Robert Greenblatt

Robert Greenblatt Biography

Robert "Bob" Greenblatt (born 1960) is an American television executive and currently the chairman of NBC Entertainment.

Early life and education

Greenblatt grew up in Rockford, Illinois. He was raised Catholic and attended Boylan Catholic High School. He earned a B.F.A. in theatre management from the University of Illinois and an M.A. in arts administration from the University of Wisconsin's Madison School of Business. He also earned an M.F.A. from the USC School of Cinema-Television's Peter Stark Producing Program.

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.

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.

From 2003 to 2010, Greenblatt was President of Entertainment for Showtime. 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.

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.

Greenblatt is currently the chairman of NBC Entertainment. He succeeded Jeff Gaspin in January 2011 after Comcast took control of the newly rechristened NBCUniversal.

Personal life

Greenblatt is gay and is the first and currently the only openly gay broadcast TV president.

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