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词条 Mike Darnell
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  1. Early life and career

  2. Fox Broadcasting Company

  3. Warner Bros Television

  4. References

  5. External links

{{use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}Michael H. "Mike" Darnell is an American television executive who is currently the president of Unscripted & Alternative Television at Warner Bros. He spent nearly 19 years at the FOX network as president of Alternative Entertainment, overseeing the network's reality television division during the genre's rise.[1][2] Tvbythenumbers' Masked Scheduler claims that Darnell is "the king of reality TV and one of the more interesting, offbeat characters ever to occupy an executive suite."[3]

Early life and career

Mike Darnell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Eileen and Gene Darnell.[4] His father was a policeman, and Darnell was raised and attended public school in Philly's Northeast section. When he was 10, a talent manager saw him singing at a Police Athletic League event and encouraged him to do commercials.[5] When he was 12, his family moved to California, where he eventually appeared in, or voiced-over, some sixty commercials. He also appeared in TV episodes such as Sanford and Son, Welcome Back, Kotter and Kojak.[4][5] Later he worked as a bank teller to help pay his way through Cal State-Northridge. He also played piano at a night spot.[4] Soon after graduating, in 1994, he had an internship at Entertainment Tonight, which he says he "hated",[4] before he started working at Fox's West Coast flagship station KTTV, within their news department.[6]

Darnell is married to Carolyn Oberman, a public relations executive who works for the Emmy Awards,[7] and they have a daughter.[8]

Fox Broadcasting Company

During his tenure at FOX, Darnell was responsible for hundreds of series and specials, which included: American Idol, Hell’s Kitchen, MasterChef, So You Think You Can Dance, The X Factor, Kitchen Nightmares, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Temptation Island, The Simple Life, My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé, Joe Millionaire, and the launch of the animated series Futurama and Family Guy.[13]

With more than 30 million viewers at its peak, American Idol catapulted FOX from the last place network to eight consecutive seasons as the number one network.[9] Darnell oversaw American Idol from its creation through Season Twelve.[10] Darnell told Variety that his proudest achievements during his time at FOX was American Idol and the success he had with Gordon Ramsay, as well as the season finale of Joe Millionaire, which became the "highest-rated entertainment telecast in the history of Fox."[11]

As mentioned above, Darnell started in KTTV's news department before becoming executive producer of specials for the Fox Television Station Group, before moving to the network to become Director of Specials. Darnell made a name for himself by launching more than sixty specials a year on FOX,[12] including: When Animals Attack!, World’s Scariest Police Chases, Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed, and Man vs Beast. One of his earliest specials came when a producer brought Darnell some old black-and-white footage that appeared to be an alien being dissected. The special was called Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction? and drew a huge audience with nearly 12 million viewers in a single airing. [13][14]

Warner Bros Television

Within his Unscripted & Alternative division at Warner Bros, Mike Darnell is responsible for overseeing three WB companies: Warner Horizon Unscripted Television, Telepictures Productions, and Shed Media. Darnell and his team currently oversee 35 series across 20 different networks [15] including primetime series such as Little Big Shots (NBC), Ellen’s Game of Games (NBC), The Voice (NBC), The Bachelor franchise (ABC), Love Connection (FOX), as well as TMZ, The Real, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, among others.[15] In 2017, Deadline reported that since Darnell joined Warner Bros, its primetime unscripted portfolio has grown from three series to 12—currently more than any other producer or studio in America.[16]

Darnell is developing and executive producing a new talent competition series called The World's Best, to appear on CBS.[17] The series will be produced by Darnell and his Warner Horizon Unscripted division, along with Mark Burnett and MGM Television.[17]

