NYFA's Q & A-List - Curated and Moderated by Tova Laiter: Join NYFA’s live virtual Q&A with President of Television at Paramount & Paramount+, Nicole Clemens
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Join NYFA’s live virtual Q&A with President of Television at Paramount & Paramount+, Nicole Clemens
President of Paramount Television Studios and Paramount+ Original Scripted Series
Nicole Clemens serves in the dual role as President of Paramount Television Studios (PTVS) and Paramount+ Original Scripted Series. She joined PTVS in 2018 and added the Paramount+ position to her portfolio in 2021.
Clemens’ primary responsibility at Paramount+ is to shepherd original series and formulate programming strategy for the streaming platform. Paramount+ projects include the global hit series Halo, The Offer, and the Star Trek franchises – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Picard, and Star Trek: Discovery, as well as Seal Team, Evil, The Good Fight, and The Game.
Upcoming series include Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Fatal Attraction, Rabbit Hole, and Criminal Minds.
In addition, as President of PTVS, Clemens oversees a robust slate of shows for buyers across multiple platforms, including Emmy-nominated Station Eleven for HBO Max, Reacher and Jack Ryan for Amazon Prime, American Gigolo for SHOWTIME, Defending Jacob, Shantaram and Time Bandits for Apple TV+, and The Haunting anthology series for Netflix.
Before coming to Paramount, Clemens was a producer at Anonymous Content. Previously, she served as Executive Vice President and Head of Series Development for FX Networks, with a roster of original series including Atlanta, Snowfall, Better Things, You’re the Worst, Baskets, Tyrant, Mayans MC, and The Strain.
Clemens was a partner and Head of the Motion Picture Literary Department at ICM Partners for 16 years, preceded by tenures running Rod Holcomb Productions and as a television executive at Spelling Television.