Russ McCarroll is Senior Vice President, Development and Production at Discovery Channel. McCarroll most recently served as the Senior Vice President of Programming and Development for History. In his role, he oversees the East Coast production and development of Discovery’s unscripted programming slate on all development and series.

McCarroll also oversees all US production and development originating from Discovery’s London office.

At History, McCarroll rose from Executive Producer to Senior Vice President, Programming and Development overseeing the network’s unscripted programming and development team. While at the network, he developed a variety of unscripted, hybrid, and scripted series including Alone, Men Who Built America, Mountain Men, Sons of Liberty, The World Wars and Knightfall. He also oversaw such key series as American Pickers, Pawn Stars, Counting Cars, Top Gear and Ax Men.

Prior to his start at History, McCarroll was a producer at NBC News, where he oversaw a variety of projects for Today Show. Before his time at NBC, McCarroll was an independent producer.