{
  "id": 2211712,
  "title": "Netflix Veteran Andy Weil Joins Amazon MGM Studios As Head Of Comedy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/netflix-veteran-andy-weil-joins-amazon-mgm-studios-as-head-of-comedy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-20T19:43:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/netflix-andy-weil-amazon-mgm-studios-head-of-comedy-1237045395/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: Andy Weil, Netflix’s VP Comedy — and the streamer’s second longest serving programming executive — is leaving to join Amazon MGM Studios as Head of Comedy. Amazon MGM Studios‘ Head of Global Television Peter Friedlander just announced the hire internally in a memo, which you can see below. Weil’s first day is September 14. […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Netflix Exec Andy Weil Jumping to Amazon as Head of Comedy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/netflix-exec-andy-weil-jumping-to-amazon-as-head-of-comedy",
        "published": "2026-08-20T21:33:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}