EXCLUSIVE: A Smith & Co. Productions, the corporate behind NBC’s American Ninja Warrior and Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen has a brand new President.
The corporate has employed Jenny Daly, President of Crucial Content material, within the position. It’s a shocking transfer for Daly, who has been on the Catfish producer since promoting her T Group Productions enterprise in 2018.
Arthur Smith will stay Chairman and CEO of the corporate with Daly overseeing growth, manufacturing, gross sales and operations.
Throughout her time at Crucial Content material, she has been behind Netflix’s Sylvester Stallone documentary Sly, E!’s Celeb Sport Face and Netflix’s Get Organized with The House Edit, which was produced with Reese Witherspoon and Emily Sims. She was additionally exec producer of Netflix drama Ginny & Georgia.
During the last twelve months, Daly has notably centered on Crucial Content material’s worldwide enterprise with a slew of worldwide offers with the likes of Australia’s Warner Bros. Worldwide Tv Manufacturing Australia, Korea’s One thing Particular, Singapore’s Refinery Media, Dubai’s Blue Engine Studios, Belgium’s Be-Leisure and France’s ITV Studios France.
She beforehand based T Group Productions, which was behind collection together with Storage Hunters, Very Cavallari and Ozzy & Jack’s World Detour, and was VP, Growth at E!.
A Smith & Co. Productions can be behind Netflix’s Ground is Lava, Fox’s Kitchen Nightmares, TLC’s Welcome to Plathville and Max’s Human vs Hamster.
Todd Weinstein with Weinstein Senior, LLP brokered the deal.
“Jenny’s extraordinary artistic instincts are identified all through the trade. She is universally revered for her management and prowess in growing and promoting large, unique concepts to top-tier networks and streamers, and we’re thrilled to welcome her to our staff,” mentioned Arthur Smith. “A. Smith & Co. has constructed a status over 25 years for creating high-quality, fan-favorite franchises and revolutionary reveals that bend style limits, and with Jenny’s imaginative and prescient and experience, I do know we’ll proceed to achieve new heights.”
“I’m very excited to be becoming a member of forces with Arthur to lean into his immense success as a format creator and executor,” added Daly. “With our mixed relationships throughout the trade, A. Smith & Co. is poised to deliver breakthrough content material in all arenas to this ever diversifying media panorama.”
