Robert Sorcher (born December 22, 1961) is an American television executive producer for Warner Bros. Television Group. Sorcher was formerly executive vice president and global chief content officer at

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, starting his job in 2008, and promoted in 2013. He was a producer for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. As chief content officer, he was responsible for original content development for Cartoon Network and Cartoon Network Studios Sorcher previously worked at

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where he introduced scripted originals to the channel, including the Emmy award winning Broken Trail and the

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winning series; ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Rob Sorcher oversaw

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in Los Angeles, where he executive produced content for worldwide distribution to 192 countries and 370 million homes. He managed all content, which in the past included series like ''

'' and ''

'', CN Games and the flagship CN app. Sorcher's career worked with several advertisement companies such as Grey Advertising, Griffin-Bacal, and

Benton & Bowles Benton & Bowles (B&B) was a New York-based advertising agency founded by William Benton and Chester Bowles in 1929. One of the oldest agencies in the United States, and frequently one of the 10 largest, it merged with D'Arcy-MacManus Masius in ...

. He also worked for

as its executive vice president of programming and production. He was credited with leading the network to tremendous growth, thanks to his introduction of scripted originals and Emmy-award winning series such as ''

'' and ''

'', which were both named by the New York Times among the 20 best TV dramas since

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, and the mini-series ''

Broken Trail ''Broken Trail'' is a 2006 Western television miniseries directed by Walter Hill and starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church. Written by Alan Geoffrion, who also wrote the novel, the story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who tra ...

''. Prior to AMC, Sorcher was EVP and GM of

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for a short time prior to the sudden appointment of

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. Sorcher had also served as EVP of Programming/Production at

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, and earlier in his career worked as the first general manager of

with the creation of his ''

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'' variety project. He moved to start his own production company.

Selected credits

Television series – executive producer

Other programs – executive producer

Primetime Emmy awards

Other awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorcher, Robert 1961 births Living people Businesspeople from Syracuse, New York American advertising executives Place of birth missing (living people) People from Los Angeles Primetime Emmy Award winners Cartoon Network executives Cartoon Network Studios people