Doug Herzog (born July 16, 1959) is an American television executive. He was formerly the president of Viacom Music and Entertainment Group, he oversaw MTV,

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, Palladia, TVLand and Spike, Herzog has been credited with evolving the MTV brand by steering the network away from music related programming.

Biography

Herzog received his B.S. degree in Mass Communications from

Emerson College Emerson College is a private college with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts. It also maintains campuses in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and Well, Limburg, Netherlands (Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a ...

in Boston, where he is a long time Trustee. Herzog's career began at CNN in 1981. He became a segment producer at ''

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'' in 1983. His Viacom career began in 1984 when he joined MTV. Prior to his return to the company in 2004, he served as President of

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igniting the network's campaign of quality original programming with the award-winning ''

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''. Herzog also served as President of Entertainment for

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where he greenlit and the Emmy Award-winning ''

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'' and three animated sitcoms ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Futurama''. While working at Viacom, the company launched the shows ''

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with

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'', ''

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'', '' South Park'', '' The Real World'', UFC, ''

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'', '' Inside Amy Schumer'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Tosh.0'', and ''

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''. During his first term at Viacom Herzog started as

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Director creating the networks influential news department and eventually rising to President MTV Productions overseeing all the channel's original programming. Herzog developed and supervised many of the brands most enduring and groundbreaking franchises including '' The Real World'', '' Unplugged'' and ''

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'', as well as the network's signature events The MTV Movie Awards and The MTV Video Music Awards. In 1993, he was named president of the MTV Productions unit. Herzog then moved to the position of President of

in 1995. Herzog was formerly the President of Viacom's Music Entertainment Group where he oversaw

, MTV,

, Spike,

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and

. Herzog left the company in January 2017. In 2018, Herzog was hired as senior Creative Consultant for the Quibi Streaming Service. The service has since shut down due to lack of viewership.

Awards

Herzog has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.B&C Hall of Fame, Doug Herzog

References

External links

Herzog bio at Comedy Central
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