MGM Alternative’s Kitty Gambel Joins Skydance Sports
Kitty Gambel, formerly a senior executive at Amazon MGM Alternative, has been appointed Skydance Sports’ senior vice-president of alternative unscripted programming. Starting on 8 September, she will report to Head of Unscripted Jon Weinbach, strengthening Skydance Sports’ capacity to develop entertainment formats alongside its established sports documentary output.
At MGM Alternative, Gambel led creative development and current programming for shows including The Voice, Survivor, Shark Tank and Beat Shazam, as well as Amazon’s American Gladiators. Her earlier experience includes more than eight years at 495 Productions and work in syndicated television; Skydance Sports has recently produced documentaries for Netflix, Apple and Amazon, as well as scripted sports-related projects.
- Kitty Gambel joins Skydance Sports on 8 September.
- She previously led unscripted development at MGM Alternative.
- Skydance Sports is expanding its entertainment programming expertise.
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Skydance Sports makes programmes about sport, including documentaries and scripted projects. It is expanding into alternative unscripted television: entertainment formats that are not scripted dramas, such as competitions and reality shows.
Kitty Gambel has worked on the development and production of programmes including The Voice, Survivor and Shark Tank. At Skydance Sports, she will work under Jon Weinbach, the company’s head of unscripted programming.
Her appointment brings experience from established television formats to a company known for sports-related productions. This matters as Skydance Sports builds its range of unscripted programmes beyond documentaries.