Career
She has been the President of Television at Mandeville Films since 2013. From 1981 to 1984, she worked behind the scenes of National Broadcasting Company"s Saturday Night Live. She served as an executive producer of American Broadcasting Company"s drama series Castle from 2009 until 2013, and is currently an executive producer for the true crime anthology series Wicked City and the political drama series The Family, both for American Broadcasting Company. Zaks previously worked as Vice President of the Comedy Department at Comedy Central, where she was one of the executives originally hired to launch the network in New New York
Vice President of Series Programs at Columbia Broadcasting System, where she oversaw series such as Everybody Loves Raymond.
And Senior Vice President of Series Programs at Universitas Pembangunan Nasional, where she oversaw series such as Veronica Mars and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Following her stints at these companies, she became President of Armyan Bernstein"s Beacon Television.
At Beacon Television, Zaks developed the pilot and served as executive producer of Castle for the American Broadcasting Company network. She was executive producer of the series from its first season in 2009, until its fifth season in 2013, when she left to work for Mandeville.
Zaks launched her own production company, Second Season, in 2012.
She will serve as executive producer on two of American Broadcasting Company"s upcoming series, and, both of which will premiere in the 2015-2016 television season.