Rob Bagshaw is Executive Vice President of Unscripted Content for the Nickelodeon Group. In this role, he is in charge of development and production of unscripted content across all formats and platforms, ranging from reality competition shows to the network’s marquee live events like Kids’ Choice Awards and Kids’ Choice Sportsf or the entire Nickelodeon portfolio of brands which includes: Nickelodeon; Nick Jr.; Nicktoons and TeenNick.

Over the past year, Bagshaw has overseen new Nickelodeon titles: America’s Most Musical Family, Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader, The Crystal Maze, JoJo’s D.R.E.A.M. Concert, SpongeBob SquarePants Appreciation Day, The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage, The Substitute and Top Elf.

With more than 20 years of unscripted television experience, Bagshaw has produced and launched many ground-breaking shows throughout his career, including the Emmy-winning RuPaul’s Drag Race and Emmy-nominated Project Runway All Stars, along with Top Chef Masters, Paradise Hotel, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge, and British talk shows This Morning and The Big Breakfast. 

Bagshaw most recently served as an executive producer on If I Could Tell You Just One Thing, the upcoming YouTube series with Priyanka Chopra, and E!’s forthcoming The Funny Dance Show. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and head of Bunim/Murray Productions’ New York office; served as the executive producer of current programming and development at BBC Worldwide Productions; and was the head of international programming for UK production company Mentorn Media.

Speaking on: 30 Minutes With: Rob Bagshaw, Nickelodeon