DAVID JANOLLARI has had a career that has spanned almost 3 decades, and has been a high level studio executive, a network president, and a co-founder of a successful production company. he started his career at Fox, moved on to be hired by Les Moonves at Lorimar/Warner Brothers, became president of the WB network, co-ceo of his own company Greenblatt-Janollari, and most recently was the head of programming at MTV. now working in an overall deal with NBC productions with his former partner Bob Gr...
Jun 23, 2014•2 hr 12 min
JONATHAN MURRAY (CEO, OWNER, AND CHAIRMAN OF BUNIM-MURRAY PRODUCTIONS) IS an Emmy award winning executive producer, Widely credited with inventing the modern reality television genre, With the launch of The Real World (MTV) almost 3 decades ago. Together with his partner, the late Mary Ellis-Bunim who passed away in 2004, Murray grew the company from a two-person shop into an industry powerhouse, launching some of the most innovative unscripted entertainment on television. They created and execu...
Jun 16, 2014•1 hr 37 min
QUAN PHUNG is the president of scripted television at slingshot global media, a new independent TV studio based in Los Angeles that develops, produces, finances, and distributes premium scripted content on linear and digital platforms throughout the world. Phung is a veteran TV producer and studio/TV executive who prior to coming aboard slingshot, held various creative roles at bluegrass television (Whitney/Ted), 20th Century Fox TV, Fox Broadcasting Company, and NBC. Among the series he develop...
Jun 10, 2014•1 hr 48 min
MIKE ROYCE is best known as of the executive producers of “Everyone Loves Raymond.” He started as a stand-up comedian in New York City and continued that path for 12 years and became a fixture at the comedy cellar and all the other clubs, appearing on a bevy of television shows, including NBC’s “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” for several years, he was also the warm-up comedian for a diverse array of shows including “The Dana Carvey Show,” “The Maury Povich Show,” “Viva Variety,” and “Spin City....
Jun 03, 2014•2 hr 18 min
SANDY GRUSHOW is one of a rare breed of entertainment executives who has successfully married his vast experience in traditional media with the explosive world of digital media and technology. For nearly 25 years, Grushow achieved creative, financial, and strategic leadership success as chairman of FOX’s broadcast network and television studio, where his tenure saw the debut of “American Idol,” “24,”House,”Malcolm in the Middle,” and “The OC.” Additionally, he is widely credited as the instrumen...
May 26, 2014•2 hr 11 min
DAVID SALZMAN is an entertainment icon whose experiences comprise 4 successful startup companies, 2 magazines, 12 TV stations and more than 15,000 hours of tv productions, plus 3 significant turnarounds as a CEO or CO-CEO. Salzman co-founded Telepictures, was the CEO of Group W Productions (winning over 100 awards including multiple Emmys), chief for all TV activities at Lorimar, and over his illustrious career, he created, developed and/or supervised more than 200 network and syndicated TV seri...
May 22, 2014•2 hr 11 min
DONNA ROSENSTEIN is one of the most respected casting directors in the country. She started her entertainment career recasting a role on “Threes Company” and went on to work at ABC during its heyday from 1983 to 1999…eventually becoming the head of casting for her final 13 years there. The list of hit shows that she has been involved with featured some of the most successful shows in television history including “Roseanne,” “Home Improvement,” and “NYPD Blue.” Her more recent hit shows includes ...
May 22, 2014•1 hr 56 min
MARK CRONIN is one of the most respected reality producers in the world. He started his career working with Howard Stern (radio, tv, and pay per view specials) and later became a head writer and executive producer for MTV's hit dating show "Singled Out" (starring Jenny Mccarthy and Chris Hardwick). From MTV, he moved to fox to produce their first prime-time event game show "Big Deal" and then returned to late night to as a producer on "The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show." Other notable shows that Cron...
May 21, 2014•2 hr 8 min
STEVE MCPHERSON is the former president & chairman of the ABC TV Entertainment Group, overseeing both the studio and network operations. Under his visionary leadership, he is credited with orchestrating one of the most dramatic network turnarounds in history, transforming ABC’s fortunes with iconic shows like “Lost,”Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Dancing With The Stars” and “Modern Family.” Throughout his 25 year career Mcpherson has held positions at Witt/Thomas/Harris production...
