Ken Ehrlich (Kenneth Ehrlich) is an American television producer and director.
Ehrlich has produced network television programs since 1974, when he created the PBS music series, Soundstage, for Chicago Public television. He moved to Los Angeles two years later and began a career that has included 32 years of Grammy Awards, five Emmy Awards telecasts, and numerous single artist specials ranging from Elton John, Celine Dion and Shania Twain to Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, The Eagles, Christina Aguilera and many others.
THE GRAMMY AWARDS Beginning in 1980, Ehrlich began producing the Grammy Awards for CBS, and is responsible for creating the concept of “Grammy moments”, which have included such memorable performances by Prince and Beyonce, Aretha Franklin’s operatic debut, duets with Eminem and Elton John as well as Melissa Etheridge (post breast cancer) and Joss Stone, and historic reunions by such historic artists and Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, and the Police. In 2010, he was presented with the Recording Academy’s President’s Award for his long time service to the Grammy Awards event.
Ehrlich also produced such major event specials as The Sports Illustrated 20th Century Sports Awards (2000), In Performance at the White House; Music of the Civil Rights Movement (2009), The NFL Kickoff Spectacular in Times Square (2002), Mandela Freedomfest (1988), Live 8 the Philadelphia LIVE 8 event (2006), and dozens of other prime time specials for both broadcast and cable networks. He also created and produced both the MTV Movie Awards and the VH1 Divas franchises. For two years (1983–1985), he was the producer of the highly acclaimed music/drama series, FAME, for which he was nominated and received a Golden Globe Award. In 2009 Ehrlich Executive Produced the Michael Jackson memorial service thru his company, AEG Ehrlich Ventures, LLC.
In 2011 he directed Celine Dion’s triumphant return to Las Vegas, Celine Dion's New Las Vegas Show, which is currently in the midst of a three year run at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
Ehrlich has been nominated for five Emmy Awards, is the recipient of one Golden Globe Award, and was presented with the Producer’s Guild of America Visionary Award in 2007.