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JC Olivera/Variety Comedy development exec Andy Weil is exiting Netflix after 11 years to join Amazon as its new head of comedy. The exec rejoins his former Netflix boss Peter Friedlander, now head of global TV at Amazon MGM Studios.
Weil is a well-known comedy buff who has championed some of Netflix’s biggest laffers, including “Master of None,” “A Man on the Inside,” “Nobody Wants This,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Bojack Horseman,” “Tires” and more. He also developed and worked on Netflix’s Emmy-winning anthology series “Black Mirror.” He also helped revive “Girls5eva” at Netflix, which should have been a bigger hit.
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