Network’s top-rated lineup in the day-part, as well as development for all new first-run programming at CBS Television Distribution (CTD), the industry's leading domestic syndication company. She is also in charge of developing new series across all traditional and new genres of programming for the syndication marketplace.

McDaniel, who joined CBS in August 2010, previously served as Senior Vice President, Daytime, CBS Entertainment, responsible for overseeing the Network's daytime lineup, which recently celebrated 29 consecutive years as daytime's #1 Network. CBS Daytime includes daytime dramas The Young and the Restless and Bold and the Beautiful, game shows The Price Is Right and Let's Make a Deal, and the entertainment talk show The Talk.  She served as Vice President, Current Daytime Programs, CBS, overseeing The Talk, before being elevated to her role as head of daytime at the Network.

McDaniel also oversaw the 2013-2014 season rebranding of CBS's Saturday morning programming block to The CBS Dream Team, It's Epic!, a three-hour FCC educational/informational compliant programming block of six high-definition half-hours with a pro-social message targeted to viewers 13 to 16-years-old and appealing to viewers of all ages.

Prior to joining CBS, McDaniel was a creative executive in the Telepictures/Warner Bros. program development department. She also served as the current executive for the fifth season of The Tyra Banks Show.

Earlier in her career, McDaniel was part of the start-up staff at XM Satellite Radio, serving as an executive producer and later Director of Talk Programming, managing more than 50 talk channels, including MTV, E!, CNN and NASCAR.