Brian Robbins

Brian Robbins is a notable figure in the media and entertainment industry, with a career that spans over two decades. He currently serves as the President of Kids & Family Entertainment at ViacomCBS, where he is responsible for the company's strategy, creative, and business operations. He also has purview over The Nick Experience, which includes live shows, as well as Nick's domestic consumer products business.

Before joining ViacomCBS, Robbins served as the President of Nickelodeon, where he enhanced the brand's robust content offerings and expanded its cultural footprint on next-generation platforms and in film. Prior to that, he was the President of Paramount Players, a production division of Paramount Pictures that develops, produces and markets feature films from original source material and in collaboration with Viacom flagship brands Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and BET.

Robbins is the founder and former CEO of Awesomeness, a multi-platform media company that produced hit web series and films such as Expelled, Guidance, Foursome, t@gged, and Freakish, as well as theatrical release Before I Fall. He is a prolific producer of television, film, and digital media and has executive produced numerous popular and critical television hits aimed at teens and young audiences, including the long-running CW series Smallville and One Tree Hill; Nickelodeon's All That and Kenan and Kel; Disney Channel's Sonny With a Chance and So Random; and Spike TV's Blue Mountain State.

Robbins is the recipient of a Directors Guild Award, a Peabody Award, and the Pioneer Prize by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He also formerly served on the Board of Trustees and Los Angeles Board of Governors at The Paley Center for Media.