Scott Satin, a longtime producer for shows such as Funny You Should Ask and Most Outrageous Moments, has died. He was 64.
The Hollywood Reporter learned Satin died on Thursday following a years-long battle with progressive supranuclear palsy. Progressive supranuclear palsy is a rare neurodegenerative disorder that impacts certain parts of the brain.
The producer-writer-director began his entertainment career in the late ’80s with TV series such as Mathnet and Square One Television. Throughout the ’90s, he continued to work on projects like Hollywood Squares, The Byron Allen Show, Big Deal, The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show and Extreme Gong, a Game Show Network revival of The Gong Show.
As reality shows began to rise in popularity in the 2000s, Satin kept tapping into them by executive producing series like NBC’s Meet My Folks, Who Wants to Marry My Dad?, Who Wants to Be a Superhero? and Most Outrageous Moments – a...
The Hollywood Reporter learned Satin died on Thursday following a years-long battle with progressive supranuclear palsy. Progressive supranuclear palsy is a rare neurodegenerative disorder that impacts certain parts of the brain.
The producer-writer-director began his entertainment career in the late ’80s with TV series such as Mathnet and Square One Television. Throughout the ’90s, he continued to work on projects like Hollywood Squares, The Byron Allen Show, Big Deal, The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show and Extreme Gong, a Game Show Network revival of The Gong Show.
As reality shows began to rise in popularity in the 2000s, Satin kept tapping into them by executive producing series like NBC’s Meet My Folks, Who Wants to Marry My Dad?, Who Wants to Be a Superhero? and Most Outrageous Moments – a...
- 2/12/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Scott Satin, veteran television producer who recently worked on the comedy game show “Funny You Should Ask,” died on Thursday after a long battle with the neurogenerative disorder Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, according to a statement from Allen Media Group. He was 64 years old.
Satin began his TV producing career in the late 1980s with the PBS children’s TV series “Square One Television” and “Mathnet,” the latter being an educational parody of the ’60s police procedural “Dragnet.”
In the ’90s, Satin expanded to daytime TV with the Tom Bergeron-hosted revival of “Hollywood Squares,” “The Byron Allen Show” and “The Keenan Wayans Show.”
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Satin then made another genre shift to reality TV in the 2000s, producing shows like “Who Wants to Marry My Dad” and “Meet My Folks” for NBC, along with the Stan Lee-hosted “Who Wants to Be a Superhero?...
Satin began his TV producing career in the late 1980s with the PBS children’s TV series “Square One Television” and “Mathnet,” the latter being an educational parody of the ’60s police procedural “Dragnet.”
In the ’90s, Satin expanded to daytime TV with the Tom Bergeron-hosted revival of “Hollywood Squares,” “The Byron Allen Show” and “The Keenan Wayans Show.”
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Satin then made another genre shift to reality TV in the 2000s, producing shows like “Who Wants to Marry My Dad” and “Meet My Folks” for NBC, along with the Stan Lee-hosted “Who Wants to Be a Superhero?...
- 2/12/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Scott Satin, a television producer with credits on “Funny You Should Ask” and “Most Outrageous Moments,” died Thursday after a years-long battle with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). He was 64 years old.
Satin created the NBC clip show “Most Outrageous Moments.” Narrated by John Cramer, the series ran for four seasons from 2005 to 2009.
In more recent years, Satin partnered with Byron Allen on the comedy series “The First Family” and “Mr. Box Office,” on which he served as both writer and executive producer. Satin also earned credits on “World’s Funniest Weather” and “Funny You Should Ask,” which remains in syndication with over 200 episodes.
Satin first collaborated with Allen on “The Byron Allen Show” in the 1990s. After beginning his career with “Square One Television” and “Mathnet,” Satin rounded into form with his work with Allen, along with credits on programs such as “Hollywood Squares,” “Big Deal,” “The Keenan Ivory Wayans...
Satin created the NBC clip show “Most Outrageous Moments.” Narrated by John Cramer, the series ran for four seasons from 2005 to 2009.
In more recent years, Satin partnered with Byron Allen on the comedy series “The First Family” and “Mr. Box Office,” on which he served as both writer and executive producer. Satin also earned credits on “World’s Funniest Weather” and “Funny You Should Ask,” which remains in syndication with over 200 episodes.
Satin first collaborated with Allen on “The Byron Allen Show” in the 1990s. After beginning his career with “Square One Television” and “Mathnet,” Satin rounded into form with his work with Allen, along with credits on programs such as “Hollywood Squares,” “Big Deal,” “The Keenan Ivory Wayans...
- 2/12/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Bravo's new series "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style", featuring the popular mentor from the network's "Project Runway", debuted at 10 p.m. Thursday to nearly 1 million total viewers and 571,000 in the adults 18-49 demo, according to Nielsen Media Research.
That's a 134% increase over the time period average for the third quarter and a 111% increase in the demo. Meanwhile, 994,000 viewers tuned in to the second-season finale of Sci Fi Channel's "Who Wants to Be a Superhero?" to see Austin, Texas, police detective Jarrett Crippin -- aka the Defuser -- win the prize of being immortalized in his own comic to be written by Stan Lee. The two-hour finale aired at 8 p.m.
That's a 134% increase over the time period average for the third quarter and a 111% increase in the demo. Meanwhile, 994,000 viewers tuned in to the second-season finale of Sci Fi Channel's "Who Wants to Be a Superhero?" to see Austin, Texas, police detective Jarrett Crippin -- aka the Defuser -- win the prize of being immortalized in his own comic to be written by Stan Lee. The two-hour finale aired at 8 p.m.
- 9/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Showtime Networks is partnering with the U.K.'s Channel 4 on a new drama series titled Meadowlands, while Sci Fi Channel has greenlighted an expanded second season of the reality series Who Wants to Be a Superhero? Meadowlands, starring British actors David Morrissey (The Deal) and Lucy Cohu (The Queen's Sister), focuses on a family trying to escape its past while confronting an even more uncertain future. The series picks up as Danny (Morrissey) and Evelyn Brogan (Cohu), along with their two teenage kids, enter a witness protection program and are moved to a bucolic neighborhood to begin a new life, but they soon realize it's not so easy to escape their past. The eight-episode series, produced by Ecosse Films, will go into production this month in England, with the U.S. premiere on Showtime set for summer. (The U.K. title of the series is Cape Wrath.)...
- 10/5/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Susan Peters, a TV producer and former journalist, died Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles after a yearlong battle with breast cancer. She was 53. Peters most recently worked in unscripted television, developing and executive producing such shows as MTV's The New Tom Green Show and Surf Girls. She also executive produced syndicated series like Livin' Large, featuring Carmen Electra and Kadeem Hardison. Her most recent project was Spike TV's career-makeover show I Hate My Job, which features the Rev. Al Sharpton and is set to premiere in October. At the time of her death, Peters was in negotiations to executive produce Nash Entertainment's Who Wants to Be a Superhero? for MTV. The reality show features comic book legend Stan Lee.
- 8/20/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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