Jonathan Murray
Hollywood’s Meeting of the Masters Dinner Club Serves Up “Reinvention of the Ego”
Producer and culinary enthusiast Guy Shalem’s "Meeting of the Masters" gathering draws a showbiz crowd with guests including producers Howard Rosenman and 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Jonathan Murray; and actors Alec Mapa and Amy Acker.
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Daryl “Chill” Mitchell, RJ Mitte Urge for More Disability Representation in Hollywood
Presented by the Television Academy Foundation and Easterseals Southern California, "Disability in Storytelling" featured panelists including RJ Mitte, Daryl "Chill" Mitchell and 'Grey's Anatomy' showrunner Krista Vernoff, among others, at the Saban Media Center on Wednesday.
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The Inside Story of How E! Landed ‘Citizen Rose’
Critics have wondered why the industry-focused channel is airing an outspoken, justice-oriented limited series. "It is, ultimately, an 'E! True Hollywood Story,'" the channel's head of programming says.
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Bunim/Murray Founder Exits in Leadership Shake-Up
Company president Gil Goldschein has been promoted to chairman and CEO following the departure of founder Jonathan Murray.
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NATPE Preview: Conference Putting Unscripted TV in the Spotlight
Front-loading its first day for the first time with unscripted programming (and pitch meetings!), the U.S. TV conference seeks to attract more buyers to a struggling global marketplace.
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MTV Reality Star Diem Brown Dies at 32
She was a recurring castmember on MTV's 'Real World/Road Rules Challenge'
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Reality Roundtable: Jeff Probst, Tim Gunn, Carson Daly on ‘Duck Dynasty’ Furor, Pushing Contestants Too Far
Unscripted heavy hitters -- also including Deirdre Gurney, Brent Montgomery and Jonathan Murray -- dish on the strangest thing they never aired, the aftercare provided to eliminated contestants and their anguish over getting beaten by the tabloids (they're talking about you, Kardashians).
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Lily Tomlin Replaces Kathryn Joosten on TV Academy Board
Jonathan Murray and David McKillop join newly formed Reality Programming Peer Group after reality TV, documentary groups split.
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Reality TV: THR’s 50 Most Powerful List
From singing competitions to the Kardashians, unscripted TV today is driven by these 50 behind-the-scenes talents (ranked, of course) who keep adding juice to the red-hot genre.
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Bunim/Murray’s Gil Goldschein Wants More ‘Gossip Girl,’ Less ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
THE BACKLOT: The production company's president looks to push the reality powerhouse into different corners of the TV biz.
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Reality TV Pioneer Jonathan Murray Talks ‘Real World,’ Kim Kardashian Marriage Fallout
THE BACKLOT: With dozens of shows behind him, the co-founder of Bunim/Murray Productions -- celebrating 25 years in business -- opens up about how Pedro Zamora impacted even Bill Clinton and the show his late partner Mary-Ellis Bunim would "love." 25 years in business and opens up about the show his late partner Mary-Ellis Bunim would "love."
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MTV Orders Another Season of ‘The Challenge,’ ‘Real World’
The network greenlights more cycles of the long-running, Bunim/Murray-produced reality franchises.
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