Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

Dr. Phil McGraw is perhaps the most well-known mental health professional in the world. over the past 12 years, he is the leadING daytime talk show HOST in the country, while covering the most comprehensive forum on mental health issues in the history of television.   Dr. PHIL’S work was recognized by the American Psychological Association in 2006, HONORING him with a presidential citation. Over the years, the DR. PHIL show has received 26 Emmy nominations and won 5 PRISM Awards, for the accurate depiction of drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse and addiction, as well as the MADD Media Award. In addition, The Alliance for Women in Media, sponsors of the Gracie Award, named after Gracie Allen, has honored DR. PHIL four times. In addition to creating nearly 2,000 hours of national television SHOWS, McGraw is the author of seven #1 New York Times bestsellers, published in 39 languages, with over 33 million copies in print. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jay Blumenfield & Tony Marsh are the owners and creative forces behind The Jay and Tony Show tv production company. THEY HELPED CREATE AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCE the smash e! hit “CHELSEA LATELY” as well as Showtime's “Family Business,” that triggerED a new genre of television. most recently THEY created and produced many popular series including “Gigolos” for Showtime, “Restaurant Stakeout” for The Food Network, “Resort Rescue” for the Travel Channel, “LOLwork” for bravo, “The Wiener’s Circle” for truTV, “Little Chocolatiers” for TLC, “Here Come the Newlyweds” and “High School Musical” for ABC, and Dane Cook's “Tourgasm” for HBO. in addition to handler and cook, they have produced other shows starring a plethora of unique artists, including johnny rotten, ted nugent, missy elliot, t boz and chilli (from tlc), and drew carey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

SARAH SIEGEL-MAGNESS IS A WRITER, DIRECTOR, AND THE PRODUCER OF THE AWARD-WINNING LIONSGATE FILM “PRECIOUS.” SHE IS ALSO THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED LEE DANIEL PRODUCED FEATURE “TENNESSEE” AND THE CO-FOUNDER, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND GARY MAGNESS, OF SMOKEWOOD ENTERTAINMENT, THAT PRODUCES FILMS WITH POSITIVE MESSAGES FOR DIVERSE AUDIENCES.  BEFORE HER FILM CAREER, SHE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO’S SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, AND AFTER A BRIEF CAREER IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, LAUNCHED “SO LOW,” A YOUNG WOMEN’S CLOTHING LINE, WHICH SHE STILL OPERATES TODAY.  HER EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS MIND AND SPIRIT LED HER TO BE NOMINATED FOR THE ‘YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD’ AT THE AGE 30. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

