Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

KENT ALTERMAN is the president of content development & original programming at Comedy Central and, in his second stint at the network, oversees the development and production of all original content produced by the # 1 brand in comedy, where he is responsible for incubating new voices and concepts across all the network screens. Since taking over in 2010, Alterman and his development team have mo...

SUZANNA MAKKOS is Executive Vice President, Comedy Programming & Development for the Fox Broadcasting Company. As head of comedy development at FOX, Makkos is responsible for overseeing all of the network’s half-hour current programming and comedy development initiatives in both live action and animation.  In this role Makkos has cultivated many live action and animated comedies for the network, i...

MARK BRESLIN is the CEO and founder of Yuk Yuk's, with 15 comedy clubs across Canada, making him the most dominant comedy entrepreneur in the country. He is also the founder and artistic director for the Humber College comedy program and a founding member of the Canadian Comedy Awards.  He has acted as an executive producer, producer, and story consultant for numerous television programs such as “...

NICKY WEINSTOCK cut his teeth writing speeches for the president of Newscorp (Rupert Murdoch), running development for the chairman of FOX (Peter Chernin), and running Judd Apatow’s company while developing “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Pineapple Express,” “Step Brothers,” “Get Him To The Greek,” and “Bridesmaids.”  presently, he is the president of invention studios, a film and TV production comp...

JIM NORTON has emerged as one of the most versatile, unique voices in comedy, and is a 2-time NY Times best selling author, sells out theaters nationwide as a standup comedian, and was a regular contributor on Tonight Show with Jay Leno & guest on The Late Show W/ David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Chelsea Lately, Inside Amy Schumer, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, On the radio, Jim is one of t...

ANDREW PANAY of Panay Films is a highly accredited producer who was formerly one of three partners at Tapestry Films, a Beverly Hills-based motion picture finance and production company known for producing hit movies. He is responsible for developing Miramax's "She's All That," co-producing “Serendipity" starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale, and producing the monster box office smash "Wedding...

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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 pr...

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,...

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 televisio...

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...

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,” “2...

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 ill...

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 hi...

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 retu...

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 Fa...

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 Nigh...

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...

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 majo...

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 CR...

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 t...

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 Fo...

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 GRADUATE...

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...

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)...