References

1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mike-darnell-exits-as-fox-558372|title=Mike Darnell Exits as Fox Reality Boss|author=Lesley Goldberg & Michael O'Connell|date=24 May 2013|work=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=24 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611033536/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mike-darnell-exits-as-fox-558372|archive-date=11 June 2013|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/65286/#axzz2UFYd0BI3|title=Darnell Stays At Fox, But Upped To Prez, Alternative Entertainment|last=Friedman|first=Wayne|date=7 August 2007|publisher=MediaPost News|accessdate=24 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202122334/http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/65286/#axzz2UFYd0BI3|archive-date=2 February 2014|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/masked-scheduler-rupert-murdoch-may-not-be-done-with-deals-for-fox/|title=Masked Scheduler: Rupert Murdoch may not be done with deals for FOX|last=Scheduler|first=The Masked|date=2017-12-15|website=TV By The Numbers|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828205508/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/masked-scheduler-rupert-murdoch-may-not-be-done-with-deals-for-fox/|archive-date=28 August 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=1 October 2018|df=dmy-all}}
4. ^1 2 3 {{Cite news |url=http://articles.philly.com/1998-12-29/entertainment/25720279_1_magician-s-code-world-s-scariest-police-chases-world-s-deadliest-swarms |title=Inventing A Fox Formula `when Good Pets Go Bad.' `when Stunts Go Bad.' `when Disaster Strikes.' Critics Cringe, But Programmers Love These Profitable Specials. Where Do The Ideas Come From? Meet Mike Darnell. |last=Weiner |first=Jannifer |date=29 December 1998 |work=Philly.com |access-date=26 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123321/http://articles.philly.com/1998-12-29/entertainment/25720279_1_magician-s-code-world-s-scariest-police-chases-world-s-deadliest-swarms |archive-date=2 April 2015}}
5. ^1 {{cite book|last=Carter|first=Bill|title=Desperate Networks|year=2007|publisher=Random House|location=NewYork, NY|isbn=978-0-7679-2786-4|pages=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vfmjs6w3SYQC&dq=Carolyn+Oberman+PR&q=Carolyn+Oberman#v=snippet&q=Carolyn%20Oberman&f=false}}
6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/26/business/fox-s-point-man-for-perversity-world-s-scariest-programmer-starring-mike-darnell.html?pagewanted=1|title=Fox's Point Man For Perversity; 'World's Scariest Programmer,' Starring Mike Darnell as Himself|last=Carter|first=Alex Kuczynski and Bill|date=2000-02-26|work=New York TImes|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612211353/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/26/business/fox-s-point-man-for-perversity-world-s-scariest-programmer-starring-mike-darnell.html?pagewanted=1|archive-date=12 June 2018|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/07/reality-tv-golden-era|title=The story behind the reality TV golden era|last=Seal|first=Mark|date=2003|work=Vanity Fair|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413013540/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/07/reality-tv-golden-era|archive-date=13 April 2016|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
8. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/13/business/media/reality-tv-kingpin-mike-darnell-wants-one-more-hit.html|title=Reality TV Kingpin Mike Darnell Wants One More Hit|last=Koblin|first=John|date=2018-05-13|work=New York Times|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001182628/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/13/business/media/reality-tv-kingpin-mike-darnell-wants-one-more-hit.html|archive-date=1 October 2018|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
9. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/04/fox-reality-tv-mike-darnell|title=Meet the Mad Genius Who Invented Reality TV as We Know It|last=Bradley|first=Laura|work=HWD|access-date=1 October 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701164115/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/04/fox-reality-tv-mike-darnell|archive-date=1 July 2017|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=http://deadline.com/2016/04/american-idol-finale-mike-darnell-interview-fox-1201732900/|title=‘American Idol’ Finale: Former Fox Reality Chief Mike Darnell On The Show’s Origin Story & If It’s The Right Time To Say Goodbye|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=7 April 2016|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212090828/http://deadline.com/2016/04/american-idol-finale-mike-darnell-interview-fox-1201732900/|archive-date=12 February 2017|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2003/tv/news/joe-millionaire-mega-money-for-fox-1117880730/|title=‘Joe Millionaire’ mega-money for Fox|last=Kissell|first=Rick|date=18 February 2003|work=Variety|access-date=1 October 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713021212/https://variety.com/2003/tv/news/joe-millionaire-mega-money-for-fox-1117880730/|archive-date=13 July 2018|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
12. ^{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/mike-darnells-greatest-hits-joe-millionaire-alien-autopsy-and-seth-macfarlane-1200487863/|title=Mike Darnell’s Greatest Hits: ‘Joe Millionaire,’ ‘Alien Autopsy’ and Seth MacFarlane|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=25 May 2013|work=Variety|access-date=1 October 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174849/https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/mike-darnells-greatest-hits-joe-millionaire-alien-autopsy-and-seth-macfarlane-1200487863/|archive-date=31 August 2018|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=http://time.com/4376871/alien-autopsy-hoax-history/|title=How an Alien Autopsy Hoax Captured the World's Imagination for a Decade|website=Time|language=en|access-date=2018-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110004435/http://time.com/4376871/alien-autopsy-hoax-history/|archive-date=10 January 2018|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
14. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWC4AAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=ratings+catnip|title=Desperate Networks|last=Carter|first=Bill|date=2006|publisher=Doubleday|year=|isbn=9780385514408|location=|pages=97|language=en}}
15. ^1 2 {{Cite news|url=http://realscreen.com/2017/04/12/mike-darnell-to-enter-realscreen-awards-hall-of-fame/|title=Mike Darnell to enter Realscreen Awards Hall of Fame|last=|first=|date=12 April 2017|work=realscreen|access-date=1 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005041333/http://realscreen.com/2017/04/12/mike-darnell-to-enter-realscreen-awards-hall-of-fame/|archive-date=5 October 2018|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
16. ^{{Cite news|url=http://deadline.com/2017/03/wbtv-mike-darnell-the-bachelor-franchise-american-idol-return-1202052458/|title=Warner Bros’ Mike Darnell On Growing Slate, Expanding ‘The Bachelor’ Franchise, Possible ‘American Idol’ Return & More|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=28 March 2017|work=Deadline|access-date=1 October 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002020154/https://deadline.com/2017/03/wbtv-mike-darnell-the-bachelor-franchise-american-idol-return-1202052458/|archive-date=2 October 2018|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
17. ^1 {{Cite news|url=http://deadline.com/2018/02/cbs-the-worlds-best-global-talent-competition-reality-series-mark-burnett-mike-darnell-1202280013/|title=CBS Orders ‘The World’s Best’ Global Talent Competition Reality Series From Mark Burnett & Mike Darnell|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=7 February 2018|work=Deadline|access-date=1 October 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710180106/https://deadline.com/2018/02/cbs-the-worlds-best-global-talent-competition-reality-series-mark-burnett-mike-darnell-1202280013/|archive-date=10 July 2018|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}

External links

  • [https://variety.com/2017/tv/spotlight/mike-darnell-the-bachelor-ellen-degeneres-love-connection-little-big-shots-1202019953/ "Mike Darnell on ‘Little Big Shots,’ ‘The Bachelor,’ Ellen DeGeneres and ‘Love Connection’"] 3 April 2017
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