BILL BELLAMY GREW up in Newark AND starting doing stand-up while he was a student at Rutgers University. in two short years, he had earned a spot on THE FIRST “Def Comedy Jam” EPISODE with bernie mac, martin lawrence, and adele givens, where he notoriously coined the phrase “booty call,” which became the name for his highly rated first comedy special for Showtime. soon after, HE became a staple on MTV as THE most popular AFRICAN-AMERICAN “VJ’” in the network’s history. HE then SEGUED INTO MOVIES, starrING in “LOVE JONES,” “HOW TO BE A PLAYER,” “LOVE STINKS,” “THE BROTHERS,” and “ANY GIVEN SUNDAY.” he has guest starred on USA’s “White Collar, ” Tyler Perry’s “Meet The Browns” on TBS, ABC’s “Castle,” USA’s “Royal Pains,” did multiple episodes of “rachael ray” as a co-host and tv land’s “hot in cleveland” as an actor, hosted multiple seasons of the hit shows “you’ve got jokes” on tv1 and the emmy nominated “last comic standing” on nbc. he recently executive produced his last two comedy specials for showtime (“crazy sexy dirty” and “ladies night out”) and his latest sitcom entitled “mr. Box Office” with jon lovitz and vivica fox. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Campbell McLaren IS UNIVERSALLY KNOWN AS THE creator of The Ultimate Fighting Championship, ITS OCTAGON CONCEPT, THEIR “THERE ARE NO RULES” SLOGAN, FOR EXECUTIVE PRODUCING THE FIRST 22 EVENTS INCLUDING THE FIRST 12 PAY-PER-VIEW SPECIALS, AND he has been called “the brains behind The UFC” (New York Magazine) and THAT “…he knows more about the sport than just about anyone in it today” (Yahoo Sports). McLaren also created “The Iron Ring,” BET’s hip-hop version of The UFC that quickly became a hit show, starrING rappers Ludacris, TI, Nelly, and boxer Floyd Mayweather…THAT LET TO BET’s fourth highest premiere in the network's history. EARLY ON IN HIS CAREER, CAMPBELL HAD EXTRAORDINARY STINTS WITH THE LEGENDARY COMEDY CLUBS, CATCH A RISING STAR AND CAROLINES…WHILE MANAGING JOY BEHER AND LARRY DAVID. AFTER THAT, McLaren founded and served as president of Zilo Networks, a Sutter Hill Venture backed college media company, WHERE he launched programming THAT includED “The College Music Awards,” the web-based “Facebook Diaries,” and “CollegeHumor.com.” McLaren has also produced many highly rated and successful large-scale Television specials, PPV events, and series…including VH1’s Paul McCartney’s “Tribute to Linda,” Lifetime Television’s “Free to Laugh,” and Court TV’s “Major Misbehavior” and “The Wrong Man.” HIS NEWEST ENDEAVOR IS A JOINT VENTURE WITH MUN2 NETWORK AND BUNIM-MURRAY ENTITLED “COMBATE AMERICAS,” A REALITY SHOW AROUND A NEW ALL LATINO MMA LEAGUE AND ITS TOP CONTENDERS FIGHTING FOR THE CHANCE TO BE THE BEST IN THEIR FIELD. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jeff Apploff started as a nationally touring stand-up comedian in 1990 and performed at comedy venues throughout the world with such notable comedians as Larry The Cable Guy, Bobby Slayton, Jackie Mason, Gilbert Gottfried, Dom Irrera, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carrot Top, Jim Breuer, and the late Richard Jeni, Mitch Hedburg, and Bill Hicks.  He went on to create, produce, direct, and perform in the successful comedy tour, “The Disciples of Comedy” with several members of Sam Kinison’s “Outlaws of Comedy,” performing to sold-out audiences in theatres ranging from 2,500 to 3,800 seats. Apploff also negotiated several sponsorship contracts for the tour with numerous national advertisers including, Showtime, Budweiser, and Don King Productions. He later went on to produce the “Eddie Griffin Wanted Tour.” In 2003, Apploff changed his career and created an unscripted romantic relationship series entitled, “Secret Admirer,” which was bought and development by NBC.  In 2005, Apploff created and executive produced an unscripted dramatic comedy series, entitled “Face the Family,” which was picked up by Lifetime Televisionand premiered in 2006.  A year later, he founded his own company (Apploff Entertainment, Inc), where he immediately created and executive produced “Don’t Forget the Lyrics!,” a primetime network musical game show series for FOX hosted by Wayne Brady, which was sold in syndication to over 95% of the country a few years later. In 2011, Apploff signed a “first-look” deal with Fremantle Media (“American Idol” and “America’s Got Talent”) where, for the next few years, he was commissioned to executive produce several shows, including the UK smash hit, “Take Me Out” for FOX in which George Lopez hosts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ali LeRoi is an Emmy Award winning television executive producer, director, writer, and actor…best known as the co-creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed sitcom Everybody Hates Chris alongside Chris Rock, whom he met on HBO’s The Chris Rock Show. LeRoi wrote and directed several episodes of the series. He is also the director of the American sitcom Are We There Yet? and the writer/producer of several feature films including Head of State and Down to Earth. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

JASON GOLDBERG IS BEST KNOWN AS THE CO-CREATOR OF THE GROUNDBREAKING HIT SHOW “PUNK’D” AND HAS BEEN PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF TRADITIONAL CONTENT CREATION THROUGHOUT HIS 20 YEAR CAREER AS A FILM, TV, AND DIGITAL CREATOR. HE HAS PRODUCED OR DIRECTED OVER 25 TV SHOWS, 10 FILMS, AND RUN A SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING FIRM FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS. NAMED BY FAST COMPANY AS ONE OF THE "MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPANIES," HIS ENTERPRISE HAS BEEN CREATING EXTRAORDINARY ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING THROUGH UNRIVALED DISTRIBUTION AND TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS WITH SOME OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST INFLUENCERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND BRANDS FOR YEARS. JASON CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE FOUNDER OF THE SOCIAL PROGRAMMING NETWORK, A COMPANY THAT PROVIDES THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, MARKETING AND TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INFLUENCERS AND ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD TO DIRECTLY REACH THEIR AUDIENCE, PRIORITIZING CONTENT WITHOUT FORSAKING VIDEO QUALITY. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

