Peter Brennan (producer)

Peter Brennan is an American television producer, writer, journalist and author, known widely as the father of tabloid television and innovative, visionary pioneer in the reality television and court show genres.[1]

Brennan is the creator and executive producer of three TV programs that revolutionized American viewing: A Current Affair,[2] Judge Judy and Good Day New York. He has created and executive produced four top ten TV shows in national syndication and received eight Emmy Award nominations and four Emmy Awards.

A Current Affair
Judge Judy
Good Day New York

A Current Affair, hosted by Maury Povich, was launched in 1986 by Rupert Murdoch's 20th Century Fox television, and instantly created a new television genre: the tabloid television magazine.

In the early 1990s, Brennan revamped and executive produced Paramount's news magazine, Hard Copy. The show's ratings doubled in the first year of his leadership.

In 1996, Brennan created and produced the record breaking court show, Judge Judy, its companion show, Judge Joe Brown and then the triple Emmy-winning Cristina's Court.[3] Created and produced the syndicated court show, Last Shot with Judge Gunn[4] in 2011.

Brennan created the morning news program Good Day New York[5] for Fox television station WNYW, which was an immediate success and has since been franchised to Fox stations throughout the USA.

He also created, wrote and produced the first CBS reality movie, An American Story – Bad Night in Cottageville[6] (starring Bill Bixby and Calista Flockhart), as well as The Extraordinary, a one-hour series that was distributed worldwide.[7]

Brennan revived A Current Affair for 20th Century Fox television in 2005.[8][9] He is a former foreign correspondent for News Corporation in New York and city editor for the Sydney Daily Mirror.

P&L Media

Currently active and in production on several projects with his successful news- and reality-focused television production company, P&L Media,[10] with partner Lisa Lew.

Books

Authored two novels, Sudden Death[11] and Razorback.[12] The latter was made into a motion picture distributed by Warner Brothers in 1983.

Co-authored Those Wild, Wild Kennedy Boys![13] with Steve Dunleavy.[14]

Awards

Brennan's Cristina's Court Emmys were awarded in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Last Shot With Judge Gunn took the Emmy in the same Legal/Courtroom category in 2012.[15]

Selected filmography

Writer

Razorback

Razorback poster
Directed by Russell Mulcahy
Based on novel by Peter Brennan
Release dates
 November 2, 1984 (1984-11-02)

References

  1. ↑ Tabloid Baby. "Tabloid Baby (9781580291071): Burt Kearns: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  2. ↑ Current affairs: a life on the edge – Maury Povich, Ken Gross – Google Boeken. Books.google.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Christina Upset Over Judy" (PDF). Cristinacourt.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Production Staff". Last Shot With Judge Gunn. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Indulging an AppetiteFor Fine Food Fare – 2011-07-18 04:01:00 | Broadcasting & Cable". Broadcastingcable.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  6. ↑ "An American Story (1990)". IMDb.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Peter Brennan". IMDb.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Can Peter Brennan Rekindle His 'Affair'? – 2005-01-10 00:00:00 | Broadcasting & Cable". Broadcastingcable.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Second pass at crass for 'Affair' – Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. March 21, 2005. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Biographies | P & L Media | Los Angeles – New York – Miami – London – Sydney". Pandlmedia.tv. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  11. ↑ SUDDEN DEATH – Peter Brennan – Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Razorback – The Novel". Mrsatanism.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  13. ↑ Those Wild, Wild Kennedy Boys (May 1, 1976). "Those Wild, Wild Kennedy Boys: Stephen Dunleavy, Peter Brennan: 9780523249681: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  14. ↑ Arango, Tim (October 2, 2008). "A 'Tabloid Guy' Calls It a Night After 41 Years With Murdoch". NYTimes.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Daytime Emmy Awards winners: Creative Arts | Gold Derby | Los Angeles Times". Goldderby.latimes.com. August 30, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2012.

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