Susanne Lieberstein Daniels is an American entertainment executive, producer, and author. She developed TV shows such as Dawson's Creek, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls, Cobra Kai and YouTube livestream events with artists including Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Paul McCartney.
Current work
Daniels currently serves as the Global Head of Original Content for YouTube, and leads the company's overall efforts and investments in original content. While at the platform, Daniels has overseen programming such as Cobra Kai, ', and '; and premium livestream events with artists and celebrities including Katy Perry, Will Smith, Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney. Prior to YouTube, Daniels worked as the President at MTV while previously holding positions including President of Lifetime Television and The WB, Vice President of Comedy for Fox Television and more. In these roles, Daniels was responsible for green-lighting TV shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson's Creek, Gilmore Girls, Army Wives, Charmed, 7th Heaven, Smallville, Project Runway, Drop Dead Diva, The Jamie Foxx Show, The Wayans Brothers Show, Are You the One? and Scream. While at The WB, Daniels co-authored the book along with Cynthia Littleton. Daniels currently serves on the boards of Common Sense Media, NATPE, UCLA MEMES, Center Theatre Group and the George Foster Peabody Awards, among other advisory roles.
Daniels grew up in Westport, Connecticut, and attended Harvard University for her undergraduate degree. Daniels is currently based in Los Angeles where she resides with her husband, writer-producer-director Greg Daniels and their four children. Daniels met Greg while she was answering phones at Saturday Night Live for Lorne Michaels. Daniels is the sister of Paul Lieberstein, writer for King of the Hill and the replacement showrunner of The Office for Greg Daniels. In November 2019, Susanne Daniels played a big role in reinstating banned accounts by YouTube after they spammed emoticons, she called Markiplier saying that the issue would be fixed and the accounts were reinstated soon after.
