Shauna Phelan & Zack Olin Upped To EVPs, Co-Heads Nickelodeon & Awesomeness Live-Action Series & Films

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Nickelodeon’s Shauna Phelan and Zack Olin have been promoted to EVPs and Co-Heads, Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Live-Action Series and Films.

The news was announced today by Brian Robbins, Paramount President & Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon, and Chief Content Officer, Movies and Kids & Family, Paramount+.Formerly Co-Heads of Live-Action for Nickelodeon and Awesomeness, both brands within Paramount Global, Phelan and Olin are now expanding their purview to oversee all scripted live-action Nickelodeon and Awesomeness series and movies for Nickelodeon and Paramount+, including YA content.

They will continue to report to Robbins.Said Robbins, “Shauna and Zack are behind some of Nickelodeon’s biggest hits from iCarly to That Girl Lay Lay and have been entertaining kids and families across all our demos for years.

As the demand for content continues to grow for both our audience and for Paramount+, and given the Studios’ success as producers of top YA franchises, Shauna and Zack are poised to elevate Awesomeness and Nick’s overall output in this space and grow our kids and family and YA audience, who are huge consumers of content.”Phelan and Olin also announced their first development slate based on celebrated books spanning kids, family and YA.