THE “BEST OF INDUSTRY STANDARD 2013” FEATURES A COMPILATION OF ALL OF THIS YEAR’S EPISODES OF “INDUSTRY STANDARD,” FEATURING SAGE WISDOM AND ADVICE ABOUT BUSINESS AND LIFE FROM 24 OF THE MOST DIVERSE AND EXTRAORDINARY EXECUTIVES IN HOLLYWOOD. IN THIS POWER PACKED INSPIRATIONAL YEAR END EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR FROM DOUG HERZOG (PRES OF COMEDY CENTRAL), MIKE FARAH (PRES OF PROD OF “FUNNY OR DIE”), REGGIE HUDLIN (PROD OF “DJANGO UNCHAINED”), PETER ENGEL (CREATOR—“SAVED BY THE BELL”), BRANT PINVIDIC (PRES OF EYEWORKS), MATT WILLIAMS (CREATOR—“ROSEANNE”/”HOME IMPROVEMENT”), JULIE ASHTON (CASTING DIRECTOR—“MADtv”/”2 BROKE GIRLS”/”INTERNSHIP”), ERIC TANNENBAUM (EXEC PROD OF “2 ½ MEN”), ANDY ACKERMAN (DIRECTOR—“SEINFELD”/”CURB”), DJ NASH (WRITER/CREATOR OF NBC SERIES “GROWING UP FISHER”), MARC HIRSCHFELD (CASTING DIRECTOR—“SEINFELD”), CHRIS ALBRECHT (CEO & PRES OF HBO AND STARZ), ROBERT MORTON (EXEC PROD OF “LETTERMAN”), STEVE KOONIN (PRES OF TNT, TBS, TCM, & TRUtv), TODD GARNER (PROD OF “ANGER MANAGEMENT”/”KNIGHT & DAY”/”ZOOKEEPER”), DAVID HILL (# 2 MAN TO RUPERT MURDOCH AT 21ST CENTURY FOX), LARRY LYTTLE (PRES OF BIG TICKET TV/CREATOR OF “JUDGE JUDY”), JOE WEINSTOCK (EXEC PROD OF “DUCK DYNASTY”), BUDD FRIEDMAN (OWNER OF THE ORIGINAL IMPROVISATION), TOM WERNER (PROD—“COSBY”/”ROSEANNE”/”3RD ROCK”/”70’S SHOW”/”CYBIL”), DICK GLOVER (CEO OF “FUNNY OR DIE”), WILL KEENAN (PRES OF ENDEMOL BEYOND USA),  LARRY MOSS (ACTING COACH OF HUNT, SWANK, & DICAPRIO), AND PATTY JENKINS (WRITER/DIRECTOR OF “MONSTER”). THIS EPISODE IS INVALUABLE AND WILL SERVE AS YOUR BLUEPRINT TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR IN 2014. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

PATTY JENKINS IS AN AWARD WINNING WRITER/DIRECTOR, BEST KNOWN FOR HER DEBUT FEATURE “MONSTER,” BASED ON THE LIFE OF CONVICTED SERIAL KILLER AILEEN WUORNOS. PATTY BEGAN HER CAREER AS A PAINTER AT THE COOPER UNION IN NEW YORK CITY. AFTER TRANSITIONSING TO FILMMAKING, SHE SPENT EIGHT YEARS AS A FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA PERSON/FOCUS PULLER. AFTER ATTENDING THE AFI IN LOS ANGELES, SHE WROTE AND DIRECTED “MONSTER” AND IT WAS NAMED BEST FIRST FEATURE BY THE 2004 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS, ONE OF THE TEN BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR BY THE AFI, BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR, AND # 3 FILM OF THE DECADE BY CRITIC ROGER EBERT. THE MOVIE ALSO EARNED STAR CHARLIZE THERON AN OSCAR, GOLDEN GLOBE, SAG AWARD, AND NUMBEROUS CRITICS AWARDS IN THE BEST ACTRESS CATEGORY FOR HER STUNNING PERFORMANCE. JENKINS HAS DIRECTED A PLETHORA OF COMMERCIALS AND TV PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE EMMY AWARD WINNING FOX SERIES “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT” AND HBO’S ENTOURAGE.” SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR A PRIMETIME EMMY AND WON THE DGA AWARD FOR HELMING THE TV PILOT OF “THE KILLING.” SHE WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR THE DGA AWARD FOR THE FINAL SEGMENT OF A SERIES OF FIVE SHORT FILMS ABOUT BREAST CANCER FOR LIFETIME—A PROJECT SHE SHARED WITH FELLOW DIRECTORS JENNIFER ANISTON, ALICIA KEYS, DEMI MOORE AND PENELOPE SPHEERIS. SHE RECENTLY DIRECTED THE PILOT EPISODE OF “BETRAYAL” FOR ABC, AND IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN PRODUCTION ON “I AM SUPERMAN,” A FEATURE FILM THAT SHE ALSO WROTE, IN THE SPRING OF 2014. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.