Sony Pictures Television has promoted Devon Hammonds to president of nonfiction

Sony Pictures Television CEO Devon Hammonds has been promoted to president of the factual division following the exit earlier this year of former unscripted presidents Eli Holzman and Aaron Seidman.

Hammonds, who previously served as executive vice president of business development and strategy, will oversee the studio’s documentary and nonfiction projects in this role as well as other formats such as talk shows. Watch what’s happening live With Andy Cohen Show competition On Brand with Jimmy Fallon.

Hammonds’ promotion arrives following a restructuring of Sony Pictures Television’s factual division following the departures of Holzman and Seidman. Earlier this year, the division was placed under Sony Pictures Television Studios president Katherine Pope. The company’s game show division remains managed separately under the supervision of Susan Brett.

In her new role, Hammonds will oversee Sony Pictures Television’s extensive nonfiction portfolio 90 day fiance Produced by Sharp Entertainment and American Idol 19 Entertainment producer as well as the celebrity-focused company B17 (Extract, History of Swear Words).

Its remit will also include polished documentary production companies such as RJ Cutler’s shingle This Machine, the celebrity biopic specialist behind it. Martha and Billie Eilish: The world’s a little blurryand Mary Robertson’s Maxine Productions, which focuses on popular culture investigations such as… Didi’s downfall.

In May, Sony Pictures Television acquired a majority stake in 32 Flavors, the production company behind the reality heavyweights Vanderpump Rules and Valley.

Hammonds previously managed operations for the nonfiction division as well as other responsibilities in business growth and strategy in the United States and internationally. Prior to joining Sony, Hammonds worked under Saidman and Holtzman as Senior Vice President of Development and Current Programming – East Coast at Industrial Media, which Sony acquired in 2022.

Earlier in her career, Hammonds worked at A&E as Vice President of Development and Programming with oversight of Leah Remini: Scientology and its consequences and and burgers, Among other titles. She has won two Emmy Awards and been nominated five times.

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