NBCU's Shari Levine Leaving Current Unscripted Production Lead, Moving To Consultant Role (EXCLUSIVE)

Shari Levine, longtime executive vice president of NBCUniversal's current unscripted production, is leaving her role and change to a non-exclusive consultant role, Variety learned exclusively.

Upon release, Noah Samton will expand his scope as the new East Coast chef for the mainstream unscripted lifestyle production across all platforms, while Kathleen French and Ryan Flynn will split oversight of the current West Coast production team, with all three reporting directly to NBCU Television and the head of the unscripted streaming content, Rod Aissa.

With a focus on Bravo programming during his more than two decades with the company owned At Comcast, Levine has overseen franchises such as "The Real Housewives," "Below Deck, and "Million Dollar Listing," as well as the original "Project Runway" series.

In her decision to leave her current role and move into a non-exclusive consulting role, Levine will be transition to work on "Housewives", but will continue on "Below Deck". She will pitch new ideas to NBCU and Bravo, but will also remain available to work with networks and studios.

"Shari's invaluable contributions have cultivated generations of loyal Bravo-holics and we are thrilled to l 'still have in our world for this exciting next phase of his career,' Aissa, NBCU's head of unscripted content, said in a memo earlier this week.

Read Aissa's full memo on Levine's departure below.

As many of you know, Shari Levine is stepping down from her long-time leadership role. date at NBCU and moving into a consulting role, working on select documentaries and follow-up shows.

Shari has been instrumental in creating high quality original programming and in building and evolving the Bravo brand during her 23 years with the network, both as an executive and an Emmy-nominated producer. 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 of original content for Bravo, and more. recently through entertainment. marks and Peacock.

Shari's invaluable contributions have cultivated generations of loyal Bravo-holics and we are thrilled to still have in our world for this exciting next phase of his career.

As part of this transition, Noah Samton will now report directly to me taking over one with the team as the new East Coast lead for Unscripted Lifestyle Current Production across all platforms. Kathleen French and Ryan Flynn also report to me, who will split oversight of the current West Coast production team into our Lifestyle vertical, while Stephanie Steele continues to oversee the team producing our crime shows and Rachel Smith remains at head of development for Docs and Lifestyle. programming.

Thank you all for your continued and amazing work - I am blessed to lead a such an amazing team who truly are the best in the business.

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