Onyx Collective Hires for Programming Team

Onyx Collective has expanded its programming team with the appointments of Ashley Holland, Anil Kurian and Janice Park.

Former WME partner Holland is set to join the company as senior VP of scripted series. Producers Kurian and Park will both serve as VPs of scripted series. Together, the three new hires will spearhead the development and production of Onyx’s scripted series and specials across all programming categories and formats.

Holland, Kurian and Park will report to Tara Duncan, president of Freeform and Onyx Collective. The three executives round out Duncan’s existing leadership team, which includes nonfiction programming executives Jacqueline Glover, head of documentary, and Jihan Robinson, VP of alternative.

Duncan said: “Building an entertainment brand from the ground up requires a special skill set and an innate love of storytelling. Ashley, Janice and Anil are the perfect fit for Onyx—they’re respected, passionate, creative executives with discerning taste and a reputation for having great relationships with creators. I couldn’t be more excited for them to take the reign of Onyx Collective’s scripted slate and help bring our vision to life.”

Holland stated: “I’ve built a career advocating for stories centered around the lives of people of color. I couldn’t be more honored to join a company where I get to live my values every single day. Tara is an executive I’ve collaborated with on many occasions and long admired. She built a bridge to me that I could not help but walk across, and together, with the rest of the team at Onyx, we hope to grow a brand where the content is first and foremost entertaining and synonymous with excellence to creators and audiences.”

Kurian said: “What Tara is building at Onyx is nothing less than extraordinary, and I am so incredibly excited about the opportunity to contribute to her team at such an essential time in our industry. Their goal, to create premium content with a much-needed point of view, is one that I can certainly get behind and champion.”

Park added: “To join Onyx Collective and this world-class team with a shared vision that is a direct reflection of my own values and taste is a dream come true and the opportunity of a lifetime. Tara is a force to be reckoned with, and no other brand on this level exists for premium, uncompromising storytelling from creators of color. I am humbled and excited by the task at hand and can’t wait for audiences to see what’s next.”