“RuPaul’s Drag Race,” produced by World of Wonder, continues to break barriers and set a high bar when equality is needed most. RuPaul, executive producer and host, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey, co-founders, World of Wonder Prods. Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato and RuPaul.If her life was a reality show, it’d be called: “The Road Less Traveled” She’s credited in the success of HGTV’s “Rock the Block,” which continues to gain momentum as the network’s highest-rated title of the year. Image Credit: 2016 Scripps Networks InteractivĪyala oversees long-running hits “Beat Bobby Flay,” “Chopped,” “Worst Cooks in America” and many more. In a new role this year, Anderson oversees unscripted programming and strategy across Amazon Studios and has worked to expand the content slate for Freevee, which earned its first Emmy win for “Judy Justice.”Ĭhange you’d like to see in the unscripted world: “There are pockets of our industry still struggling toĮmbrace the content and respect its impact.” Head of AVOD Originals, Unscripted and Targeted Programming, Amazon Studios Show she wishes she’d thought of: “‘90-Day Fiancé.’ It has a brilliant organic format and casting.” Passion Distribution acquired international rights to the series.

Reality show guilty pleasure: “I have no guilt about watching any andĪll unscripted series across a variety of platforms!”Īnastopoulo created, produced and co-directed “Men of West Hollywood,” which premiered on Crackle and launched to record numbers for the streaming platform.

In 2022, Bravo soared to new successes with more than half of the top 20 reality shows on cable in the 18-49 demo, plus “Top Chef” and “Below Deck Mediterranean” snagged Emmy noms. Image Credit: Courtesy: Patrick Randak/NBCUniĮVP, Entertainment Unscripted Content, NBCUniversal Television and StreamingĪissa oversees all unscripted lifestyle and doc programming across NBC, Bravo, E!, USA Network, Peacock and more.

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