FOX Television Network has tapped Sophie Leonard as its new EVP for unscripted, with a mandate to expand the pipeline, focusing on scalable competition formats, breakthrough social experiments, and returnable event series.

“Risk-aversion” may have been the dominant theme in the entertainment formats business over the last few years, but the message from Michael Thorn, the president of FOX Television Network, at Realscreen Summit/NATPE Global last week was clear: Be bold, and “don’t censor yourself.”