Ben Silverman

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Benjamin Silverman (b. August 15, 1970, Pittsfield, Massachusetts)[1] is the co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio.[2]

Silverman is also the founder and CEO of Reveille, an independent television and film production theater and distribution company.

He is the executive producer of such shows as NBC's The Office, The Biggest Loser, and ABC's Ugly Betty, as well as several cable shows, including Nashville Star, on USA Network, 30 Days on FX, MTV's Parental Control and Date My Mom, Blow Out on Bravo, and House of Boateng on the Sundance Channel. [3]

Formerly, Silverman was in charge of the international division at the William Morris Agency, where he was the company's youngest division head. [4] Prior to joining William Morris, he was a development executive at New World/Marvel Entertainment and an assistant at CBS, and Warner Bros.

Raised in Manhattan, Silverman is a 1992 magna cum laude graduate of Tufts University, where he majored in history. He is the son of Mary Silverman, a programming executive whose career includes stints at the BBC, USA Network, Lifetime Television, and Court TV, and Stanley Silverman, an award-winning music composer/arranger.[5]

Silverman is currently developing a soap opera with the working title Without Breasts There Is No Paradise.

For his role at NBC, Silverman received the Honorary Rose at the 2008 Rose d'Or ceremony.[6]

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  1. ^ Malone, Michael. Silverman Searches Globe for Next Trend, Broadcasting & Cable, Nov. 14, 2005.
  2. ^ Josef Adalian. "Silverman named NBC co-chair," Variety, May 29, 2007.
  3. ^ "The Whole World Is Watching, and Ben Silverman Is Watching Back" New York Times, September 17, 2006.
  4. ^ NATPE Speaker Bio, 2006
  5. ^ Leon, Masha. On the Go, The Jewish Daily Forward, March 31, 2006.
  6. ^ Rose d'Or Winners 2008 (PDF). Rose d'Or AG (2008-05-06). Retrieved on 2008-05-07.