PANEL CHAIR:
ALBERT FISHER – Caucus Steering Committee
Member. FISHER is an Emmy winning television executive
with creative credits from all major networks, top
syndicators, cable networks as well as station groups.
He has won the Alfred I. DuPont Columbia School of
Journalism Award as well as awards from most major
international film festivals.
MODERATOR:
JOE ADALIAN – Deputy Editor/Columnist, Television
Week Magazine and TVWeek.com. ADALIAN spent 10
years covering television at Variety, nine of them as TV
Editor. Before that, he did a five-year turn at The New
York Post. He also has written for Playboy, TV Guide
and The Boston Herald.
PANELISTS:
JOHN FERRITER – The William Morris Agency, Senior Vice President and Worldwide Head of
Non-Scripted Television
FERRITER joined the agency in
1991; and after working with then Vice President of
Television, Dick Howard, was promoted to agent in
cable syndication and network reality in 1993.
VICKI DUMMER – Senior Vice President, Alternative
Series, Specials and Late-Night, ABC Entertainment.
DUMMER focuses on current and specials for ABC’s
alternative series, along with development and latenight,
as well as the management of the Alternative
Series staff and spearheading the creative efforts for upcoming
projects.
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BOB BODEN – Senior Vice President Programming, Production and Development, Fox Reality Channel
BODEN, since launching Fox Reality Channel in May
2005, has spearheaded the network's development &
programming of original series including “Solitary,”
“American Idol Extra,” “Long Way Down,” “Rob and
Amber: Against the Odds,” “The Academy,” “Reality
Binge” and “Fox Reality Channel Really Awards.”
ARNOLD SHAPIRO – Executive Producer, Arnold Shapiro Productions.
SHAPIRO is an Oscar and 16-
time Emmy Award winning producer who sold his first
show when he was 22. He has produced for every
broadcast network, and more than a dozen cable channels
and is Executive Producer in the upcoming ABC
Documentary-Reality series, “Border Security USA.”
EUGENE YOUNG – Chief Creative Officer of Fremantle Media North America
YOUNG oversees
all program and brand development for the U.S.
production division for the global media giant. He
oversees such reality series as "American Idol,"
"America's Got Talent," and helped in the creation of
"Extreme Makeover, Home Edition," and "Fear Factor."
GARY R. BENZ – President & CEO of GRB Entertainment
BENZ, is an entrepreneur who helped set the
standard for action reality programming on network
television and established GRB Entertainment as a
world-class television producer and international
distributor, creating and producing more than 2500
hours of broadcast, cable & syndicated programming,
including live events, specials and numerous awardwinning
series.
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