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Fremantle\u2019s director of global entertainment Andrew Llinares is set to step down this spring.<\/p>\n
The global entertainment division and leadership team will report to group CEO Jennifer Mullin on an interim basis while a successor is found.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Llinares, who has been in post since Jan. 2023, was responsible for leading and shaping Fremantle\u2019s global entertainment portfolio and format development, reporting to Mullin.<\/p>\n The exec has more than two decades in entertainment, having been a showrunner on \u201cThe X Factor\u201d and \u201cBritain\u2019s Got Talent\u201d during their original launches in 2004 and 2007 respectively before going on to become exec producer and showrunner of \u201cThe X Factor USA\u201d and \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d Stateside.<\/p>\n \u201cAndrew is a visionary creative,\u201d said Mullin. \u201cI have been extremely fortunate to work closely with him over many years \u2013 both in his current leadership role and during his time as a creative executive producer and showrunner.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI fully appreciate and support Andrew\u2019s decision to return to his real creative passion \u2013 making shows again. Although he will be deeply missed, we all wish him the very best for the future, and I am certain our collaboration will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n Llinares said in a statement: \u201cI\u2019ve loved every moment, but I couldn\u2019t ignore the creative itch to get back to making content myself. Now it\u2019s on to the next creative adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n Fremantle\u2019s entertainment portfolio includes \u201cMasked Singer,\u201d \u201cThe X Factor,\u201d \u201cGot Talent\u201d and \u201cIdol\u201d among other formats. In 2025 the company delivered 345 commissions and 302 productions across 62 territories.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fremantle\u2019s director of global entertainment Andrew Llinares is set to step down this spring. The global entertainment division and leadership team will report to group CEO Jennifer Mullin on an interim basis while a successor is found. More from Variety Llinares, who has been in post since Jan. 2023, was responsible for leading and shaping […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2275720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[440605,378733,440604],"class_list":["post-2275719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-andrew-llinares","tag-fremantle","tag-jennifer-mullin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fremantles-Director-of-Global-Entertainment-Andrew-Llinares-Stepping-Down.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2275719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2275721,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275719\/revisions\/2275721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2275720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2275719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2275719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2275719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}