LAUREN MANDEL is a bi-coastal showrunner and producer who has developed comedy focused projects with the likes of Keke Palmer/eOne, Jimmy Fallon's Electric Hot Dog Productions, and LeBron James & Maverick Carter's SpringHill. In just this past year she showran the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic’s WATCH WITH ALEX COOPER (Peacock/Embassy Row), Co-EP’d A NONSENSE CHRISTMAS WITH SABRINA CARPENTER (Netflix/OBB) and returned to Co-EP the iHEART RADIO JINGLE BALL (ABC/HULU/OBB).

Lauren is a frequent collaborator of Den of Thieves on live award shows including the MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS (NBC), PEOPLE’S CHOICE COUNTRY (NBC), and the MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS among others. Lauren has developed and showrun multiple specials and pilots for NBCUniversal including Electric Hot Dog‘s first stand-up special (Peacock) for which she received a Critics’ Choice Award nomination and the NBC-ordered late-night format which Lauren co-created and adapted from a live stage show at the Upright Citizens Brigade.

Other credits include THE CHARLIE PUTH SHOW (Roku/Scout), OMG FASHUN WITH JULIA FOX (E!/Scout), THE KIDS TONIGHT SHOW (Peacock/Matador Content), GETTING CURIOUS WITH JVN (Netflix), HOLIDAYS WITH THE HOUGHS (NBC), JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU (Adult Swim), Head of Development for Marci Klein Productions (NBCUniversal), and four seasons at SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (NBC).

In 2023, Lauren launched her production company, DISCO NAP, which provides boutique services for comedy-driven live events and podcasts including LAS CULTURISTAS CULTURE AWARDS hosted by Bowen Yang & Matt Rogers, Halloween extravaganza JULIO TORRES PRESENTS: THE CURSED AMULET, DAD: a standup comedy show hosted by SNL’s Alex English, Devon Walker and Gary Richardson, WORSE THAN YOU (Mo Fry Pasic/Sudi Green) a new play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a popular spin-off podcast of the same name, and CATHERINE COHEN’S CABERNET CABARET at the Alan Cumming owned Club Cumming.