Exclusive: As Trevor Noah puts The Daily Show behind him, his production company has made a number of executive changes on the television side.
Noah’s Day Zero Productions has hired Chloe Ifshin as VP of Scripted Television and Eugene Han as Head of Unscripted Development.
It comes after the departures of Devon Quinn and Ashley Dizon and as its television slate is ramping up with projects such as The Turning Point for MSNBC, For All Humankind for Discovery+, and Kid of the Year for Nickelodeon.
The company is also developing a scripted series adaptation of Kiese Laymon’s novel Long Division.
Quinn, a former Marvel TV exec, was previously SVP, Television, overseeing live-action and animated TV development and production. Deadline understands that he has joined Amazon and is believed to be working on global spy drama Citadel.
Dizon was formerly VP, Development at the company. She is joining Universal Television...
Noah’s Day Zero Productions has hired Chloe Ifshin as VP of Scripted Television and Eugene Han as Head of Unscripted Development.
It comes after the departures of Devon Quinn and Ashley Dizon and as its television slate is ramping up with projects such as The Turning Point for MSNBC, For All Humankind for Discovery+, and Kid of the Year for Nickelodeon.
The company is also developing a scripted series adaptation of Kiese Laymon’s novel Long Division.
Quinn, a former Marvel TV exec, was previously SVP, Television, overseeing live-action and animated TV development and production. Deadline understands that he has joined Amazon and is believed to be working on global spy drama Citadel.
Dizon was formerly VP, Development at the company. She is joining Universal Television...
- 1/31/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“It’s been wild,” Trevor Noah told his audience after revealing that his “time is up” on hosting The Daily Show.
The news certainly was wildly unexpected.
Deadline understands that Noah told his studio audience of his departure before telling many members of the Comedy Central series’ staff — news that blindsided many.
The Daily Show sources said that it was “imperative” for Noah to share the news with his fans during Thursday’s taping as he wanted them to hear it from him first.
But the fact that Noah told a few hundred strangers, admittedly some die-hard fans but likely including many tourists keen to get a ticket to a show, before he told some members of his production team was hard to take for some.
Noah is thought to have quietly re-upped his deal earlier this year, and he and his team were recently celebrating scoring seven Emmy nominations...
The news certainly was wildly unexpected.
Deadline understands that Noah told his studio audience of his departure before telling many members of the Comedy Central series’ staff — news that blindsided many.
The Daily Show sources said that it was “imperative” for Noah to share the news with his fans during Thursday’s taping as he wanted them to hear it from him first.
But the fact that Noah told a few hundred strangers, admittedly some die-hard fans but likely including many tourists keen to get a ticket to a show, before he told some members of his production team was hard to take for some.
Noah is thought to have quietly re-upped his deal earlier this year, and he and his team were recently celebrating scoring seven Emmy nominations...
- 9/30/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sanaz Yamin is moving from management into production.
Yamin, who was a partner at management company Mainstay Entertainment, which represents Trevor Noah, has been named as President of The Daily Show host’s production company Day Zero Productions.
Yamin’s appointment comes after Haroon Saleem, who was President of Production at Day Zero, left the company, as revealed by Deadline, last month.
It’s one of a number of personnel moves at Noah’s firm, after former Marvel TV exec Devon Quinn joined as SVP of Television to oversee live-action and animated TV development and production. Quinn, as well as VP, Development Ashley Dizon report to Yamin.
Yamin is an executive producer on the movie adaptation of Noah’s autobiography Born a Crime as well as the reboot of classic The President’s Analyst, both in development at Paramount. Other producing credits include the Emmy nominated Kid Of The Year special,...
Yamin, who was a partner at management company Mainstay Entertainment, which represents Trevor Noah, has been named as President of The Daily Show host’s production company Day Zero Productions.
Yamin’s appointment comes after Haroon Saleem, who was President of Production at Day Zero, left the company, as revealed by Deadline, last month.
It’s one of a number of personnel moves at Noah’s firm, after former Marvel TV exec Devon Quinn joined as SVP of Television to oversee live-action and animated TV development and production. Quinn, as well as VP, Development Ashley Dizon report to Yamin.
Yamin is an executive producer on the movie adaptation of Noah’s autobiography Born a Crime as well as the reboot of classic The President’s Analyst, both in development at Paramount. Other producing credits include the Emmy nominated Kid Of The Year special,...
- 10/14/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Trevor Noah is bolstering the TV side of his production company Day Zero Productions.
He has hired former Marvel TV exec Devon Quinn as SVP of Television to oversee live-action and animated TV development and production.
Quinn will lead the banner’s television team, which includes Director of Development Ashley Dizon and Creative Executive Gabby Nowack. He will focus on scripted, unscripted development, packaging and production and will help The Daily Show host and his producing partner Haroon Saleem to build out the company’s TV slate by identifying, developing and packaging high-end properties for cable, broadcast, digital and emerging platforms. He will report to Saleem.
Day Zero Productions has a first-look deal with ViacomCBS and has more than 50 projects in development. The company is producing the film adaptation of Trevor Noah’s memoir Born A Crime alongside Mainstay Entertainment and Paramount, with Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o set to...
He has hired former Marvel TV exec Devon Quinn as SVP of Television to oversee live-action and animated TV development and production.
Quinn will lead the banner’s television team, which includes Director of Development Ashley Dizon and Creative Executive Gabby Nowack. He will focus on scripted, unscripted development, packaging and production and will help The Daily Show host and his producing partner Haroon Saleem to build out the company’s TV slate by identifying, developing and packaging high-end properties for cable, broadcast, digital and emerging platforms. He will report to Saleem.
Day Zero Productions has a first-look deal with ViacomCBS and has more than 50 projects in development. The company is producing the film adaptation of Trevor Noah’s memoir Born A Crime alongside Mainstay Entertainment and Paramount, with Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o set to...
- 6/22/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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