Paramount+ Puts Damla Dogan in Charge of Reality and Unscripted Shows

Paramount+ has picked a new boss for its reality and other unscripted shows. Damla Dogan has been named head of unscripted, which covers programmes made without a written script, such as reality series. Deadline reported the appointment on 30 October 2026.

Dogan will report to Sarah Aubrey, who was named Head of Paramount+, Max Originals and International Programming. Casey Bloys, Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer of Skydance DTC, oversees content for both HBO Max and Paramount+. The new role puts reality programming under that wider structure.

Dogan is not new to the company. She had been consulting for Paramount+ for the past nine months before taking the permanent job. Jane Wiseman, who had been EVP and Head of Originals for Paramount+, held a senior creative role there before this change.

Her career has been built largely on unscripted shows. She spent 11 years at E! Entertainment, where she developed Keeping Up With the Kardashians and oversaw its first 14 seasons. That show became one of the best-known reality series of its era, and its early years are a big part of her track record.

She then spent six years at Netflix as Director of Unscripted Originals. Her work there included Owning Manhattan, a reality series that the streaming service made in-house. Before that, she spent five years at Viacom as director of development at VH1, the music and pop-culture channel.

For viewers, the appointment means one executive now oversees the reality shows on Paramount+. Unscripted series are often cheaper to make than dramas and comedies, and they fill a lot of weekly viewing hours. Decisions about which reality formats get ordered, and which get renewed, sit with the person in this job.

Paramount+ has not announced any specific reality titles in connection with the appointment. Any change to the slate will come through later commissioning and scheduling decisions.