About me
Kenny Tsai is Senior Vice President of Current Programming for UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group. In this role, he manages day-to-day operations for the studio’s award-winning slate of current series across a variety of cable and streaming platforms. He reports to Rebecca Franko, Executive Vice President, Current Programming, UCP.
Current projects under Tsai’s purview include the Emmy Award-winning “The Umbrella Academy” (Netflix), Critics’ Choice Award-winning “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off” (Netflix), critically acclaimed “Based on a True Story” (Peacock), and fan-favorite series “Resident Alien” (USA) and “Chucky” (USA/SYFY). He also oversees the recent and upcoming series “Teacup” (Peacock), “Long Bright River” (Peacock) and the untitled Murdaugh Murders series (Hulu). Tsai collaborates closely with UCP’s development team on series pick-ups, serves as a liaison between production and other studio departments and manages up-and-coming writers for the studio.
Tsai was previously Vice President of Current Programming at Universal Television, where he oversaw a roster of drama and comedy series that included Peacock’s “Bel-Air,” “Saved by the Bell,” and “Vampire Academy,” Netflix’s “Master of None” and “Never Have I Ever,” Prime Video’s “Harlem” and the critically lauded Apple TV+ anthology series, “Little America.” He started in the industry as the showrunner's assistant on HBO's Emmy-award winning series “Boardwalk Empire” before moving over to UCP and, subsequently, Universal Television.
Tsai received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Television Production from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He is based in Los Angeles.