He dropped out of the University of California, Los Angeles shortly before attaining a master's degree in English Literature, and started in the film industry.
[2][3] He also had executive roles at Interscope Communications, which he had joined in 1987, Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox.
[2][4] Madden became president of Fox Television Studios in 2010 and signed a new contract in April 2014.
[7] He left two years later when network president Sarah Barnett folded the studios into AMC Entertainment.
[9] He left at the end of his contract in April 2022, after working on series such as Superman & Lois and All American: Homecoming for The CW.