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Hosted by multi-time Emmy-winning producer Jimmy Fox, Realscreen Magazine presents Unscripted & Unprepared, a series of conversations with the most influential players in the unscripted television industry.
Episodes
Feb 26, 2020
Feb 26, 2020
43 min
In front of a live audience at 2020's Realscreen Summit in New Orleans, Jimmy sits down with newly inducted Hall of Famers Jane Lipsitz & Dan Cutforth the founders of Magical Elves and executive producers behind such iconic series as Top Chef, Project Runway, Cold Justice and recent hit series Sugar Rush, Nailed It! and Brain Games. The two discussed the history of their partnership, the inside stories behind the launch of these well known shows and their new venture, Alfred Street Industries.
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Feb 10, 2020
Feb 10, 2020
57 min
From the Realscreen Summit in New Orleans Jimmy kicks back with Brian Speiser of APA to discuss the biggest stories and trends in the non-fiction space over the past year and... they hand out their own special awards!
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Dec 3, 2019
Dec 3, 2019
1 hr 17 min
Unquestionably one of the most prolific producers in the history of reality TV, Tom Forman sits down with Jimmy to go over the "greatest hits" including Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Gigolos, Catfish and many more. The producer talks through his pitching philosophies, how he benefited by coming up in the news world, the wild experience at Relativity and most recently the acquisition of Jenny Daly's T Group into the Critical Content Studios fold.
Twitter: @IamJimmyFox // @realscreen
Oct 7, 2019
Oct 7, 2019
55 min
Brant Pinvidic sold and executive produced notable series such as Bar Rescue, Extreme Weight Loss and Valley of the Boom. He held major positions at GRB, 3 Ball and TLC, but after a career of working in reality TV Brant decided to take his talents elsewhere and leave the business. Jimmy and him talk about the fears everyone in the reality TV world secretly has and what life is like on the outside. Also... he wrote a book!
Twitter:@IamJimmyFox // @Realscreen
Sep 8, 2019
Sep 8, 2019
1 hr 6 min
Howard T. Owens invites Jimmy into his home for a trip down memory lane and offers a high-level perspective from both the buying and selling side. From his early days in the William Morris mail room to the start of Reveille (Biggest Loser, Nashville Star, American Gladiators, MasterChef) to his days running National Geographic (Brain Games, Killing Lincoln, Life Below Zero). Howard is now the Co-CEO of Propagate Content the studio behind Amazon's Lore, Food Network's Chopped and History Channel's In Search Of.
Twitter: @IAmJimmyFox // @Realscreen
Jul 31, 2019
Jul 31, 2019
58 min
"It's all happening!" Troy Searer joins Jimmy to share some fantastic stories from a diverse career spanning both the scripted and unscripted genres. Starting off in the NBC Saturday Morning program world before going on to produce series like Biggest Loser, Breaking Bonaduce, Shooting Sizemore, The Two Coreys and Manhunt:The Unabomber.
Jun 27, 2019
Jun 27, 2019
43 min
Adam DiVello came into MTV as an assistant and left as the creator of one of the most successful reality franchises of all-time, The Hills! Jimmy and Adam discuss the creation of the show, how much was authentic vs scripted, and the thinking behind that memorable series finale. Plus, Adam talks about recent Done and Done Productions hit series Music City for CMT and Selling Sunset for NETFLIX.
Twitter: @IamJimmyFox // @Realscreen
May 29, 2019
May 29, 2019
57 min
The delightful Cori Abraham joins Jimmy for a lively discussion on why she doesn't go to amusement parks, what it took to sell a show to Vh1 before the reality business "evolved", the golden era of Bravo and Oxygen's recent transition to a crime network.
Twitter: @IamJimmyFox // @realscreen
Apr 30, 2019
Apr 30, 2019
47 min
The quick-witted Jason Sarlanis joins Jimmy from 2019's Realscreen Summit in New Orleans. The two discuss his obsession with Kelly Clarkson, his rise through the ranks early in his career at E!, what it was like working with Joan Rivers and the biggest differences between being an executive in cable versus broadcast.
Twitter: @IAmJimmyFox // @realscreen
Apr 2, 2019
Apr 2, 2019
1 hr 5 min
The highly entertaining Nancy Glass (Tanked, Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History), stops by for a lively career-spanning conversation. The former on-camera news anchor and host discusses how she began her transition to producing and why basing her company in Philadelphia allows for a unique corporate culture. Also, Nancy's President & General Manager, J.C. Mills, makes an (impromptu) appearance to mixed results.
Twitter: @IAmJimmyFox // @realscreen