Apr 28, 2014•2 hr 4 min
ROYCE CLAYTON is a veteran of 17 Major League Baseball seasons. A former first-round draft pick, he has been both an MLB All-Star, a World Series Champion (Boston Red Sox 2007), and is widely considered one of the best shortstops in history. He is an actor, sports journalist/correspondant, and producer, known for his appearances in “Moneyball,” “The Rookie,” and his on-camera work on “Sunday Night Baseball.” Recently, he formed a groundbreaking musical entertainment partnership with DJ Skee to c...
Apr 21, 2014•1 hr 54 min
MARIO KASSAR is a film producer who specializes in worldwide action-packed blockbusters. He has released 36 motion pictures, which have been nominated for 16 academy awards (winning several of them), and is largely considered to be the godfather of international film distribution and marketing. Kassar served as executive producer of such hits as all of the “Rambo” films, “Terminator 2: Judgement Day,” “Basic Instinct,” “Total Recall,” “Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines,” “Cliffhanger,” “Chaplin...
Apr 14, 2014•1 hr 52 min
HENRY BUSHKIN was only a few years into his legal career when Johnny Carson hired him as his personal lawyer/manager for a golden period that became the most productive 18 years of his career. His book “Johnny Carson” was a #1 new york times best seller and one of the “ten best books of the year” in 2013. Known as "Bombastic Bushkin," he was “The Tonight Show” host’s best friend and played a major role in his life that was very involved and complex, as he was equal parts sounding board, drinking...
Apr 07, 2014•2 hr 7 min
RICKY BLITT IS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER/SHOWRUNNERS IN THE TV BUSINESS. HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL WRITERS ON "FAMILY GUY" AND WROTE THE ONLY EPISODE THAT WAS EVER BANNED FROM AIRING ON THE NETWORK ENTITLED ‘WHEN YOU WISH UPON A WEINSTEIN.’ THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE HAS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED SEVERAL SHOWS AND FILMS THAT HAVE STARRED AMAZING ACTORS LIKE ROB CORDDRY, JON CRYER, ALYSSA MILANO, AND JANE KACSMAREK & JON HEDER (“NO PLACE LIKE HOME” A PILOT HE JUST SHOT FO...
Mar 31, 2014•1 hr 51 min
Dr. Phil McGraw is perhaps the most well-known mental health professional in the world. over the past 12 years, he is the leadING daytime talk show HOST in the country, while covering the most comprehensive forum on mental health issues in the history of television. Dr. PHIL’S work was recognized by the American Psychological Association in 2006, HONORING him with a presidential citation. Over the years, the DR. PHIL show has received 26 Emmy nominations and won 5 PRISM Awards, for the accurate ...
Mar 24, 2014•1 hr 36 min
Jay Blumenfield & Tony Marsh are the owners and creative forces behind The Jay and Tony Show tv production company. THEY HELPED CREATE AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCE the smash e! hit “CHELSEA LATELY” as well as Showtime's “Family Business,” that triggerED a new genre of television. most recently THEY created and produced many popular series including “Gigolos” for Showtime, “Restaurant Stakeout” for The Food Network, “Resort Rescue” for the Travel Channel, “LOLwork” for bravo, “The Wiener’s Circle” f...
Feb 25, 2014•1 hr 55 min
SARAH SIEGEL-MAGNESS IS A WRITER, DIRECTOR, AND THE PRODUCER OF THE AWARD-WINNING LIONSGATE FILM “PRECIOUS.” SHE IS ALSO THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED LEE DANIEL PRODUCED FEATURE “TENNESSEE” AND THE CO-FOUNDER, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND GARY MAGNESS, OF SMOKEWOOD ENTERTAINMENT, THAT PRODUCES FILMS WITH POSITIVE MESSAGES FOR DIVERSE AUDIENCES. BEFORE HER FILM CAREER, SHE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO’S SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, AND AFTER A BRIEF CAREER IN THE MUSIC INDUSTR...
