Frances Berwick is a British television executive. She is chairman, NBCUniversal Entertainment at

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Career

Berwick started her career at

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, where she worked on publicity and operations. Part of her role included shipping tapes of programming overseas as part of the channel's expansion of international syndication. Berwick later worked as vice president of programming at

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. When Bravo was acquired by

, Berwick became general manager, and later president, of the network. Berwick is credited with helping build Bravo into a powerhouse of unscripted television. Berwick held numerous other roles within NBCUniversal, and in 2020, was promoted to chairman of entertainment networks for

TV and Streaming. As chairman, Berwick oversaw program strategy and business operations for

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, the company's flagship broadcast network, and NBCU's six cable entertainment networks,

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, E!, Oxygen True Crime, SYFY and

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. In 2023, Berwick was promoted to chairman, NBCUniversal Entertainment. Her portfolio was expanded to include development of original content across broadcast, cable, and the streaming service,

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. In 2025, Berwick was announced as chairman, Bravo and Peacock unscripted as part of a larger restructuring of NBCUniversal's television entertainment division. The role was announced to include documentaries and true crime content exclusively for Peacock, in addition to Bravo content.

Personal life

Berwick has a master's degree from Edinburgh University. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and son.

Awards

As of 2023, Berwick had been nominated for 31 Emmys, and won four:

References

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