HRTS Unscripted Content Group Presents: The Business of Reboots
April 24, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
This panel of leaders behind the revivals of American Chopper, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Jersey Shore, Bridezillas and Trading Spaces, gather to illuminate why and how reboots work (and why they fail), and the business and legal challenges in mounting a reboot.
Program to include networking, dinner and a moderated panel, including audience Q&A.
Craig Piligian
President & CEO, Pilgrim Media Group
Among Emmy-winning producer and Pilgrim Media Group CEO Craig Piligian’s long list of credits is the freshly rebooted Discovery Channel series “American Chopper,” widely considered the first family-centric docusoap.
David Collins
Co-Founder, Scout Productions and Creator, “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”
As a three time Emmy Award winning producer and creator/executive producer of the reality sensation “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” recently revived on Netflix, David Collins is a vanguard contributor to the personal-transformation reality boom of the past decade.
Jenn Levy
Unscripted Originals & Acquisitions, Netflix
An essential player in building Netflix’s unscripted initiative, Jenn Levy has been instrumental in the development and production of some of the streaming service’s most successful unscripted offerings so far, including “Nailed It” and “Girls, Incarcerated.”
Lauren Lexton
CEO, Authentic Entertainment and Member, HRTS’ Unscripted Content Group Programming Committee
Lauren Lexton is an Emmy Award winning producer of non-fiction television programming and has been named to Realscreen Magazineʼs “Global 100” list since 2007, producing hit series “Flipping Out!,” “Knife Fight,” “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” “Best Thing I Ever Ate,” “Ace of Cakes,” and now, a reboot of “Trading Spaces” on TLC.
Marc Juris is a uniquely talented creative executive with a proven track record of creating and developing brands and compelling original content for television and digital platforms across numerous networks, including WE tv’s “Braxton Family Values,” “Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars,” “Growing Up Hip Hop,” and most recently, a reboot of “Bridezillas.”
SallyAnn Salsano is the founder and CEO of Daytime and Prime Emmy-nominated 495 Productions and the creator of several networks’ highest-rated series, including CMT’s “Party Down South,” VH1 hit “Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party,” and MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” including its newest incarnation, “Jersey Shore Family Vacation.”
Scott Hervey
Shareholder, Weintraub Tobin; President, HRTS’ Unscripted Content Group and Board Member, HRTS
Scott Hervey is an entertainment, intellectual property and business attorney who regularly represents television production companies and has served as production and clearance counsel on television programming for Netflix, History, Go90, The CW, E!, VH1, NatGeo,WGN, CMT, WEtv, TruTV, Discovery, and A&E.
The 2018 HRTS Unscripted Content Group Programming Committee is spearheading this event as part of their goal of expanding HRTS’ service to people and companies in the unscripted arena.
Jacob Cohen-Holmes, President, Woodman Park Productions; Lauren Lexton, CEO of Authentic Entertainment; Tom McFadden, Director, Business & Legal Affairs of Unscripted Content, Netflix; Lee White, Partner, Non-Scripted Department, WME; Emile Nicolaou, Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs; Paula Aranda, Director, Vh1 Unscripted Current Series Development and Co-President of HRTS Associates LA; Scott Hervey, Shareholder, Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation and President, HRTS’ Unscripted Content Group and Board Member, HRTS.
Legal professionals: THIS EVENT QUALIFIES FOR MCLE CREDITS
ALL ATTENDEES MUST RSVP TO ATTEND AND WILL BE ACCOMMODATED ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
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