Paramount has looked within for its next head of Nickelodeon’s animation efforts.
The company has named CBS Studios executive Alec Botnick president of Nickelodeon Animation Studios. George Cheeks, chair of TV media for Paramount, announced the hire in a memo sent to staff Friday and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.
Cheeks had tapped Botnick and Ashley Kaplan to lead the Nick animation studio in a November 2025 reorganization of Paramount’s linear TV business. Botnick will now be the sole head of the studio as Kaplan moves into a consulting role before leaving the company at the end of 2026. Botnick will also keep his job as executive vp comedy development, animation and alternative for CBS Studios.
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Cheeks’ memo (read it in full, below) also notes that Nickelodeon Animation Studios will now operate as its own label with CBS Studios, similar
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