Sharon Vuong is formally accountable for unscripted at NBC.
As Deadline revealed in January, Vuong was named interim head of unscripted on the community following the departure of Corie Henson.
Vuong has now bought the job completely as head of unscripted at NBC with the title EVP, Unscripted Programming, NBC.
It comes because the community is gearing as much as launch its subsequent huge leisure format – Vacation spot X – subsequent month.
She is going to report back to Pearlena Igbokwe, Chairman, Tv Studios, NBC Leisure and Peacock Scripted.
Vuong will lead the crew that oversees sequence akin to America’s Obtained Expertise and The Voice.
She is going to work intently with Rachel Smith, who’s EVP, Unscripted Content material, Life-style & Documentaries, who labored alongside Henson on the approach to life and actuality aspect of the enterprise. Smith stories to Frances Berwick, who was named Chairman, Bravo and Peacock Unscripted within the firm’s restructure earlier this 12 months.
As one supply instructed Deadline the simplest approach to delineate the 2 groups is that the crew that Vuong is now main offers in money prizes, the place Smith’s crew doesn’t (except you depend love as a prize).
Vuong joined NBC in Could 2020. She has spearheaded improvement and present on unscripted codecs together with actuality competitors, expertise competitors, and sport exhibits throughout NBCU’s Leisure portfolio, which to this point has included NBC, Peacock and the cable networks, though a few of this may change with SpinCo taking over cable nets akin to E! and USA Community.
She can be accountable for bringing in two of NBCU’s most profitable streaming codecs in The Traitors and Love Island. The Traitors, hosted by Alan Cumming, is at present in its third season and has already been renewed by season 5. Love Island, in the meantime, aired its sixth season final summer season and has various spinoffs.
The crew additionally consists of Jenny Ramirez, who’s SVP, Leisure Unscripted Different Programming, Shelby Shaftel, who’s SVP, Unscripted Collection and Improvement and Kristina Edwards, who’s VP, Present Collection and Improvement.
Vuong joined from CBS, the place she was SVP, Different Programming and labored on sequence together with Survivor, The Wonderful Race, Massive Brother and Undercover Boss.
