Sharon Scott is President of A+E Factual Studios™ and oversees the group’s expanding full-service, nonfiction content business. Under her leadership, the studio has produced more than 1000 hours, including World War II with Tom Hanks and Hazardous History with Henry Winkler, among many other shows.

Prior to joining A+E Global Media, she spent 27 years at NBCUniversal, where she held positions focused on nonfiction programming. Scott was President and General Manager of Peacock Productions, a division of NBC News specializing in non-scripted programming for 11 years. Under Scott’s direction, Peacock Productions produced multiple series and specials across NBCUniversal’s platforms and in partnership with more than 25 outside clients and global partners. Highlights include Nik Wallenda’s record-breaking Live Skywalk over the Grand Canyon and the Michael Phelp’s Great White Shark Race for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week.

Before founding Peacock, she was Executive Producer and General Manager of NBC News Productions and NBC Media Productions. She was a member of the executive team at Dateline for 10 years and Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric for the show’s duration. Scott was also on the board of The Weather Company and served as the executive liaison between NBC News and The Weather Channel with oversight of all live and long-form programming at the network. 

Scott’s honors include a George Foster Peabody Award, an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award for coverage of Hurricane Andrew and multiple Emmy® Awards across multiple shows.

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