Billy Johnny Wolff (born March 4, 1966) is an American television producer. He was most recently the executive producer of '' The View''. He has served as the vice president of prime-time programming for the

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channel

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, as well as the executive producer of ''

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''.

Biography

Wolff was born to a

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December 4, 2007 , ''"Look, I put up a Christmas tree. I have three wreaths in my home. My husband is a non-practicing Jew. He didn't really care. But I saw this really cute, little sort of jelly stick on the window menorah, and I wanted to make sure that we had representation in the household. And I won't say he laughed with me. He laughed at me for the menorah."'' and is a graduate of Clayton High School in Clayton, Missouri and

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, where he was a history major and member of the varsity

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team. At MSNBC, he was previously the executive producer of ''

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'', later called ''Tucker'', before his promotion in 2005. Wolff was also seen on ''Tucker'' filling in for

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and reporting on entertainment news. He left MSNBC in August 2014 to become a part of '' The View''. Before joining MSNBC, Wolff produced

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's ''

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'' (where he was also the "disembodied voice") and

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's '' I, Max'', two sports commentary shows hosted by

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, and served as a "judge" for the latter program. At ESPN, he helped produce '' SportsCenter'' and '' Sunday NFL Countdown''.

Personal life

Wolff is married to

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, currently the host of

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's afternoon show
''All of It''
Although of Jewish descent, Wolff is non-believing.

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* 1966 births Living people American television executives 20th-century American Jews Harvard Crimson men's water polo players Place of birth missing (living people) MSNBC people People from St. Louis County, Missouri Harvard College alumni 21st-century American Jews Jewish American television producers {{US-tv-bio-stub