Netflix’s Jinny Howe reshapes scripted teams by genre as Cole Galvin moves up
Deadline reports a new structure for Netflix’s US and Canada scripted division, with separate drama teams, a promotion for Cole Galvin and a new development director.
Jinny Howe is reorganizing Netflix’s US and Canada scripted-series operation into genre-focused teams, Deadline reported on October 20. The change puts different kinds of shows with executives focused on those areas, while Cole Galvin moves up to vice president.
The clearest split is in drama: Galvin will run Drama, Thriller & YA, while Michael Azzolino will lead Genre, Action & Crime, according to Deadline. Netflix’s leadership page identifies Howe as its head of scripted series for the US and Canada.
Who leads Netflix’s new drama teams?
Galvin’s group will focus on drama, thrillers and young-adult shows aimed at adults watching together, with a female skew, Deadline reported. Galvin has been at Netflix since late 2017 and helped develop Ginny & Georgia. Lindsey Springer, formerly president of scripted at Media Res, is joining as a director of drama development and will report to him.
Azzolino’s group will cover action, adventure, science fiction, horror, westerns, spy stories and crime, according to Deadline. He will also continue overseeing the tentpole and intellectual-property team led by Teddy Biaselli. Carrie Gillogly remains on Azzolino’s team, handling programming outside Biaselli’s remit.
What changes for comedy and the studio team?
Tracey Pakosta continues to head comedy. Within her department, Brooke Kessler will lead a commercial-comedy strategy for broadly appealing shows, while Andrea Alvarado will oversee a separate strategy for distinctive, creator-led projects, Deadline reported. Robbie Praw continues to lead stand-up comedy and the newly formed Netflix Is a Joke Studio; Billy Wee continues to lead adult animation.
Nne Ebong remains head of Studio Scripted Series, whose team develops shows at an early stage outside the open marketplace. Neil Thomas has been promoted to director on that team. Renate Radford continues to lead current scripted series, and Nora Skinner continues to oversee specialty scripted series, Deadline reported.
Why is the division being reorganized now?
Deadline described the aim as giving executives more room to specialize and matching projects with people who know their genre and its creators. It reported that the reorganization had been in development before Netflix’s October 14 layoffs. Howe had led the division since the end of August 2025 without previously reorganizing it, according to the outlet.
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Sources and context
- Netflix’s Jinny Howe Restructures UCAN Scripted Operation By Genre, Ups Cole Galvin To VPDeadline
- LeadershipNetflix
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