Netflix Hires Jeff Gaspin As VP Unscripted Series In Coup For Streamer
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Netflix has found its new unscripted chief. The streamer has hired Jeff Gaspin as VP Unscripted Series, a big coup for Netflix, which has been searching for a high-profile figure to lead its burgeoning reality business.
It comes after Deadline revealed that Jenn Levy left the company last month and Brandon Riegg, who is VP Nonfiction Series, to whom Gaspin will report, started a search for top unscripted chief.
There were plenty of big unscripted names in the running for the position and Riegg is understood to have enquired about a number of execs overseeing unscripted for the broadcast networks and major studios.
Gaspin is a big get for Netflix given that he was previously Chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment from 2009-11.
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