Shari Levine is stepping down from her longtime position as president of NBCUniversal’s current production of Unscripted and will instead move into a non-exclusive consulting role, TheWrap has confirmed.
In her new role, Levine will continue to work on some of the programming she had previously seen, including “Below Deck”. She will also introduce new ideas to the company’s network.
In his place, Noah Samton will step into an expanded role as the East Coast head for the current production of Unscripted Lifestyle. Kathleen French and Ryan Flynn will split oversight of West Coast’s current production team. The trio will report to NBCU’s television and streaming head of Unscripted, Rod Aisa.
Aisa announced Levine’s departure this week in a staff memo, obtained by TheWrap. You can read below.
As many of you know, Shari Levine is stepping down from her longtime leadership position at NBCU and moving into a consulting role, working on select documentaries and follow-doc shows.
In her 23 years with the network as both an executive and Emmy-nominated producer, Shari has played an integral role in producing and producing high-quality original programming and developing the Bravo brand. His creative vision was a driving force behind the success of the “Housewives,” “Below Deck” and “Million Dollar Listing” franchises, as well as the launch of Project Runway and hundreds of hours or so of original content for Bravo, and more recently entertainment . Brand and Peacock.
Shari’s invaluable contribution has passed generations of loyal Bravo-holics and we are thrilled to have her still in our world for this exciting next phase of our careers.
As part of this transition, Noah Samton will now report directly to me as the East Coast’s new head of unscripted lifestyle current production across all platforms with the team coming into an expanded circle. Also reporting to me are Kathleen French and Ryan Flynn, who will oversee the West Coast Current production team in our lifestyle vertical, while Stephanie Steele will continue to oversee the team producing our crime show and Rachel Smith docs and lifestyle development. remains as the head of programming.
Thank you all for your continued, unbelievable hard work – I am fortunate to lead such an amazing team that is truly the best in the business,
Diversity Levin was the first to be informed of his exit.