EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal began one other spherical of layoffs earlier Wednesday, as revealed by Deadline.
It seems that its unscripted groups had been the toughest hit on this newest spherical of redundancies, with a minimum of two SVPs on the truth facet impacted in addition to a quantity working throughout NBC, Peacock and Bravo.
Deadline understands that Stephanie Steele, SVP Unscripted Present Manufacturing, and Jenny Ramirez, SVP Unscripted Codecs, had been amongst these let go as we speak.
Steele, who one supply described as “some of the beloved senior individuals in our enterprise,” has been with the corporate for practically 15 years. She oversaw the crew that produces its true-crime exhibits together with Peacock’s Who Killed Robert Wone? and The Hillside Strangler: Satan in Disguise.
Ramirez joined the corporate in late 2022, having beforehand been SVP Unscripted Programming for TBS, TNT and TruTV, the place she labored on exhibits reminiscent of Wipeout, Rat within the Kitchen and Silly Pet Methods.
There have been different departures inside this unscripted crew, involving director- and manager-level execs.
Elsewhere, Christy Dees, VP Growth and Bravo, can be leaving. She has been with the corporate for greater than 15 years and labored on exhibits together with Summer season Home in addition to titles in The Actual Housewives and Under Deck franchises.
This give attention to unscripted comes amid a recalibration of NBCUniversal’s construction. It follows the departure of EVP Unscripted Content material, Competitors and Recreation Reveals Corie Henson, who left following a restructure that noticed Pearlena Igbokwe, who runs Common Studio Group, take management of NBC Leisure, which incorporates unscripted, along with scripted programming at Peacock. Frances Berwick, in the meantime, moved over to Chairman, Bravo and Peacock Unscripted, overseeing all the firm’s non-NBC unscripted programming.
Earlier than this restructure, Henson oversaw all titles that had a money prize throughout NBC, Peacock and the cable networks, whereas Rachel Smith, who was promoted to EVP Unscripted Content material, Life-style and Documentaries in 2023 following the departure of Rod Aissa, oversaw non-competition actuality titles.
Smith reviews to Berwick, whereas Sharon Vuong, who lately secured the job of EVP Unscripted Programming at NBC on a everlasting foundation, reviews to Igbokwe.
NBC’s unscripted slate consists of America’s Received Expertise, The Voice, American Ninja Warrior and Deal or No Deal Island and upcoming titles reminiscent of On Model with Jimmy Fallon. On the Peacock facet, it has Love Island USA, which can be behind spinoffs together with Love Island Video games and Love Island: Past the Villa; The Traitors, the Emmy-winning format that has been renewed by way of Season 5; and spinoffs of The Actual Housewives and Under Deck.
Exterior of unscripted, there have been just a few cuts throughout numerous scripted divisions, most notably Vivian Lin, VP Growth at UCP, departing the studio. She’s been with the corporate for simply over two years, having spent the earlier seven at Netflix engaged on indie movie.
