Amy Israel, the former Showtime exec, has officially been installed as President of Television at Peter Chernin’s The North Road Company.
It comes after Israel, who was EVP, Original Programming, Global Scripted at the Paramount network, left last month. Deadline told you that she was heading to The North Road Company hours after her departure.
Israel, who was responsible for series such as Billions, The Affair and Yellowjackets, will now oversee all aspects of the company’s global scripted division including development and production.
She will be reunited with North Road CEO David Nevins, her former boss. Israel spent over ten years at Showtime and was the highest-level Showtime content executive to remain in her role following the major restructuring earlier this year when Showtime got a new leadership team under Paramount’s Chris McCarthy and Nina L.
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