Former Spike TV Exec Joins Endemol Shine North America

Endemol Shine North America has named Sharon Levy, who spent the last 12 years at Spike TV, as president of unscripted and scripted television.

Levy was most recently executive VP of original series for Spike. In addition to unscripted programming, Levy led Spike’s charge into scripted series with such titles as Tut, starring Sir Ben Kingsley; The Mist, based on a novella by Stephen King and the upcoming Waco from The Weinstein Company. She also established a push into documentaries at the network.

“Sharon is one of our industry’s most well-respected executives and brings with her a tremendous amount of experience developing and producing hits across a wide array of genres,” said Cris Abrego, the chairman of Endemol Shine Americas and CEO of Endemol Shine North America. “We’re thrilled to have her joining our team here at Endemol Shine and leading our programming efforts going forward.”

“I’m truly excited to be returning to my producing roots and doing so with a company like Endemol Shine—with its global reach and roster of critically acclaimed series and production companies,” added Levy. “There’s a lot of momentum across the unscripted and scripted divisions and I can’t wait to get started with the incredible team.”