Former BBC Studios, NBCUniversal Exec Jenny Groom Named Head of MGM Alternative
BBC Studios unscripted exec Jenny Groom is heading to Amazon MGM Studios, where she’s been named head of MGM Alternative. Groom will report to Amazon MGM Studios nonfiction head Jenn Levy, who made the announcement Wednesday. In a memo to staff, Levy said Groom will oversee MGM titles including “Survivor,” “Shark…
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Former BBC Studios, NBCUniversal Exec Jenny Groom Named Head of MGM Alternative
BBC Studios unscripted exec Jenny Groom is heading to Amazon MGM Studios, where she’s been named head of MGM Alternative. Groom will report to Amazon MGM Studios nonfiction head Jenn Levy, who made the announcement Wednesday. In a memo to staff, Levy said Groom will oversee MGM titles including “Survivor,” “Shark…
Amazon MGM Studios Names Jenny Groom Head of MGM Alternative
She comes to Amazon from BBC Studios and also had a long tenure at NBCUniversal.
Jenny Groom Joins Amazon As Head Of MGM Alternative
Former NBC and BBC Studios executive Jenny Groom is moving to Amazon. Groom, who was most recently EVP, Unscripted Development at Dancing with the Stars producer BBC Studios, has been named Head of MGM Alternative. It is essentially the job previously held by Barry Poznick, who left a year ago. Groom starts at the end
Coverage details
3 outlets from United States are covering this story: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline. Variety published it first, on November 4, 2026; the last outlet to join was Deadline, less than an hour later.
Key names in the coverage: BBC Studios, Amazon, Jenny Groom and MGM Alternative.