Feb 17, 2014•1 hr 38 min
BILL BELLAMY GREW up in Newark AND starting doing stand-up while he was a student at Rutgers University. in two short years, he had earned a spot on THE FIRST “Def Comedy Jam” EPISODE with bernie mac, martin lawrence, and adele givens, where he notoriously coined the phrase “booty call,” which became the name for his highly rated first comedy special for Showtime. soon after, HE became a staple on MTV as THE most popular AFRICAN-AMERICAN “VJ’” in the network’s history. HE then SEGUED INTO MOVIES...
Feb 11, 2014•1 hr 42 min
Campbell McLaren IS UNIVERSALLY KNOWN AS THE creator of The Ultimate Fighting Championship, ITS OCTAGON CONCEPT, THEIR “THERE ARE NO RULES” SLOGAN, FOR EXECUTIVE PRODUCING THE FIRST 22 EVENTS INCLUDING THE FIRST 12 PAY-PER-VIEW SPECIALS, AND he has been called “the brains behind The UFC” (New York Magazine) and THAT “…he knows more about the sport than just about anyone in it today” (Yahoo Sports). McLaren also created “The Iron Ring,” BET’s hip-hop version of The UFC that quickly became a hit s...
Feb 03, 2014•1 hr 43 min
Jeff Apploff started as a nationally touring stand-up comedian in 1990 and performed at comedy venues throughout the world with such notable comedians as Larry The Cable Guy, Bobby Slayton, Jackie Mason, Gilbert Gottfried, Dom Irrera, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carrot Top, Jim Breuer, and the late Richard Jeni, Mitch Hedburg, and Bill Hicks. He went on to create, produce, direct, and perform in the successful comedy tour, “The Disciples of Comedy” with several members of Sam Kinison’s “Outlaws of Comedy...
Jan 27, 2014•1 hr 50 min
Ali LeRoi is an Emmy Award winning television executive producer, director, writer, and actor…best known as the co-creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed sitcom Everybody Hates Chris alongside Chris Rock, whom he met on HBO’s The Chris Rock Show. LeRoi wrote and directed several episodes of the series. He is also the director of the American sitcom Are We There Yet? and the writer/producer of several feature films including Head of State and Down to Earth. See Privacy Policy ...
Jan 13, 2014•1 hr 55 min
JASON GOLDBERG IS BEST KNOWN AS THE CO-CREATOR OF THE GROUNDBREAKING HIT SHOW “PUNK’D” AND HAS BEEN PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF TRADITIONAL CONTENT CREATION THROUGHOUT HIS 20 YEAR CAREER AS A FILM, TV, AND DIGITAL CREATOR. HE HAS PRODUCED OR DIRECTED OVER 25 TV SHOWS, 10 FILMS, AND RUN A SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING FIRM FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS. NAMED BY FAST COMPANY AS ONE OF THE "MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPANIES," HIS ENTERPRISE HAS BEEN CREATING EXTRAORDINARY ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING THROUGH UNRIVALED DISTRIBUTIO...
Jan 06, 2014•1 hr 31 min
THE “BEST OF INDUSTRY STANDARD 2013” FEATURES A COMPILATION OF ALL OF THIS YEAR’S EPISODES OF “INDUSTRY STANDARD,” FEATURING SAGE WISDOM AND ADVICE ABOUT BUSINESS AND LIFE FROM 24 OF THE MOST DIVERSE AND EXTRAORDINARY EXECUTIVES IN HOLLYWOOD. IN THIS POWER PACKED INSPIRATIONAL YEAR END EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR FROM DOUG HERZOG (PRES OF COMEDY CENTRAL), MIKE FARAH (PRES OF PROD OF “FUNNY OR DIE”), REGGIE HUDLIN (PROD OF “DJANGO UNCHAINED”), PETER ENGEL (CREATOR—“SAVED BY THE BELL”), BRANT PINVIDIC (P...
