EXCLUSIVE: There’s change within Fox’s unscripted ranks.
Deadline understands that Fox Entertainment EVP, Unscripted Yasmin Rawji is leaving the company. Rawji was considered a rising star at the network with a number of promotions in her eight-year tenure. She is expected to remain in the role through the end of January.
She joined the company in 2017 as Director of Alternative Programming. She was promoted to VP the following year and SVP in 2021. When Allison Wallach, who now oversees global unscripted programming for Fox Entertainment Studios, landed the top unscripted job at the network in December 2022 after former alternative chief Rob Wade was named CEO, Rawji was promoted again to EVP.
Fox restructured its teams in March last year with Michael Thorn becoming President of Fox Television Network, overseeing unscripted television in addition to scripted with Rawji reporting to Thorn.
She was responsible for the development and production of Fox’s reality slate and has also worked with the Fox Alternative Entertainment studio on its International Unscripted Format Fund to identify IP for the global market.
She has worked on The Masked Singer, which is heading into Season 14 in January, as well as Next Level Chef, which has been renewed through Season 6, Special Forces: The World’s Toughest Test, Crime Scene Kitchen, Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer, Name That Tune, Farmer Wants A Wife and Stars on Mars.
Rawji has also been involved in Gordon Ramsay’s MasterChef, MasterChef Jr. and 24 Hours To Hell and Back.
Before joining Fox, Rawji was a senior producer on Dancing with the Stars, when Fox chief Wade was showrunner, and America’s Got Talent.
“It’s never easy to step away from a job you truly love, especially when the team is as fun, talented and dynamic as Fox,” said Rawji. “Working with Rob Wade and Michael Thorn has been a real privilege, and I’ve been lucky to collaborate with such a smart, creative team. And while choosing to step away is bittersweet, I’m excited to carry everything I’ve done here into what comes next.”
“For eight years, Yasmin has been an invaluable member of the Fox family, an accomplished executive whose creative instincts have elevated everything she’s touched,” added Michael Thorn. “Yasmin has been a driving force behind many of our biggest unscripted hits and she will be deeply missed.”