Comedy Central has promoted David Bernath to executive vice president, program strategy and multiplatform programming. He recently handled the all-comedy channel's negotiations with Twentieth
Television to secure the exclusive basic cable syndication rights to "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," which airs on the cabler this summer. And he signed a groundbreaking series/syndication deal
with Gary Sanchez Productions (Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy) and Debmar-Mercury for an original sitcom starring Jon Heder that premieres this year. Prior to joining Comedy Central in
2004, Bernath was vice president, programming, at BBC America.