EXCLUSIVE: Nina L. Diaz, director of the MTV networks veteran, who was recently president of the content and creative director for Showtime / MTV Entertainment Studios, will leave when the acquisition awaiting Skydance of Paramount Global is completed on August 7.
She has just made this announcement in an internal memo, a copy of which was obtained by deadline.
“Change, as we know, is part of this business – and part of the growth. I progress with deep gratitude and good humor, knowing that the impact we had here will continue to echo,” wrote Diaz on Monday in e -mail, in which she included several protruding facts of her time to society, society, society, society, society, society, society, society, society, society, society, society, society, society, society Osbournes And Love and Hip-Hop has ManBack from Jon Stewart to The Daily Show And Yellow yellows’ recurrence.
Diaz leaves next to his longtime boss Chris McCarthy, co-PDG of Paramount Global and president of Showtime / MTV Entertainment, whose output outing was revealed last week. Since its return to MTV Networks in 2014, Diaz has seen its role extending through a series of promotions, more recently to the content of content and creative director for the entertainment studios Showtime / MTV in 2023.
In this role, she supervised the development and production of more than 100 series per year on MTV, Comedy Central, Paramount Network and Showtime, including the Yellowstone franchise, Mobland, Lioness, Emily in Paris, South Park, Rupaul’s Drag Race, Dexter: Original Sin, Dexter: Resurrection, The Agency And The daily show.
Diaz has a large unicenized experience as an experienced and producer in space for two and a half decades. She began her career in MTV where she developed and launched signature shows from the early 2000s such as My super soft 16, cradles as well as Osbournes, to which she designed the idea after meeting the family on the set of Cradle.
After a passage as an independent producer on a series such as VH1 Wives of the crowd And bravo Real Housewives of New JerseyDiaz returned to VH1 in 2014. She was then increased at the EVP and the Chief of the Reality Programming at VH1 and at the head of non -scripted for MTV and VH1 before expanding in Scripted. During her mandate, she led the transformation of Rupaul’s Drag Race, Jersey Shore And The challenge in world franchises.
A leading Latina framework and the best classified -colored woman in the Paramount television programming operation, Diaz Ahas focused on investment in the creators of Bipoc and women. She launched a joint venture with producer Lashan Browning to launch the production company Antoinette Media and played a leadership role in the confusion of an industry -scale coalition in partnership with Annenberg Inclusion Initiative of USC to create the Mental Health Media Guide.
Here is the Diaz memo:
Team-
After an incredible race, I will wrap my time in Paramount as part of this next chapter of change.
It is difficult to put into words what it is supposed to direct, collaborate and dream of great with this powerful team – in each brand, every story, every moment that we have built together. From emblematic franchises to new daring voices, you showed up with heart, stampede and creative fire at each stage of the path.Together, we have redefined what global successes – of the construction of the rich and vast worlds of the universe of Taylor Sheridan, look like with the construction of the rich and vast worlds, with Yellowstone, lioness, And Man… To launch global sensations like Mobland And The agencyEach innovative of narration and scale.
We took the showtime to new heights – roasting Chiturning point Yellow Jackets in a cultural phenomenon and resuscitate Dexter To record figures that have delighted old and new fans.
We brought back the incomparable Jon Stewart The Daily Show -a triumphant drawing return to a massive audience and gave America its beloved firefighters with once again with Jersey Shore Family VacationThen took the feeling of the shore with wild and unforgettable casts in Warsaw, Mexico, the United Kingdom and France.And RuPaul Dragsters race – A revolutionary franchise and transferring the culture which not only captured hearts but dominated the reward seasons, becoming a long -standing global phenomenon and a darling. We have kept fire burning with lasting icons like The challenge And Love and hip hopProvising that the franchise narration can evolve, develop and continue to direct.
And for those who go back to my first service round to MTV – we turned the path and captured the rebellious spirit of youth culture with shows that have defined a generation. I will be proud to always have helped create some of these unforgettable originals: Cradles, my super soft 16, And Osbournes (Ozzy, forever in our hearts).
I am incredibly proud of what we have built – and even more excited for what awaits us, for all of us. Change, as we know, is part of this business – and part of the growth. I advance with deep gratitude and good humor, knowing that the impact we had here will continue to echo.
Continue to push the limits. Continue to get up with each other. And continue to make the kind of magic in the manufacture of culture and the bending of the genres that this team can.
Thank you for being one of all this – daring swings, big victories, creative risks and the implacable pursuit of excellence. It was a real pleasure to be in the trenches with you, to be inspired by your talent, your grain and your passion. I will always root you and yes, I will miss you.
With love and respect,
Nina
