{"id":7684,"date":"2017-01-30T12:11:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T17:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/northsouth-taps-former-mtv-exec-to-lead-comedy-division\/"},"modified":"2017-01-30T13:47:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T18:47:11","slug":"northsouth-taps-former-mtv-exec-to-lead-comedy-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/northsouth-taps-former-mtv-exec-to-lead-comedy-division\/","title":{"rendered":"NorthSouth Appoints Former MTV Exec to Lead Comedy Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: NorthSouth Productions (<em>Impractical Jokers<\/em>) has named\u00a0Dane Reiley, who joins the company from MTV, as its VP of comedy development and production.<\/p>\n<p>In his new role, Reiley will oversee NorthSouth\u2019s comedy division in the New York office. He will be responsible for developing and producing unscripted, comedy-driven formats and docuseries for broadcast and cable networks, as well as digital outlets, in the U.S. and U.K. He will work alongside Lisa Kleinman, the senior director of development, as well as with Jake Poteat, the senior manager of development. Reiley will report directly to founder and CEO Charlie DeBevoise.<\/p>\n<p>Reiley most recently served as the senior director of development and production\u00a0at MTV and MTV2. In that position, he developed both unscripted and scripted series, as well as live events. His credits include<em> Middle of the Night Show<\/em>\u00a0and MTV&#8217;s New Year\u2019s Eve live special.\u00a0Prior to MTV, Reiley worked with Billy Eichner as co-executive producer of\u00a0<em>Billy on the Street,<\/em>\u00a0a series he developed for Funny or Die. Reiley\u2019s other credits include\u00a0<em>The Eric Andre Show\u00a0<\/em>(Adult Swim), Reggie Watts\u2019 inaugural\u00a0stand-up special\u00a0<em>Why Sh*t so Crazy?<\/em>\u00a0(Comedy Central), John Mulaney\u2019s <em>New in Town<\/em> (Comedy Central) and Bo Burnham\u2019s <em>words, words, words<\/em> (Comedy Central), among others. He has also worked with and developed for talent such as Will Ferrell, Hannibal Buress and Chris Rock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDane\u00a0is one of the best comedy creators in the business\u2014he has a stellar reputation, amazing energy and a keen eye for talent,\u201d said DeBevoise. \u201cOur slate is diverse across all genres, however; we\u2019ve had great success with The Tenderloins and\u00a0<em>Impractical Jokers<\/em>, which was our first foray into comedy. NorthSouth should be\u00a0the go-to comedy producer for other great talent and Dane provides the creative muscle to get us to that goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorthSouth&#8217;s team is comprised of some of the most creative, innovative people I&#8217;ve had the opportunity to collaborate with over the years, and their talent-centric approach to development aligns perfectly with the &#8216;inside out&#8217; philosophy I&#8217;ve subscribed to my entire career,\u201d added Reiley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: NorthSouth Productions (Impractical Jokers) has named Dane Reiley, who joins the company from MTV, as its VP of comedy development and production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":7685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1172],"class_list":["post-7684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-northsouth-productions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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