Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (born August 25, 1931) is an Emmy Award-winning American television personality best known for his roles as a talk show host, game show host, singer and presenter at various events. Appearing on television since the late 1950s, Philbin is often called (somewhat tongue-in-cheek and alternately attributed to James Brown), …

Timothy David "Tim" Olyphant (born May 20 1968) is an American actor. Olyphant is known for his film roles, as well as for playing sheriff Seth Bullock on the series "Deadwood".

Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig on June 12, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television and radio sportscaster, honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and is commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball." From 1967 to 2004, he was also known as "the voice of the New York Knicks". In 2006, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame

Lee Leonard (born in New York City on April 3, 1929) is an American television personality who was involved in the launch of two of the most influential networks in TV history.

Jonathan Adams (b. July 16, 1967) is an American actor, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has appeared in several roles in American television, most notably in "American Dreams" as series regular Henry Walker, an African American employed in the radio and television store owned by the patriarch of the protagonist's family. This show appeared on NBC from 2002 - 2005. Adams formerly portrayed Dr. Daniel Goodman in the FOX television series "Bones", …

Dr. William F. Baker is president emeritus of Thirteen/WNET New York, the Public Broadcasting Service's flagship station. Thirteen is the premier national producer of public television programs and the most watched public television station in the United States. It is also the largest producer of cultural and arts programming in America.

Lance Allan Ito (born August 2, 1950 in Los Angeles, California) is a Japanese-American Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, best known for his role in the O. J. Simpson murder trial. He is currently a practicing judge, who hears felony criminal cases at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. He is a resident of Pasadena. Ito was born to two Japanese-American parents, Jim and Toshi Ito.

Grant Imahara (born October 23, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) is an American electronics and radio control expert known for his work as a Build Team member on the American television show "MythBusters". He is credited in many special effects works done by Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), where he worked for nine years - in particular, …

Jamie Kellner is an American television executive. He was chairman and chief executive officer of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a division of Time Warner which includes TBS, TNT, and Cartoon Network. Kellner took over the post in 2001 and handed over the company to Philip Kent in 2003. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of ACME Communications, a post held since 1997.

Carlos Lacamara is a Cuban-born actor who has had a long career on American television, making his first appearance in 1983 on the popular sitcom "Family Ties". Lacamara has mostly played supporting characters and guest star roles, with the exception of his roles as Paco Ortíz on the sitcom "Nurses", and as Ray García, the family patriarch on "The Brothers García".

Derek Richardson (born January 18, 1976) is an American actor. He has appeared in a number of television shows and movies.

William "Bill" Roache MBE, Hon D.Litt (born April 25, 1932 in Ilkeston, Derbyshire) is an English television actor, who plays the part of 'Ken Barlow' in the long-running soap opera, "Coronation Street". He is the only remaining member of the original cast, having appeared in the first episode in 1960. He was educated at the independent Rydal School in Colwyn Bay, North Wales.

Genevieve Gorder (born July 26, 1974 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American television host and interior designer. She attended Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon and graduated with a B.F.A in design from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. She was one of the original designers of the TLC's hit series "Trading Spaces". She continues to appear on that program and others, such as the TLC series "Town Haul".

Steve Bartelstein (born in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1962) is an American television news reporter who co-anchored WABC-TV's morning and noon newscasts alongside Lori Stokes. His left WABC-TV in March of 2007. Bartelstein began his broadcasting career as a weekend anchor at age 19 in Evansville, Indiana. He also worked in Durham, North Carolina, Providence, RI, Indianapolis, Indiana, Charleston, SC and Portland, Oregon. Then he came to WABC-TV from CNN.

Lisa Lu is a Chinese-American actress and documentary producer. Beginning in her teens, Lu was active in Chinese opera, or Kunqu, before immigrating to the United States. Beginning in the 1950s, she enjoyed a long career in American television, though was often forced to take stereotypical roles. Though she occasionally took film roles, her film career didn't begin in earnest until the 1970s, …

Chet Forte was an American television director.

Rich Hollenberg is a show host on Home Shopping Network, a virtual "retail store" on American television. He is best known for hosting "NFL Shop", the official television retail show of the National Football League. The show airs every week before "Monday Night Football", as well as on late night Saturdays and on some special occasions like Thanksgiving and the moments following the Super Bowl.

Marie Rudisill, (March 13, 1911 - November 3, 2006), was a writer and television personality, best known as the nonagenarian woman who appeared in the "Ask the Fruitcake Lady" segments on "The Tonight Show" on American television. She was an aunt to novelist Truman Capote (his mother, Lillie Mae Faulk, was her elder sister). Rudisill helped to raise Capote, who lived with her at times during his childhood, both in Alabama and New York City.

Bellamy Young (born 19 February, 1970) is an American television, motion picture, and theatre actress. Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Young has guest starred in numerous television shows including "Law & Order", "CSI: Miami", "Scrubs", "The West Wing", "Frasier", "NCIS","Grey's Anatomy" and "General Hospital".

Marianna Hill born in Reggio di Calabria on February 9, 1941 is an American actress mostly working in American television. She has appeared in more than 70 films and television episodes. She co-starred in the 1973 film "High Plains Drifter" with Clint Eastwood and in "The Godfather II". One of Hill's many TV appearances was as Helen Noel in the "Star Trek: The Original Series" episode, "Dagger of the Mind".

