Geoffrey Darby

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Geoffrey Darby is a Canadian screenwriter. He worked on children's sketch comedy You Can't Do That on Television[1] for most of the show's run.

Career

Darby was the Double Dare host for the unaired pilot.[2] Some of Darby's other credits include the 1983 American sketch comedy TV show Don't Look Now, the pilot episode UFO Kidnapped, Clarissa Explains it All, and Finders Keepers.[2]

In 1999 Darby was named President of Production for Oxygen Media.[3] Darby is currently the executive vice president of programming at the Weather Channel, taking the position in 2009.[4]

Writing credits

Production Notes Broadcaster
You Can't Do That on Television
  • 143 episodes (1979–1990)
Nickelodeon
Don't Look Now
  • 5 episodes (co-written with Roger Price, 1983)
PBS
Whatever Turns You On
  • 15 episodes (co-written with Roger Price, 1979)
Nickelodeon
UFO Kidnapped
  • Feature film (co-written with Roger Price, 1983)
Nickelodeon

References

  1. ^ Klickstein, Mathew (26 March 2012). "So you Think You Can't do that on Television". Splitsider. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Geoffrey Darby". IMDb. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Geoffrey Darby, Former CBS and Viacom Executive, Named President of Production for Oxygen Media" (Press release). Oxygen Media. 26 March 1999 – via PRNewswire.
  4. ^ "Geoffrey Darby named to TWC". The Weather Company (Press release). 5 March 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2016.