American television executive
Robert Greenblatt
(born 1959/1960) is an American television executive, former Chairman of
NBC Entertainment
[3]
[4]
[5]
and former Chairman of
WarnerMedia Entertainment
. He has since launched his production company, The Green Room.
[6]
Early life and education
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Greenblatt was born and raised in
Rockford, Illinois
,
USA
.
[1]
He was raised
Catholic
and attended
Boylan Catholic High School
.
[7]
[2]
He earned a
Bachelor of Fine Arts
in theatre management from the
University of Illinois
and a
Master of Arts
in arts administration from the
University of Wisconsin
's Madison School of Business. He also earned a
Master of Fine Arts
from the
USC School of Cinema-Television
's Peter Stark Producing Program.
[4]
Career
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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
.
[3]
[4]
From 1997 to 2003, Greenblatt was a producer (along with David Janollari through their production company, The Greenblatt Janollari Studio) 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
.
[3]
[4]
From 2003 to 2010, Greenblatt was President of Entertainment for
Showtime
.
[8]
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
,
Californication
,
The Tudors
,
Nurse Jackie
, and
United States of Tara
.
[3]
[4]
As a theatrical producer, Greenblatt 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. It was nominated for four
Tony Awards
.
[3]
[4]
Greenblatt was the chairman of
NBC Entertainment
. He succeeded
Jeff Gaspin
in January 2011 after
Comcast
took control of the newly renamed
NBCUniversal
.
[3]
[9]
On March 4, 2019, Greenblatt was named as the chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment as part of
AT&T
's reorganization of
WarnerMedia
. He oversaw
HBO
,
Cinemax
,
TBS
,
TNT
and
TruTV
.
[10]
He was responsible for helping oversee the development of
HBO Max
, the company's streaming service which launched in May 2020.
[11]
He was fired from WarnerMedia in August 2020 amid restructuring.
[12]
[13]
More recently, he launched his own production company with a deal at Lionsgate.
[14]
Politics
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In August 2016, Greenblatt labeled then presidential candidate
Donald Trump
as "toxic" and "demented".
[15]
Personal life
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Greenblatt is the first and only openly gay broadcast TV president.
[16]
References
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a
b
Stoeffel, Kat (22 March 2011).
"Bob Greenblatt's Season of Fiats at NBC"
.
New York Observer
. Archived from
the original
on 25 March 2011.
- ^
a
b
Baum, Geraldine (30 April 2009).
"TV Exec Turns Back the Clock to Stage '9 to 5'
"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
22 October
2013
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
"Robert Greenblatt, Chairman NBC Entertainment"
.
NBCUniversal
. NBCUniversal, Inc
. Retrieved
26 January
2014
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
"Showtime Executive Biography: Robert Greenblatt"
. Sho.com. Archived from
the original
on 29 June 2009
. Retrieved
5 December
2013
.
- ^
Schechner, Sam (13 July 2011).
"NBC Names Jennifer Salke New Entertainment President"
.
Wall Street Journal
.
- ^
"Comcast/NBC fired and insulted Trump and now faces a grudge-holding president"
.
Variety
. August 17, 2021.
- ^
"NBC's Greenblatt rebuilds network long in disarray"
.
WWSB
. Archived from
the original
on October 4, 2018
. Retrieved
January 4,
2013
.
Greenblatt boils down his background this way: a gay, Catholic kid with a Jewish last name who grew up in rural Rockford, Ill.
- ^
Stelter, Brian (25 June 2010).
"Showtime's President Is Said to Be Stepping Down"
.
New York Times
.
- ^
Carter, Bill (21 November 2010).
"Comcast's Plans for Executives Offer Clues to Future of NBC"
.
New York Times
.
- ^
Flint, Joe (4 March 2019).
"AT&T considers combining HBO, Turner units, adding Robert Greenblatt"
. MarketWatch.
- ^
Frank Pallotta (27 May 2020).
"HBO Max chief on launching the new service during a pandemic"
.
CNN
. Retrieved
2020-07-10
.
- ^
"Bob Greenblatt, Kevin Reilly Out Amid Major WarnerMedia Restructuring | Hollywood Reporter"
.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
. 7 August 2020
. Retrieved
2020-08-17
.
- ^
Smith, Ben (2020-08-16).
"The Week Old Hollywood Finally, Actually Died"
.
The New York Times
.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
2020-09-26
.
- ^
Baysinger, Tim (2021-08-17).
"Bob Greenblatt Launches Production Company, Sets First-Look Deal With Lionsgate"
.
TheWrap
. Retrieved
2021-08-18
.
- ^
"Comcast/NBC fired and insulted Trump and now faces a grudge-holding president"
.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
. January 13, 2017.
- ^
Jensen, Michael (7 April 2011).
"Interview: Robert Greenblatt Says His Being First Gay Broadcast TV President is No Big Deal. We Beg to Differ!"
.
AfterElton.com
.
Preceded by
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Chairman of
NBC
Entertainment
2011?2018
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Succeeded by
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