Full Name
Kate Hoenigsberg
Job Title
Senior Vice President, Drama Development
Company
Universal Television
Bio

Kate Hoenigsberg
Senior Vice President, Drama Development
Universal Television

Kate Hoenigsberg is Senior Vice President of Drama Development at Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. In her role, Hoenigsberg oversees a slate of more than 50 drama series in development. She also works closely with the studio’s talent roster, which includes Jenna Bans, Jenna Bush Hager, Jessica Goldberg, Jordan Peele, Julie Plec, Amy Poehler and more. She reports to Vivian Cannon, Executive Vice President of Drama Development at Universal Television.

Projects under Hoenigsberg’s purview have successfully sold to a variety of broadcast and streaming platforms, including NBCUniversal’s NBC and Peacock, as well as external buyers such as Netflix and Prime Video. Such series include “We Were Liars” (Prime Video), a thriller from Julie Plec and Carina Adly MacKenzie; “Murder by the Book” (NBC), a mystery series from Jenna Bans, Bill Krebs and Retta; “Freeman” (Peacock), a drama series from Adam Starks and Julie Plec; and “Confessions” (Netflix), a series adaptation based on Jason Smith’s non-fiction 2015 article, “The Confessions of a Drug-Addicted High School Teacher,” from Paul Wesley, Julie Plec and Bradley Paul. Hoenigsberg was also part of the team that developed “The Best Man: The Final Chapters,” Peacock’s biggest ever series debut and the first series on the platform to crack Nielsen’s Top 10 streaming chart, ranking No. 5 in its debut week.

Prior to joining Universal Television, Hoenigsberg was the Senior Content Executive and Scripted Programming Lead at Quibi, where she oversaw series including Veena Sud’s “The Stranger” and “When the Streetlights Go On.” Before that, she spent more than 10 years at NBCUniversal, most recently as Vice President of the Scripted Cable group, where she developed several series including “The Sinner” on USA, Bravo’s “Dirty John” and “Imposters,” as well as “The Arrangement” and “The Royals” on E!

Hoenigsberg has a bachelor’s degree in Film & Television from Boston University. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her family.

Kate Hoenigsberg