EXCLUSIVE : A. Smith & Co. Productions, the company behind American Ninja Warrior, is promoting from within.

The company, which also makes Hell’s Kitchen for Fox and Floor is Lava for Netflix, has upped Tim Dix to VP, Development. He was previously Director of Development and Programming, a position that he’s held since 2023.

He reports to Eli Baldrige, EVP, Development, who himself was upped to that position earlier this year.

Since joining the company he has helped develop and sell series to Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery as well as helping to secure partnerships with talent and other organizations.

Before joining A. Smith & Co., he was a co-exec producer on Discovery’s BattleBots and spent seven seasons on the company’s NBC series American Ninja Warrior.

“Tim has a

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