Ayo Davis

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About Ayo Davis

Ayo Davis is president of Disney Branded Television, the unit of Disney Entertainment Television that creates premium original content for kids and families for Disney+, Disney Jr. and Disney Channel. In this role, Davis oversees the group’s expansive slate of live-action, unscripted, animated and short-form entertainment. Since being named to the position in 2021, Davis has led one of the industry’s most successful and award-winning slates for kids, including four of the top 10 most-watched series for preschoolers across linear and streaming in 2024 – “Bluey”; “Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends”; “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” and “Superkitties” – and popular series for kids like “Kiff,” “Big City Greens” and “Wizards Beyond Waverly Place.” As a result, Disney Branded Television content helped keep Disney Jr. the No. 1 preschool network for the 12th straight year, and Disney Channel the No. 1 cable network for Girls 6-11 for 19 consecutive years, and drove the Disney Jr. YouTube to new heights, reaching more than 21 million subscribers and 21 billion views in 2024. Davis’ team is also behind some of Disney+’s most successful kids and family titles, including “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” “Goosebumps,” and the “ZOMBIES” and “Descendants” franchises, with 2024’s “Descendants: The Rise of Red” becoming Disney Branded Television’s most-watched original movie premiere ever on Disney+. She also has oversight of documentary films and specials designed to be enjoyed by the entire family, like the Academy Award®-nominated “Elton John: Never Too Late” and the Emmy® Award-winning “Jim Henson Idea Man.” Under Davis’ leadership, Disney Branded Television earned an industry-leading 69 nominations and 18 wins at the 2025 Children’s and Family Emmys Awards, eight nominations and five wins at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, a 2024 Academy Award nomination for the documentary short “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó” and a 2025 Academy Award nomination for “Elton John: Never Too Late.” Davis is a member of the board of trustees of Dillard University and served on the board of directors for the T. Howard Foundation. She is a member of Jack and Jill of America Inc. and served as a member of the host committee board of Girls Inc. She has been featured on Variety’s Family Entertainment Impact list, The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Power 100 list, 75 Most Powerful People in Kids’ Entertainment list, and Hollywood’s Top Forces for Change list, EBONY’s Power 100 list, and named as a Multichannel News Wonder Woman.