Norman Aladjem<\/a> \u2014 who previously held the title of CEO \u2014 on strategic direction and the company\u2019s long-term growth, while also continuing to fulfill their management and producing responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cThis announcement reflects both the history and the future of Mainstay Entertainment,\u201d Aladjem told us. \u201cWe founded the company around a shared belief in thoughtfully architecting artists\u2019 careers and helping them tell their stories \u2014 a philosophy Ray and Derek have consistently embodied for nearly a decade. I\u2019m excited to continue to work closely with them in this next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tBoth Van Pelt and Moheet have been manager\/producers at Mainstay Entertainment since its inception in March 2017.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn television, Van Pelt\u2019s credits as executive producer include MSNBC\u2019s The Turning Point<\/em>, Showtime\u2019s The World According to Football<\/em>, The Great American Joke Off<\/em>, Nickelodeon\u2019s Kid of The Year<\/em>, and numerous comedy specials, such as Roy Wood Jr. : Lonely Flowers<\/em>, Trevor Noah: Where Was I<\/em>, and Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\tMoheet has produced films including Before I Go<\/em> starring Annabella Sciorra, A Simple Wedding<\/em> starring Rita Wilson and Shoreh Aghdashloo, and Jimmy Vestvood<\/em> starring Maz Jobrani and John Heard. Additionally, he\u2019s exec produced Blumhouse\/Hulu\u2019s Into the Dark <\/em>and comedy specials including The Birds and the Bees<\/em> and Immigrant <\/em>from Maz Jobrani and Heather McDonald\u2019s I Don\u2019t Mean to Brag<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\tSaid Moheet and Van Pelt in a joint statement on their promotions: \u201cWe\u2019re honored by the trust that\u2019s been placed in us and grateful for the opportunity to continue building the company together. The work ethic, values, and approach that have guided us from the beginning remain unchanged, and we\u2019re excited to lead the business forward alongside Norm and this incredible team.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tClients at Mainstay Entertainment include David Archuleta, Tisha Campbell, Kim Coates, Rachael Leigh Cook, James Frain, Samantha Hanratty, Katherine Heigl, Laurie Holden, Chris Lee, Maz Jobrani, Aaron McGruder, Omar Benson Miller, Trevor Noah, Hayden Pannettiere, Danielle Pinnock, Laura Prepon, Zach Sang, and Roy Wood Jr.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn film, Mainstay\u2019s development projects include an adaptation of Trevor Noah\u2019s bestselling memoir Born a Crime<\/em> and the genre-bending vampire western The Sun Always Sets in the West<\/em> for Lionsgate, which has a 2026 start date. On the small screen, they\u2019re developing Patti Stanger\u2019s Strike a Match<\/em> series for The CW, Disappeared: The Bradley Sisters <\/em>for Discovery ID, De Viajes Con Los Derbez<\/em> for Univision and Amazon International, and a series of I Am<\/em> documentaries for The CW. Most recently, it was announced that they\u2019re exec producing Martha\u2019s Vineyard v. DeSantis<\/em>, the upcoming documentary for MSNBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source deadline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Nearly a decade into their time at Mainstay Entertainment, Derek Van Pelt and Ray Moheet have been upped to co-CEOs. In their new roles, Van Pelt and Moheet will oversee day-to-day operations at Mainstay. They\u2019ll continue to work with founder and chairman Norman Aladjem \u2014 who previously held the title of CEO \u2014 on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2224843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[430374,430375,430376,430377],"class_list":["post-2224842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-derek-van-pelt","tag-mainstay-entertainment","tag-norman-aladjem","tag-ray-moheet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Derek-Van-Pelt-Ray-Moheet-Promoted-At-Mainstay-Entertainment.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2224844,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224842\/revisions\/2224844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2224843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}