Kara Brock, is an American television and film actress, who is perhaps best known for her recurring role as Regina Foster on the television series, "The Parkers", where she portrayed a sorority sister nemesis to Kim Parker (Countess Vaughn). She was born in Long Beach, California, but was raised primarily in Kansas City, Missouri. She is the younger sister of writer/producer Mara Brock Akil. Kara is a graduate of California State University – Los Angeles, …

Martin Laurent Sander (born August 10 1967 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian singer, actor, author, and television host. Sander began his musical education at the age of 7, studying violin at the Tallinn Music School, followed by terms at the State Choreography School, and the Estonian Music Academy where he majored in piano and musical conducting. Sander has also studied medieval history, English and German.

Michael Burstein (b. July 1 1945, New York City, USA) is an actor known onstage as Mike Burstyn. He is the son of the late Yiddish-language actors, Pesach Burstein and Lillian Lux. He is no relation to Ellen Burstyn (who was born Edna Rae Gilhooley and is of Irish descent). Burstyn started performing on stage at Yiddish theaters from childhood, in musicals and melodramas produced by his father Pesach Burstein, …

Jerome Kilty (born 1922, Pala Indian Reservation, California) is an actor and playwright. He is best known for writing the hit Broadway play "Dear Liar: A Comedy of Letters", based on the correspondence of famed playwright George Bernard Shaw and actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell. His other notable plays include "Dear Love", A love story based on the poems and letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning; "The Ides of March", …

Lillian Lux (1918 - 2005) was an Israeli-American singer, author, songwriter and actor in Yiddish theater and Yiddish vaudeville in the United States, Israel and other Yiddish speaking communities in the diaspora. Wife of actor-director Pesach Burstein of the Yiddish stage who was often criticized for staging melodramas and song-and-dance acts, she is best remembered for her roles in the Yiddish shows -"The Komediant", …

Brian Volk-Weiss (born May 28 1976 in Queens, New York) is an American television producer.

William "Bill" L Monson is an American cable television businessman and the current President of Seattle-based Clearview International and Clearview Wireless and manager of Hawaii-based CTVC. In the 1980's, Monson was involved in the establishment of Video Link, a Thai cable television joint-venture between Clearview and Thaksin Shinawatra's Shinawatra Computer and Communications (today known as Shin Corporation) and International Broadcasting Company (IBC, …

Neville Brand, was an American television and movie actor. Gravel-voiced Neville Brand was born in Griswold, Iowa. He started his big screen career in "D.O.A." (1950) as a henchman named Chester. He became well known as a villain when he killed the character played by Elvis Presley in "Love Me Tender". He played the villain in so many movies, his self-image became affected, …

The Organization of American Historians annually bestows the Erik Barnouw Award "in recognition of outstanding reporting or programming on network or cable television, or in documentary film, concerned with American history, the study of American history, and/or the promotion of history." The first recipient was Ken Burns in 1983. Historian and author. Specialized in the history of broadcasting media. Children: son Jeffrey; daughters Susanna and Karen.

David Thorburn is Professor of Literature at MIT and Director of the MIT Communications Forum . His most recent books (co-edited with Henry Jenkins) are Democracy and New Media and Rethinking Media Change, the launch volumes in the MIT Press series "Media in Transition" of which he is editor in chief.

Nelson, Angela M. “Swing Papa and Barry Jordan: Comic Strips and Black Newspapers in Postwar Toledo.” Proceedings of the Ohio Academy of History 2004 Annual Meeting (Spring 2005), 61-74. Nelson, Angela M. “Rap Music and Black Mythoforms.” Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture (1900 to Present) 4.1 (Spring 2005): http://www.americanpopularculture.com/journal/articles/spring_2005/nelson.htm .

William Boddy William Boddy received his Honors BA from York University, Toronto, in political science and urban studies and his MA and Ph.D. in cinema studies from New York University. In addition to Baruch College, he has taught at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and St. Francis College.

Rob Weiss , VP of Programming, FUSE: As Head of Programming for Fuse, Rob Weiss oversees all development and production of original programming, as well as the day-to-day oversight of the network’s on-air promotions, program scheduling, acquisitions and talent departments. He is also responsible for the network’s digital content, including online and new media programming.

Sarah Stealey Managing Director of Technology and Telecommunications Sarah Stealey is the Managing Director of Technology and Telecommunications at PeopleSupport (NASDAQ: PSPT), a leading provider of offshore business process outsourcing (BPO) services.

Christaine Amanpour was born on January 12, 1958. Shortly after her birth in London, her mother Patricia and father Mohammed, an Iranian airline executive, moved the family to Tehran. The Amanpours led a privileged life under the regime of the Shah of Iran. At age eleven, she returned to England to attend first the Holy Cross Convent School in Buckinghamshire, England, and then the New Hall School, an exclusive Roman Catholic girl's school.

BENJAMIN HARKARVY Benjamin Harkarvy has been the Director of The Juilliard Dance Division since 1992, and has been the Artistic Director and choreographer for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, The Nederlands Dance Theatre (which he founded), The Dutch National, Harkness and Pennsylvania Ballets. In addition, he has choreographed for other companies all over the world.

Joseph E. Kovacs is President of Screen Media Ventures. An industry executive with over 25 years of experience, Mr. Kovacs formed and founded MTG Media Properties, Ltd., a division of the Swedish media conglomerate Industriforvaltnings AB Kinnevik and Modern Times Group MTG AB. Prior to forming MTG, Mr. Kovacs served as President of All American Television, a publicly traded entertainment company he helped found.

Francis Nault is Director and VP of Events Promotions. Francis speaks English and French and has extensive background in artist management and event production and promotions. Mr. Nault has hosted and produced numerous outdoor motor sports events and talent contests throughout Canada and the US. Francis has been very involved with Motorcycle Drag Racing sports for over fifteen years.