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 no less than two SVPs on the fact facet impacted in addition to a quantity working throughout NBC, Peacock and Bravo.
Deadline understands that Stephanie Steele, SVP Unscripted Current Production, and Jenny Ramirez, SVP Unscripted Formats, had been amongst these let go right this moment.
Steele, who one supply described as “one of the most beloved senior people in our business,” has been with the corporate for almost 15 years. She oversaw the group that produces its true-crime exhibits together with Peacock’s Who Killed Robert Wone? and The Hillside Strangler: Devil 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 Stupid Pet Tricks.
There had been different departures inside this unscripted group, involving director- and manager-level execs.
Elsewhere, Christy Dees, VP Development and Bravo, can also be leaving. She has been with the corporate for greater than 15 years and labored on exhibits together with Summer House in addition to titles in The Real Housewives and Below Deck franchises.
This give attention to unscripted comes amid a recalibration of NBCUniversal’s construction. It follows the departure of EVP Unscripted Content, Competition and Game Shows Corie Henson, who left following a restructure that noticed Pearlena Igbokwe, who runs Universal Studio Group, take management of NBC Entertainment, which incorporates unscripted, along with scripted programming at Peacock. Frances Berwick, in the meantime, moved over to Chairman, Bravo and Peacock Unscripted, overseeing the entire firm’s non-NBC unscripted programming.
Before 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, Lifestyle and Documentaries in 2023 following the departure of Rod Aissa, oversaw non-competition actuality titles.
Smith experiences to Berwick, whereas Sharon Vuong, who not too long ago secured the job of EVP Unscripted Programming at NBC on a everlasting foundation, experiences to Igbokwe.
NBC’s unscripted slate contains America’s Got Talent, The Voice, American Ninja Warrior and Deal or No Deal Island and upcoming titles reminiscent of On Brand with Jimmy Fallon. On the Peacock facet, it has Love Island USA, which can also be behind spinoffs together with Love Island Games and Love Island: Beyond the Villa; The Traitors, the Emmy-winning format that has been renewed by way of Season 5; and spinoffs of The Real Housewives and Below Deck.
Outside of unscripted, there have been just a few cuts throughout varied scripted divisions, most notably Vivian Lin, VP Development 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.