Dec 30, 2013•1 hr 34 min
PATTY JENKINS IS AN AWARD WINNING WRITER/DIRECTOR, BEST KNOWN FOR HER DEBUT FEATURE “MONSTER,” BASED ON THE LIFE OF CONVICTED SERIAL KILLER AILEEN WUORNOS. PATTY BEGAN HER CAREER AS A PAINTER AT THE COOPER UNION IN NEW YORK CITY. AFTER TRANSITIONSING TO FILMMAKING, SHE SPENT EIGHT YEARS AS A FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA PERSON/FOCUS PULLER. AFTER ATTENDING THE AFI IN LOS ANGELES, SHE WROTE AND DIRECTED “MONSTER” AND IT WAS NAMED BEST FIRST FEATURE BY THE 2004 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS, ONE OF THE TEN ...
Dec 23, 2013•1 hr 57 min
WILL KEENAN is the President of ENDEMOL BEYOND USA, the digital division within the world's largest production company. Prior to that, he was a VP at top online MCN (Multi-Channel Network) MAKER STUDIOS where he developed and launched YouTube’s first entertainment & politics network (PoliPop/ 33 channels), partnered and optimized YouTube’s #1 Mom’s Network (TheMomsViewNetwork/25 channels), led vertical optimization for their ThePlatform lifestyle network launch (60 channels), their animation...
Dec 09, 2013•1 hr 46 min
Dick Glover is President and CEO of Funny Or Die, and a former top level executive at NASCAR, WWE, and espn (where he developed and launched espn.com). Under Glover’s leadership at Funny Or Die, it has grown into a vertically integrated 21st century digital studio that produces high quality content over numerous platforms, operates a social media and marketing division with 7.6 million Twitter followers (#1 Comedy Brand), and over 3.4 million devoted followers on a plethora of social networking ...
Dec 02, 2013•1 hr 44 min
BUDD FRIEDMAN is universally known as the Father of the Comedy Clubs. Since he founded the Original Improvisation in New York City in 1963, for half a century, his brand has remained the premiere stage for live comedy in the United States. Over the decades, the talent who performed on its stages, represent the Who’s Who of American Comedy, including Richard Pryor, Billy Crystal, Lily Tomlin, Freddie Prinz, Andy Kaufman, Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld, Tim Allen, Jay Leno, Chris Rock, Ellen DeGener...
Nov 18, 2013•1 hr 41 min
JOE WEINSTOCK is one of the executive producers of DUCK DYNASTY, which is arguably one of the most popular reality shows of all time. He joined Discovery Channel as the Senior Director of Development in 2012, after previously being VP of production for Gurney Productions while serving as an executive producer for Auction Hunters, American Digger, Monster Man, Haunted Collector, Hollywood Treasure, American Guns, and Duck Dynasty. Prior to Gurney Productions, Weinstock was Senior Director of Orig...
Nov 11, 2013•1 hr 21 min
LARRRY LYTTLE is an Emmy Award winning TV executive with over 30 years experience. He was the founder and president of Big Ticket Television that created such hits as Judge Judy, Judge Joe Brown, Moesha, The Parkers, Jamie Kennedy Experiment, and the acclaimed comedy satire Nightstand with Dick Dietrick. He also served as president of Spelling Television and was a senior VP at Warner Brothers overseeing such blockbusters as Night Court, Growing Pains, Head of the Class, Spencer for Hire, China B...
Nov 04, 2013•1 hr 39 min
DAVID HILL, has been hailed as a visionary, credited with launching US sports television into the modern age. Presently he is the Executive VP of 21st Century Fox & is the number 2 man under Rupert Murdoch. He joined FOX in 1993 when News Corp wrested the rights to the NFL from CBS and he was charged with building a network quality sports division, literally from the ground up. His innovative unique style brought a plethora of groundbreaking new technologies and concepts to the sports world,...
Oct 28, 2013•1 hr 53 min
Todd Garner is an extraordinary veteran film producer and Hollywood creative executive. Throughout his career at Disney, Revolution Studios, and as the head of his own company--Broken Road Productions, Garner has developed, overseen, executive produced or produced well over 170 movies that have grossed billions of dollars worldwide, including BLACK HAWK DOWN, DADDY DAY CARE, CON AIR, ARE WE THERE YET?, HELLBOY, XXX, 13 GOING ON 30, PAUL BLART MALL COP, HERE COMES THE BOOM, ZOOKEEPER, KNIGHT AND ...
Oct 21, 2013•1 hr 35 min
