Netflix has officially added former NBC Universal Television Entertainment chief Jeff Gaspin to their executive team and Gaspin will be vp unscripted series at the streamer, charged with curating and growing Netflix’s slate of reality programming, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Gaspin has worked with Netflix several times as a producer, so it won’t be the first time working with one another. Gaspin was chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment from 2009-2011 and departed when Comcast took control of the company.
“I feel a bit like Al Pacino in The Godfather Part III: Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in,” Gaspin said in an official statement. “I’m so thrilled to join Brandon and the unscripted team at Netflix. I was always most successful and happiest when I built or ran unscripted at VH1, Bravo and NBCU. I can’t wait to do the same at Netflix.”
“Jeff is such a huge talent, with so much experience across unscripted and television in general, and I couldn’t be more excited that he’s joining us,” Netflix’s Brandon Riegg said.
