“” exec producer Theresa Coffino is exiting the syndicated leisure information strip after 26 years, she informed staffers on Tuesday. Coffino runs day-to-day operations on the present, which is produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Tv in affiliation with Telepictures Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Tv Distribution.

Fellow exec producer Jeremy Spiegel, who serves as showrunner, will stay on the helm of “Additional” because it returns for Season 32 in fall 2025.

“After 26 years at ‘Additional,’ I’m transferring on from my function as govt producer on the present to pursue my ardour for producing true crime documentaries,” Coffino mentioned in a press release. “I’m proud to have led this unbelievable group with nice companions, and contributed to a present that’s meant a lot to so many. We’ve constructed such an exquisite household right here and I’m deeply grateful to have labored alongside among the greatest folks within the enterprise.”

Coffino has served as EP of “Additional” since 2002; earlier than that she was co-exec producer and supervising producer. At “Additional,” she helped evolve the present away from tabloid tales again to leisure information, bringing “Additional” to the purple carpet and orchestrating interviews with names like Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts. She originated the present’s social media technique and helped the present win the primary Daytime Emmy for leisure information in 2014. Additionally, she served as an govt producer on “Trapped: What Is Occurring to Wendy Williams?” for sister cabler Investigation Discovery.

Coffino’s credit additionally embody ten years with Paramount’s syndication division, engaged on TV newsmagazines together with “Onerous Copy” — the place she lined the trials of Michael Jackson and O.J. Simpson, in addition to Princess Diana’s divorce and demise, andthe Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Earlier in her profession, she labored on Lifetime’s “Attitudes” and the syndicated “A Present Affair,” in addition to helped originate WNYW-TV’s “Good Day New York,” which turned the template for native morning information exhibits on Fox-owned stations all through the nation.

“Theresa’s contributions over her 26 years have been immeasurable,” mentioned Lauren Blincoe, the senior VP of present programming at Telepictures. “A real drive within the tv business, she has been instrumental in shaping Additional into the enduring leisure information model it’s right now. We’re deeply grateful to Theresa for her dedication, imaginative and prescient, and award-winning work. As she embarks on her subsequent chapter, we want her nothing however continued success.”