About Us

Peacock Productions develops, produces and distributes lifestyle and reality programs, documentaries, and topical specials for broadcast, cable, syndication and storytelling and emerging platforms. With an emphasis on storytelling and quality, we deliver highly rated programs that entertain, inform, immerse, engage and inspire.  Follow us on twitter and facebook.

SHARON SCOTT

Executive Vice President

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Sharon Scott is the Executive Vice President of Peacock Productions, overseeing a production and development staff specializing in all genres of non-fiction television. The team at Peacock produces multiple series and specials across the NBCU platforms and in partnership with 25-plus outside cable and corporate clients.

Scott is a 20-year veteran of NBCU. Before starting Peacock, she was Executive Producer and General Manager of NBC News Productions and NBC Media Productions. She was Senior Producer at "Dateline" and at "Now, with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric."

Scott joined NBC News in 1990 as News Director for WTVJ, NBC's Owned and Operated station in Miami. Scott's honors include a number of national news Emmy awards in addition to a George Foster Peabody award, an Alfred I. duPont award and an Edward R. Murrow award for coverage of Hurricane Andrew in Miami.








 

BENJAMIN RINGE

SVP, Development / Executive Producer

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Benjamin Ringe is responsible for overseeing the creation and development of Peacock's multi-platform, non-fiction programming and content for NBC Universal properties and outside clients. He is currently based in New York and has development offices in London and Los Angeles. Ringe has overseen the creation, development and sale of more that 40 television series and specials across 20 cable networks and first-run syndication.

Before joining NBC in 2006, Ringe was the Director of Development for Banyan Productions. At Banyan, he was responsible for the development of various "Trading Spaces" specials and spin-offs for TLC, "Ambush Makeover" for 20th Century Fox and "Surviving Motherhood" for TLC. In addition, Ringe served as Executive Producer and Producer on many Banyan series, most notably, TLC's "A Dating Story."











  

KNUTE WALKER

SVP, Programming and Production / Executive Producer

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Knute Walker is Senior Vice President of Programming and Production at NBC's Peacock Productions. He is responsible for the planning and execution of all aspects of production, including budget, staffing, client relations and editorial content. Walker supervises multiple staffs working in a wide variety of genres and locations, including offices in New York, Los Angeles, and the UK.

Walker, who's been with Peacock since it's inception in 2007, has overseen a wide berth of award winning and highly rated programs in factual entertainment, including reality, lifestyle, crime, documentary and docu-soap. He is a 15-year veteran of NBC who has managed, produced and written for a variety of networks and independents in both news and entertainment.











 

 

ARETHA MARSHALL

SVP, Casting and Talent Development / Executive Producer

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Aretha Marshall is responsible for all aspects of casting and talent development for non-fiction programming and content at Peacock Productions.  She also serves as an Executive Producer.  Marshall is a 16-year veteran of NBC having worked as Managing Editor for the award winning prime time magazine Dateline.  She has been awarded some of the industry's most prestigious honors including the Alfred DuPont, Sigma Delta Chi, Murrow, IRIS and the National Association of Black Journalists.

Marshall is a graduate of Harvard University and holds a Master's degree from Northwestern University.





 

 

  


 


 

ELIZABETH FISCHER

Executive Producer

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Elizabeth Fischer is an Executive Producer for Peacock Productions who oversees projects and series for multiple clients. Recent projects include "Intervention In-Depth," a series of specials for A&E about the devastating impact of addiction, two seasons of the hit series "Disappeared" on Investigation Discovery, the 2-hour documentary "1968 with Tom Brokaw," for History Channel, and a provocative special for Discovery Channel called "Did the Mob Kill JFK?"  Elizabeth has been nominated for two Emmy awards and a Banff award and she's the recipient of numerous other awards including two Gracies, a Clarion and a Chris Award from the Columbus International Film & Video Festival.  Elizabeth joined NBC in 1991 and has been with Peacock since 2007.









 

 


 

KEITH MCKAY

Executive Producer

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Keith McKay has been with NBCU since 1996 and with Peacock Productions since its inception in 2007. Keith was a Producer and Senior Producer on numerous long-format shows and series for a variety of clients including A&E, Discovery, History, VH-1, Syfy, National Geographic, Style, TLC, The Weather Channel and MSNBC. Most recently, Keith has been Executive Producer on several shows including, "The McVeigh Tapes: Confessions of An American Terrorist"; a series for MSNBC on transgender called "Born in the Wrong Body" and a series for The Weather Channel on storm chasers called "Storm Riders".









 


 



GRETCHEN EISELE

Executive Producer

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Gretchen Eisele is an Executive Producer who has spent most of her career at NBC News.  She joined Peacock Productions in 2007, and oversees a variety of different genres of programming including non-fiction multi-episode series, documentary news specials, reality programs, and live events.  Her projects have included "King with Tom Brokaw" for History Channel, "Intervention In-Depth" for A&E, "Killing bin Laden" and "Secrets of Seal Team Six" for Discovery, "Extraordinary People: The Woman Who Lost Her Face" for UK Channel 5, "Storm Stories," "Weather: Caught on Camera," and "Twist of Fate" for The Weather Channel, and "Profiling Evil" for MSNBC.  She has two Emmy awards, and a CINE award.