Frances Berwick

Frances Berwick is Chairman, Bravo & Peacock Unscripted. In this role, she oversees Bravo, all unscripted content on Peacock, as well as NBCUniversal’s first-run syndication business. 

Berwick leads the teams responsible for television's most successful unscripted hits including “The Real Housewives” and “Below Deck” franchises, Emmy Award winners “The Traitors” and “Top Chef,” “Love Island USA,” “Summer House,” “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” “Southern Charm,” and “Vanderpump Rules.” She also leads first-run syndication, which currently produces four shows, including the Daytime Emmy Award-winning "The Kelly Clarkson Show."  

Under Berwick's leadership, Bravo dominates the unscripted space with 6 of the top 10 cable reality shows – more than any other network – led by "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" at #1. In 2019, Berwick and her team launched BravoCon, the ultimate immersive experience for the network’s passionate fanbase. BravoCon has since become a pop culture phenomenon, consistently drawing more than 25,000 attendees from around the world to celebrate all things Bravo over the course of one weekend. 

Previously, Berwick served as Chairman, Entertainment Networks, where she oversaw program strategy and business operations for NBCUniversal’s broadcast and cable entertainment networks.  

Prior to her Chairman roles, Berwick served as President, Lifestyle Networks (Bravo, E!, Oxygen True Crime and Universal Kids) where she led a portfolio of some of the most culturally relevant hits on television and ran daily operations for the networks, including development, production, program planning, marketing, research, digital and communications.  

At Oxygen True Crime, she spearheaded the shift to a multiplatform true-crime destination in 2017, which resulted in the network becoming one of the fastest growing on cable, led by popular original series that include the flagship “Snapped” franchise, “Cold Justice,” “Killer Couples,” “Criminal Confessions,” “In Ice Cold Blood,” and breakout hit specials such as “Dahmer on Dahmer: A Killer Speaks” and “Aaron Hernandez Uncovered.”  

At E!, Berwick led the network’s success as a global, multi-platform pop culture powerhouse with some of TV’s most buzzy unscripted programming, including “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” “Very Cavallari,” and “Botched” on linear, and “The Rundown” on Snapchat. Under her leadership, E! also became the home of the “E! People’s Choice Awards.”  

As General Manager of Bravo from 2008-10, Berwick oversaw a 33% increase in original content and led her team to four consecutive years of record-breaking successes across all ratings and financial metrics.  From 2005-08, Berwick was Executive Vice President, Programming and Production, where she supervised all of Bravo's development, production, scheduling and acquisitions.   

Earlier in her career, Berwick oversaw the development and production of Emmy-winning series including "Queer Eye,” “Top Chef,” “Project Runway,” and “Inside the Actors Studio.” In 1996, Berwick joined Bravo from Britain’s Channel 4, where she headed international TV distribution and licensing.  

Berwick has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including two Peabody Awards and three Primetime Emmys. In addition, Berwick was presented with the Muse Award for Outstanding Vision and Achievement in 2013 by New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) and has also been consistently named one of The Hollywood Reporter’s Power 100 Women in Entertainment. Berwick is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS). She is also a board member of the Paley Center for Media. 

Berwick has a master’s degree from Edinburgh University.