Breakthrough Awards Show with Four New Categories Included in the Three Full Day NATPE Reality Track
Los Angeles, November 3, 2016 – NATPE, the leading global marketplace and resource of television and platform executives, announced today the finalists and judges for the 3rd Annual NATPE Reality Breakthrough Awards. The winners will be announced during NATPE Miami 2017 at a special luncheon ceremony, and is part of the annual conference and marketplace that is held from January 17-19 at the Fontainebleau & Eden Roc in Miami Beach, Florida.
The full list of nominees in each categories are:
| REALITY PERSONALITIES Bear Grylls Blake Shelton Caitlyn Jenner Reza Farahan Todd Chrisley |
REALITY HOSTS Andy Cohen Jane Lynch Nick Cannon RuPaul Charles Steve Harvey |
| DOCUMENTARY Chef’s Table Making a Murderer O.J.: Made in America The Seventies Weiner |
STRUCTURED REALITY Chopped Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Lip Sync Battle Shark Tank The Profit Undercover Boss |
| DOCUSOAP Braxton Family Values Chrisley Knows Best Keeping Up with the Kardashians The Real Housewives of New Jersey Vanderpump Rules |
UNSTRUCTURED REALITY 60 Days In Born This Way Deadliest Catch Hard Knocks Intervention Naked and Afraid |
| FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Real Time with Bill Maher Vice |
REALITY COMPETITION America’s Got Talent American Ninja Warrior Dancing with the Stars The Voice Top Chef |
| GAME SHOWS Celebrity Family Feud Family Feud Hollywood Game Night Match Game The $100,000 Pyramid |
The winners for each category will be judged by an esteemed Blue Ribbon Panel of Judges. This year’s volunteer assembly of buyers, executives, agents and distributors includes top executives from: ABC, AMC and Sundance TV; CAA, Discovery Channel; History; ICM Partners; Paradigm; The Gersh Agency; NBCUniversal; Oxygen Media; Spike TV; United Talent Agency; TBS; 20th Century Fox Television Distribution; VH1; WEtv and WME Entertainment.
The full list of judges for the 2017 NATPE Reality Breakthrough Awards are:
Brett Hansen, Partner, Head of Alternative Television at United Talent Agency (UTA)
Chachi Senior, SVP, Original Programming at Spike TV
Corie Henson, EVP, Alternative Entertainment at 20th Century Fox Television Distribution
David Gross, Agent at Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
Denise Contis, EVP, Development and Production at Discovery
Eliot Goldberg, SVP of Nonfiction and Alternative Programming at AMC and SundanceTV
Jenny Groom, SVP, Alternative Programming & Development at NBCUniversal
Josh Pyatt, Partner at WME Entertainment
Lauren Gellert, EVP, Development & Original Programming at WEtv
Michael Bloom, SVP, Unscripted and Specials at TNT/TBS
Michael Kagan, Head of International Television and Media at ICM Partners
Nina Diaz, EVP and Head of Reality at VH1
Rob Mills, SVP, Alternative Series, Specials and Late Night at ABC Television Network
Rod Aissa, EVP, Original Programming and Development at Oxygen Media
Russ McCarroll, SVP, Development and Programming at History
Sean Zeid, Head of Domestic Alternative Television at Paradigm Talent Agency
Todd Christopher, Partner, Chief Strategy Officer at The Gersh Agency
More info regarding the awards can be found on the conference website at NATPE Reality.
With over 350 global companies exhibiting and 1,100 buyers from Europe, Latin America, Asia and North America, NATPE attracts over 5,000 senior executives from every corner of the industry. This year, the NATPE conference will have a new look and theme – “Be A Part of It” – where top creatives and executives from across production, advertising, distribution, music and more gather for the three full days of high-level deal-making, panels, networking, parties and meetups. NATPE is the first of the year content-driven show, and a must-attend event for content distributors and platforms. More details on conference programming, including confirmed speakers, can be found at www.natpe.com.
About NATPE
Celebrating 54 years of service to the ever-evolving global television industry, NATPE inspires the growth and success of content development, creation, production, financing and distribution across all platforms through interdependent marketplaces where industry powers gather to offer insight and make deals. NATPE is the leader in developing international markets and conferences for the entire spectrum of the dynamic content business. For more information, please visit www.natpe.com.
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