John Matoian (born 1949) is a businessman and television industry executive. He was a vice-president of the CBS Entertainment division. He later became the president of Entertainment at Fox Broadcasting in September 1995. He was president at HBO from 1996 to 1999. He received both his B.A. and his J.D. from Duke University. Matoian is a native of

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and is of

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descent. In the 2012 United States Presidential election, John Matoian had made $83,800 worth of contributions to

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's successful presidential campaign. In his book ''Springfield Confidential'',

Mike Reiss Michael L. Reiss ( '; born ) is an American television comedy writer and author. He served as a show-runner, writer and producer for the animated series ''The Simpsons'' and co-created the animated series '' The Critic''. He created and wrote ...

mentions Matoian by name as the Fox executive whose intense hatred of his and

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's animated series ''

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'' led to its cancellation after a single season on the network.

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