Paramount+ executive vice president and head of originals Jane Wiseman is leaving the streaming service as its organization moves into a new structure led by Casey Bloys. The change places Paramount+ original-programming oversight with Sarah Aubrey, who will retain her existing position as head of original programming at HBO Max while adding the Paramount+ responsibilities.
Wiseman joined Paramount+ in August 2025 and worked under Cindy Holland, her former Netflix colleague. Holland departed as the new structure was taking shape, and Wiseman will not move into the merged Skydance organization. The reshuffle leaves Aubrey with a cross-service creative portfolio at a particularly consequential point: original programming is where streaming platforms decide which series get commissioned, how development is managed, and which projects receive another season.
What the new reporting structure changes
The immediate, confirmed change is at the leadership level. Aubrey will oversee originals for both HBO Max and Paramount+, rather than Paramount+ maintaining Wiseman as its own head of originals. That is a meaningful consolidation of senior creative authority, even if it does not by itself establish what will happen to every team, show or development project beneath it.
“Originals” is an industry shorthand for programming made or commissioned specifically for a network or streaming service. The remit can include development, purchasing pitches, ordering series, supervising creative executives, managing relationships with producers and studios, and choosing which productions are renewed. It is not simply a question of putting more titles on a service; it is the leadership function that determines the pipeline of future titles.
The new setup keeps HBO Max’s existing original-programming structure in place while extending Aubrey’s responsibilities to Paramount+. That distinction matters. The information available does not say that Paramount+ is being rebranded, folded into HBO Max as a consumer service, or that all programming teams have been combined. It does establish, however, that the two services will now share a top originals executive.
Paramount+ had already been described as having a lean staff. Further personnel changes have not been specified, so the full operational effect remains uncertain. A senior-level consolidation can lead to coordinated decision-making and shared priorities, but it does not automatically reveal how individual departments will be organized or whether particular programs will change course.
Wiseman’s brief but active Paramount+ tenure
During her time at Paramount+, Wiseman helped increase the streamer’s output. The service ordered nearly 30 new series and renewed another 16 under Wiseman and Holland. Among the projects ordered was Discretion, starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning.
Wiseman and Holland also made producer deals with the Duffer Brothers and Issa Rae. Such deals are important to a streaming platform because they establish ongoing relationships with creators rather than treating each pitch as a one-off transaction. The precise terms and resulting projects of those agreements are not detailed here, but the broader significance is clear: a service’s slate is shaped by both series orders and the creative partnerships that create a path for later projects.
For viewers, the key practical point is that a leadership exit does not mean ordered series vanish. A project that has been commissioned exists in a different stage from an early development pitch, and the available information offers no indication that Discretion, the producer deals, or the wider ordered slate have been cancelled or altered. The executive change is best understood as a shift in who holds top programming authority going forward, not proof of a specific outcome for every show in the pipeline.
Streaming audiences have seen how strongly a service’s identity can be tied to originals, particularly when series move across formats or gain a second life beyond an initial season. For another recent example of television stories finding adjacent formats, the planned Black Mirror “White Bear” graphic novel illustrates how a screen property can continue in a different medium. That is not a parallel to Paramount+’s management move, but it underscores why stewardship of a platform’s creative relationships and intellectual property can matter well beyond a single release window.
Aubrey brings a long HBO Max background
Aubrey has been in charge of original programming at HBO Max since 2019, before the service launched. She remained in that role after Bloys took oversight of the streamer in August 2020. Her move into the Paramount+ remit therefore expands an established working structure between Aubrey and Bloys rather than creating an entirely new executive pairing.
Before HBO Max, Aubrey served as executive vice president of original programming at TNT. Her earlier experience includes television and film producing at Film 44, associated with Friday Night Lights. Together, those roles give her a career path spanning programming oversight and production, two sides of the business that meet in the process of turning an idea into a series.
For Paramount+, Aubrey’s added responsibility means its original-programming decisions will be handled by an executive already responsible for HBO Max’s originals operation. It may make coordination at the highest level more straightforward, but it also gives one executive responsibility for two distinct services. The available details do not lay out how priorities, development slates, staffing, budgets, release strategies or brand positioning will be handled under that arrangement.
Wiseman and Holland’s shared streaming history
Wiseman’s connection with Holland predated their time at Paramount+. Wiseman spent 10 years at Netflix, serving as vice president of original series and head of comedy, and worked closely with Holland when Netflix was building up its original-programming operation in 2014. That background helps explain why their pairing at Paramount+ carried attention: they arrived with experience from an earlier period of major streaming expansion.
Wiseman also spent more than a year as head of U.S. television at Sister and worked as a consultant for Prime Video before joining Paramount+. Earlier roles included senior vice president and head of comedy at Chernin Entertainment, senior vice president of comedy at NBCUniversal, and director of comedy development at Fox.
That record emphasizes a specialty in comedy and scripted development, though her Paramount+ post was broader than comedy alone. Executive careers in television often traverse studios, broadcasters, production companies and streamers because each role develops a different network of writers, producers, performers and business partners. In Wiseman’s case, that experience includes both the programming side of major services and development roles inside traditional entertainment companies.
What remains unknown
There is a temptation to interpret any streaming-company restructuring as a complete programming verdict. The confirmed facts support a narrower reading. Wiseman is leaving Paramount+; Aubrey is assuming the Paramount+ originals role in addition to her HBO Max job; and the new structure retains the HBO Max setup while making it responsible for Paramount+ originals oversight.
What has not been established is equally important. There is no detailed public account here of additional staff reductions, how many Paramount+ positions may change, or whether particular series will be reassessed. There is also no stated decision on the future of existing commissions and renewals. Those questions should remain questions until specific plans are announced.
Still, the senior appointment gives a clear signal about the creative chain of command. Paramount+’s next round of original-programming decisions will be made under Aubrey’s expanded purview, while Wiseman’s tenure ends after a period that included dozens of new series orders and renewals alongside notable producer partnerships. For the people making shows—and the audiences waiting to see what reaches the screen—the significant development is not a confirmed slate change, but a newly centralized leadership structure that will shape the choices to come.
