Andrea Shay - 10-Minute Read

Andrea Shay is an accomplished television producer who spent the last seven years producing for ABC Signature Studios under an overall deal with Ryan Seacrest Productions. At ABC Signature, Shay developed and produced several pilots and series including THE WATCHFUL EYE for Freeform/ Hulu starring Kelly Bishop and Mariel Molino and the Netflix drama, INSATIABLE starring Debby Ryan
and Dallas Roberts. Other projects she has in development include DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS, a co-production with Trevor Noah’s production company, Day Zero Productions, and FIERCE, a script she is co-producing through RSP with John Legend’s company, Get Lifted Productions. Before she joined Seacrest, Andrea spent seven years as the co-head of development for Mark Gordon at The Mark Gordon Company where she sold a number of scripted projects to the
broadcast networks and premium platforms while producing the acclaimed series, BENCHED, starring Eliza Coupe and Jay Harrington for USA.

Prior to joining The Mark Gordon Company, Shay served as the Head of
Development at Regency Television where she developed several pilots and series including THE RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES written by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Parker Posey, HELP ME, HELP YOU written by Jenni Konner and Ali Rushfield starring Ted Danson, and LISTEN UP written by Jeff Martin starring Jason Alexander.

Earlier in her career, Shay spent three years at Fox Broadcasting Company as the Director of Current Series serving as the key network liaison to shows like THAT 70S SHOW, BERNIE MAC, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE, THE X-FILES, GIRLS CLUB, and MadTV. Shay grew up in northern New Jersey and graduated from Indiana University before pursuing her career in television in Los Angeles.