Robert Boden:  

EMMY Nominee Bob Boden's career in all forms of non-fiction and unscripted/alternative TV programming has included senior management and production functions for a variety of television studios, networks, and production companies. He is frequently acknowledged as an industry leader in the game and reality genres. He was named to the top 50 Reality TV Power List by the Hollywood Reporter. In 2021, Bob was honored as co-Founder of the newly-created National Archives of Game Show History at the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. He recently delivered the a TedX talk on the subject “What Game Shows Teach You About Life,” the first ever such talk on the genre. He is currently Executive Vice President, Production and Development for Byron Allen’s ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS, a global media company. He also serves as Executive Producer of the nationally syndicated comedy celebrity game show Funny You Should Ask, which began its third season in fall, 2019. Prior to Entertainment Studios, Bob was Consulting Producer on two prime time series: ABC’s To Tell the Truth and FOX’s Superhuman, as well as Co-Executive Producer of the Ellen DeGeneres game show, Head’s Up!, based on the wildly popular app. He was also Co-Executive Producer / writer of BOOM! for dick clark productions on FOX primetime, and Executive Producer of GSN's The Chase, an adaptation of the popular UK format owned by ITV, which ran for four seasons and achieved record-breaking ratings. The Chase has garnered three Emmy nominations, the most for any series in the history of Game Show Network. The New York Post called The Chase "the most addictive game show since the original Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." The National Enquirer said it is "the most intelligent, exciting and entertaining TV quiz show in decades." The series was picked up by the network for a second season even before the first season premiered. The Chase was also a nominee for the 1st Breakthrough Awards, presented by the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE), as well as the Real Screen Award for Best Competition—Game/Quiz Show. Bob originally produced the US pilots for the series on the London set. In his career he has produced, launched and consulted on shows in Canada, Mexico, England, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Israel, Ireland, Scotland, and the United Arab Emirates. Bob was named to the prestigious consulting team for the Format People Group, an international television consulting company with clients in the US, UK, Canada, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Israel, Egypt, South Africa, Mongolia, China, Malaysia, South Korea, and many more territories, which specializes in format creation, development and doctoring, purchase, sales and distribution strategy; ground-up network infrastructure, up-skilling, original studio design, network brand identity, programming, international market and conference development and implementation. He also served as Executive Producer for syndication presentations of the classic game show format Make Me Laugh, and the new format Trivia Crack, as well as the FOX primetime pilot of Don't Lose the Money with Shine America, which was produced in Germany and based on a foreign format. He recently consulted with All 3 Media & Studio Lambert on the development of NBC's Million Second Quiz, an epic live event that aired as an 11-night run in primetime and a 24/7 interactive web event. He also consulted on 120 episodes of the classic format Match Game, recently airing on Canada's Comedy Channel. Since leaving his position as Senior VP, Reality & Game Show Production & Development, Hasbro Studios, he was a consultant to numerous prominent companies, including Sony Pictures TV International, National Geographic Channel, Endemol Shine USA, Mark Burnett Productions, Fremantle Media, Telepictures, dick clark productions, Talpa Media, Stage 29 Prods., Lionsgate, Ryan Seacrest Prods., Electus, Warner Bros. Animation, ITV Studios, Vin di Bona Productions, Mission Control Media, GSN, Zodiak USA, Bunim-Murray Productions, Core Media, Next Entertainment, Sharp Entertainment, Shed Media, DirecTV, Nigel Lythgoe Productions, Stone & Company, Don Mischer Productions, Zone 3 (Canada), 44 Blue, Atlas Media, and playkast.com. He has also co-created over three dozen original formats that were developed for a variety of networks and major production companies; some of these properties have been optioned by Fremantle Media, Bunim-Murray Productions, Ryan Seacrest Productions, A. Smith Co., ITV Studios, and Discovery Studios. At Hasbro, he also served as Executive Producer on four series airing on the HUB Network, Family Game Night, The Game of Life, Scrabble Showdown and Pictureka!. He and his team also developed numerous other game and reality formats based on Hasbro brands, including Trivial Pursuit, Catch Phrase, Scattergories, and Yahtzee. During his tenure at Hasbro, he received the company's top Innovation Award for the Emmy-winning breakout hit series Family Game Night, which ranked as the highest-rated non-scripted series in the HUB's target demo. Bob was chosen to attend the prestigious Global Leadership Conference at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. Prior to his position at Hasbro, he served as Senior VP, Programming, Production & Development for the Fox Reality Channel since just before the network launched. He also supervised scheduling & operations, developed and served as executive producer on over 600 hours of original programming. His numerous docu-soap and competition series, specials and interstitial programs included American Idol Extra (4 seasons), Solitary (4 seasons), Househusbands of Hollywood, Paradise Hotel 2, The Academy: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Orange County Fire Authority, Battle of the Bods, Reality Remix, Reality Binge, The Really Awards, The Search for the Next Elvira, Gimme My Reality Show! and Reality Revealed. He also pioneered the network's only web series, Nightclub Confessions. While at FOX, Bob also helped launch and produce two hit prime time game shows, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and Don't Forget the Lyrics, which went on to su...Expand for more