Award-Winning Executive Producer Harry Friedman Inks New Deal to Continue on Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!
CULVER CITY, Calif., Jan. 21 -- Harry Friedman will
continue to serve as executive producer of America's top two syndicated
game shows, Wheel of Fortune, and Jeopardy!, under a new multi-year pact
with Sony Pictures Television (SPT), it was announced today by Steve Mosko,
president, SPT.
"Harry Friedman is an enthusiastic innovator, a wonderful collaborator
and an extremely talented producer," said Mosko. "His passion for
television and his contributions to 'Wheel' and 'Jeopardy!' are
unparalleled, and we're so happy to be continuing our successful
relationship."
Harry Friedman has been the executive producer of Wheel of Fortune and
Jeopardy! for Sony Pictures Television since 1999. He first joined Wheel of
Fortune as a producer in 1995, adding producer duties for Jeopardy! in
1997. During his tenure at SPT, Friedman has guided Wheel of Fortune and
Jeopardy! to their positions as the #1 and #2 syndicated game shows. In
September 2007, Wheel of Fortune began its 25th anniversary season while
Jeopardy! will celebrate its 25th season next fall.
Friedman began his television career working part-time as a
question-writer on the hit series Hollywood Squares, ultimately writing and
producing more than 3,000 episodes of the game show over the next ten
years.
Recognized as a leader in the television industry, Friedman has won
seven Emmy Awards and been nominated 28 times. In January 2007, he was
honored by the National Association of Television Program Executives with
the prestigious Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award and in October, Friedman was
inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame.
Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! can be seen on more than 200 stations
across the country and are produced by Sony Pictures Television. They are
distributed domestically and internationally by CBS Television
Distribution, a unit of CBS Corp.
Sony Pictures Television is one of the television industry's leading
content providers. It produces and distributes programming in every genre,
including series, telefilms, theatrical releases and family entertainment
for network and cable television, as well as first-run and off-network
series for syndication. With more than 25 programs on the air, SPT boasts a
program slate that includes the top-rated daytime dramas and game shows,
landmark off-network series, original animated series and critically
acclaimed primetime dramas, comedies and telefilms. SPT also owns one-half
of cable channel GSN and is a partner in FEARnet, the premier
horror/thriller website and VOD service. Sony Pictures Television oversees
all of Sony Pictures Entertainment's (SPE) domestic digital distribution
efforts across all electronically delivered platforms, including the
internet and mobile. Sony Pictures Television, advertiser sales, is one of
the premiere national advertising sales companies, handling the commercial
inventory in SPT syndicated series as well as in all of SPE's digital
businesses in the United States, for Sony BMG and for iN DEMAND's
high-definition channel Mojo and the Tennis Channel, and is part owner of
national media sales company ITN Networks, Inc. SPT
(http://www.sonypicturestelevision.com) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment
company.
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