Showtime Networks Inc.
Executive Bios
David Nevins
President, Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.
David Nevins, an Emmy Award-winning producer and veteran network and studio programming executive, was recently named President of Entertainment at Showtime Networks Inc.
Prior to joining SHOWTIME, he served as President of Imagine Television since July 2002, where he oversaw development, production and acted as executive producer on all Imagine Television shows. Under his leadership, Imagine produced the critically acclaimed series FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, which has received honors from the American Film Institute (AFI) for Television Program of the Year and the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award, the Golden Globe®-nominated ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, LIE TO ME, PARENTHOOD, and the new NBC comedy FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS. He also oversaw production for the Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award-winning series 24. Nevins also executive produced SHARK, MISS MATCH, SAVED and QUINTUPLETS.
Prior to joining Imagine, Nevins served as Executive Vice President, Programming, at Fox Broadcasting Company, where he oversaw all development and current programming for both comedy and drama series. During his three-year tenure, he developed the Emmy® and Golden Globe® award-winning drama 24, and was also responsible for the development of THE BERNIE MAC SHOW, BOSTON PUBLIC and ANDY RICHTER CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE.
Previously, Nevins served as Senior Vice President, Primetime Series at NBC, where he was responsible for the development and ongoing creative supervision of such renowned dramas and comedies as ER, THE WEST WING, WILL & GRACE, HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET and LAW & ORDER: SVU.
Before joining NBC, Nevins served as Vice President, Creative Affairs for Lewis Chesler Productions, and prior to that, served as a media relations associate for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in his hometown of Washington, D.C.
Nevins graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He and his wife, Andrea, live in Los Angeles with their daughter, Clara, and two sons, Charlie and Jesse.