Nicolle Yaron is an American television producer, showrunner, and writer. Known for her work in unscripted, variety, and live-event programming, [1] Yaron won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2013 as a co-executive producer for NBC's singing competition The Voice and received additional Emmy nominations in 2012 and 2014. [2] Yaron is also the co-creator of the craft-competition series Making It and its spin-off, Baking It .
Yaron began her television career after joining the late-night talk show Last Call with Carson Daly . [1] Initially specializing in late-night and talk-show formats, she transitioned into live-event production, contributing to broadcasts including the Primetime Emmy Awards, People's Choice Awards, MTV Movie Awards, and NBC’s New Year's Eve specials. [3]
In 2011, Yaron entered reality television competition with NBC's The Voice. At The Voice, she helped develop the first-ever real-time Live Vote and audience-engagement features such as the "Twitter Save." [4] [5] After leaving The Voice, she executive-produced ABC’s interactive singing competition Rising Star and Fox’s comedy series World's Funniest Fails . [6] [3] She served as a consulting producer at the 88th Academy Awards. [3]
Yaron co-created and executive-produced the Emmy-nominated Making It (2018), a craft competition hosted by Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman. [1] [7] The series received critical acclaim and was nominated for multiple Primetime Emmy Awards, including the Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program in 2021 and 2022. [8] Following Making It, she co-created the Emmy-nominated Baking It (2021), a baking competition hosted by Maya Rudolph and Andy Samburg, and later Rudolph and Amy Poehler. [9] Baking It received a Writers Guild of America Award in 2022 and 2023, and was again nominated in 2024. [10] [11] [12]
She also co-created and executive-produced Real Country, a music-talent competition featuring Shania Twain and Jake Owen on USA Network. [13] [14]
In 2020, Yaron created and executive-produced HBO Max’s Haute Dog , a comedic dog-grooming competition hosted by Matt Rogers. [15] [16]
Yaron is also the author of the newsletter Extremely Helpful, which covers self-development, culture, and media. [17]