Robert Greenblatt
Robert Greenblatt is an American television executive and currently the chairman of NBC Entertainment.[1][2][3]
Career
Greenblatt began his television career at the Fox Broadcasting Company where he ran prime-time programming and developed such shows as the original Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place, The X-Files, and Party of Five.[1][2]
Greenblatt was an award-winning producer of over a dozen series for various networks, including Six Feet Under, along with the 2005 miniseries Elvis and Gregory Nava's American Family for PBS.[1][2]
From approximately 2004 to 2011, Greenblatt was President of Entertainment for Showtime Networks. He supervised a slate of original programming that dramatically repositioned the pay channel as a leader in the premium cable business. Under his leadership, he developed and supervised award-winning shows like Weeds, Dexter, The Tudors, Nurse Jackie, and United States of Tara.[1][2]
As a theatrical producer, he developed the musical stage adaptation of 9 to 5, which premiered on Broadway in April 2009 and closed September 2009, with the National Tour starting in September 2010. The show was nominated for 4 Tony Awards.[1][2]
Greenblatt is currently the chairman of NBC Entertainment. He succeeded Jeff Gaspin in January 2011 after Comcast took control of the newly rechristened NBCUniversal.[1]
Personal life
Greenblatt is gay and is currently the first and only out broadcast TV president.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f NBCUniversal Executive Biographies
- ^ a b c d e Showtime Executive Biographies
- ^ Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2011: "NBC Names Jennifer Salke New Entertainment President"
- ^ afterelton.com interview, April 7, 2011: "Robert Greenblatt Says His Being First Gay Broadcast TV President is No Big Deal. We Beg to Differ!"
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