Archive · 5 Dec 2025
TV Lit Agent Jacquie Katz Leaving CAA
Jacquie Katz is a TV lit agent who has been working at CAA for 15 years.
She is leaving her job at the end of the month to go to school and get a Master’s degree in social work.
She has been an agent for 11.5 years and has worked with many famous TV writers, directors, and comedians.
She is known for supporting women behind the camera, especially female comedy writers and directors.
One of her clients, Amber Ruffin, was the first Black woman to write for a network late-night talk show.
Jacquie Katz is leaving CAA after 15 years, 11.5 of them as a TV lit agent.
She is moving to New York to pursue a Master’s degree in social work at NYU.
Katz joined CAA in 2010 as an assistant in Los Angeles and was promoted to agent in 2014.
She served as Co-Head of TV Lit from 2017-2019 and relocated to New York in 2021.
Katz is known for advocating for women behind the camera, particularly female comedy writers and directors.
- Who
- Jacquie Katz, a TV lit agent at CAA
- What
- Leaving CAA to pursue a Master’s degree in social work
- When
- At the end of the month
- Where
- New York
- Why
- To switch careers and pursue a Master’s degree in social work
- Name
- Jacquie Katz
- Current Position
- TV Lit Agent
- Current Company
- CAA
- Years at CAA
- 15
- Years as Agent
- 11.5
- New Career Path
- Master’s degree in social work at New York University
- Notable Clients
- Dan Erickson, Alissa Nutting, Pamela Adlon, Amber Ruffin, Desi Lydic, Emily Kapnek, Jake Schreier, Kate Herron, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Jonathan Spector, Marla Mindelle, Miki Johnson, Gabe Liedman, Heather Anne Campbell, and Asher Perlman