Just ahead of the release of the new Disney+ Original series, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”, Deadline has revealed that Nissa Diederich has stepped down from her role as the EVP Production at 20th Television.

Earlier this year, Disney consolidated the production operations of many television studios, including ABC Signature, 20th Television, Hulu, Freeform, and FX, putting Carol Turner in charge. 

Nissa Diederich has previously worked as the EVP and Head of Production for Disney’s ABC Signature and also spent over twenty years working as the EVP Production at Touchstone Television (formerly known as Fox 21 TV Studios.   She has worked on many recent original series, including “Only Murders In The Building”, “Dopesick”, and “The Dropout”, plus many more.

The 20th Television president, Karey Burke, made the announcement in a note to staff.

Team,

I wanted to share with you the news that our colleague Nissa Diederich has made the decision to step down from her role as Executive Vice President of production for 20th Television. Nissa has helmed production on some of the studio’s most significant and storied series for over two and a half decades. In addition to critically acclaimed and award-winning legacy shows like Glee, Homeland, This Is Us, all three iterations of the American Crime Story anthology, Sons Of Anarchy and limited series The Dropout and Dopesick, Nissa also oversaw production on American Horror Story, Only Murders in the Building, and the upcoming series Percy Jackson and The Olympians and Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, and countless others.

I know you will all join me in thanking Nissa for her incredible contributions to 20th Television and cheering her on in her next chapter.

Best,
Karey

Roger Palmer

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