Nationality American Predecessor Jeff Gaspin Occupation Television executive Name Robert Greenblatt | Employer NBC Universal Role Television producer Notable work 9 to 5 | |
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Born 1960 (age 55–56) Rockford, Illinois, USA Alma mater University of Wisconsin
University of Illinois
Boylan Catholic High School Education University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Awards GLAAD Media Stephen F. Kolzak Award TV shows The Voice, Parenthood, Chicago Fire Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series Titles Chairman, NBCUniversal Television Group Similar People Alan Ball, Stephen B Burke, Alan Poul, Rick Cleveland, Bruce Eric Kaplan | ||
NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt
Robert "Bob" Greenblatt (born 1960) is an American television executive and current Chairman of NBC Entertainment.
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Early life and education
Greenblatt was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, USA. He was raised Catholic and attended Boylan Catholic High School. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre management from the University of Illinois and a Master of Arts in arts administration from the University of Wisconsin's Madison School of Business. He also earned a Master of Fine Arts 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, Californication, The Tudors, Nurse Jackie, and United States of Tara.
As a theatrical producer, Greenblatt 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. It was nominated for four Tony Awards.
Greenblatt is currently the chairman of NBC Entertainment. He succeeded Jeff Gaspin in January 2011 after Comcast took control of the newly renamed NBCUniversal.
Personal life
Greenblatt is the first and currently the only openly gay broadcast TV president.