George Ciccarone is an American reporter and writer who is a 13 time Emmy winner who has reported for many national TV shows including A Current Affair and Good Morning America. He is also the creator and producer of HBO's Cathouse: The Series. One of the networks most successful series. It features the day to day life at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch located in Carson City, Nevada. Ciccarone came up with the idea in the mid 90's and it took him 7 years to sell it. Ciccarone, a feature reporter, did "kicker" stories for the shows he worked for. Several times he was sent to the brothel to cover hookers running for governor and the advent of Viagra meant for brothels. It was then he got to know the owner Dennis Hoff. The rest is reality TV history. Ciccarone owns and operated his own production company By George Productions, Inc. He has created and produced television shows for Fox, Animal Planet and Court TV.