Nick Grad

Nick Grad is president of FX Entertainment, overseeing scripted original programming including development, current series, casting, production and business affairs for FX and FX Productions. Grad was promoted to this position in October 2022 after previously serving as president, Original Programming.

Grad has been instrumental in developing FX’s slate of original programming that has received a total of 637 Emmy® Awards nominations and 136 Emmy wins, including an FX record 93 nominations in 2024 and 36 Emmy Award wins, the most of any brand or streamer that year.

Grad most recently developed “The Lowdown,” “Adults,” “English Teacher,” “American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez,” “Grotesquerie,” “Clipped” and was a driving force behind “The Bear,” the Emmy Award-winning comedy series. Grad also helped develop “The Old Man,” “Justified: City Primeval,” “The Patient,” “Reservation Dogs,” “What We Do in the Shadows,” “Atlanta,” “Better Things,” “Breeders,” “DAVE,” “American Crime Story,” “American Horror Story,” “Mayans M.C.,” “Snowfall,” “Legion,” “The Strain,” “Mr Inbetween,” “Baskets,” “You’re the Worst,” and many more.

Under Grad’s leadership, FX built out a slate of docuseries and documentary features, including “Welcome to Wrexham,” the back-to-back winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program, “Social Studies,” “Dear Mama,” “The New York Times Presents,” “The Weekly,” “The Most Dangerous Animal of All,” “AKA Jane Roe,” “A Wilderness of Error,” “Hip Hop Uncovered,” “Hysterical,” and “PRIDE.”

Grad served as executive vice president of Original Programming and Development since 2005, during which he developed the Emmy®-nominated drama series “The Americans,” the Golden Globe®-winning drama series “Damages,” the Emmy-winning “Justified,” the hit drama “Sons of Anarchy,” the drama series “Terriers” and “The Bridge,” as well as overseeing FX’s growth in comedy with the Emmy-winning animated comedy “Archer,” “The League” and “Wilfred.”

Grad joined FX as vice president of Series Development in May 2002 and was promoted to senior vice president of Drama and Comedy Series Development in 2004. During that period, he helped develop the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning dramas “The Shield” and “Nip/Tuck,” the Emmy-winning drama “Rescue Me,” the drama series “Thief” and “Over There,” and the acclaimed comedy series “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”

Prior to joining FX, Grad worked for Columbia TriStar Television from 1995-2002, rising to the position of vice president of Comedy Development in 1999. At Columbia TriStar, he developed “The King of Queens” for CBS, and “Action” and “The Tick” for FOX. He began his career in programming at FOX in 1992.

Grad is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.