166 Facts About Television Producers

1. British Academy had its roots in private English schools of art popular in the early part of the 18th century.

2. Steven Bochco was born on 16 December 1943 in New York City.

3. In 1978, Steven Bochco left Universal and joined MTM Enterprises where he became a producer.

4. Mark Burnett married Roma Downey on 28th April 2007 in Malibu.

5. Fan Bingbing won the Best Actress award at the 1st Berlin Chinese Film Festival for her role in the film.

6. Steven Bochco started working at the Universal Pictures in 1966 as a writer and story editor.

7. Eric Bischoff appeared as one of the "judges" on the show.

8. British Academy channels substantial public funding into support for individuals and organisations pursuing humanities and social sciences research and scholarship in the UK and overseas.

9. In 1958, the British Academy merged with The Guild of Television Producers and Directors to form The Society of Film and Television.

10. Steven Bochco went on to marry Kalins, the president of his eponymous TV production company in 2000.

11. In 2015, Fan Bingbing joined the CCTV variety show as a judge in Amazing Chinese and as a contestant in the reality television show Challenger's Alliance.

12. Mark Burnett was not yet finished riding the reality show wave.

13. Eric Bischoff was interviewed by The Ring, the Cage, and the Stage this week.

14. Eric Bischoff had heard rumours about McMahon from former WWE superstars who moved to WCW but he decided not to give them too much attention and instead focused on forming his own opinion about him.

15. Fan Bingbing was seen entering a plastic surgery clinic in Taiwan with her boyfriend.

16. In 2007, Mark Burnett was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.

17. Eric Bischoff had a lot to talk about on the first episode of his 83 Weeks podcast with Conrad Thompson.

18. British Academy was Bristol's first art gallery, and its current artistic programme promotes work by its members as well as established artists from outside Bristol.

19. Eric Bischoff spoke to The Ring, the Cage, and the Stage this week.

20. Mark Burnett is among the very well known names in theatre business.

21. In June 2011, Mark Burnett was elected into the Producers Guild of America Council Board of Delegates and currently serves on the Producers Council.

22. Lorne Michaels occasionally appears on-screen as well, where he is known for his deadpan humor.

23. The next night on Raw, Eric Bischoff was reinstated as General Manager for one night only.

24. British Academy is the national body for the Humanities and the Social Sciences and was set up in 1902 "to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value".

25. The British Academy moved in 1867, while other societies joined when their facilities were built.

26. Mark Burnett will be a producer on the project and it was released in August 2016.

27. Mark Burnett brought a similar thrill-seeking challenge, called the Eco-Challenge, to the US and he was welcomed into the world of television production.

28. Mark Burnett is best known for producing the hit reality show Survivor, which premiered in the summer of 2000 and was the most watched summer series since Sonny and Cher.

29. Fan Bingbing made her first TV show appearance as Jin Suo on the action drama romantic series, My Fair Princess, in 1998.

30. Steven Bochco was nominated for about 98 Emmy Awards for the show.

31. Steven Bochco has won 10 Emmy Awards including six for Hill Street Blues.

32. Lorne Michaels served as the executive producer of Late Night and retained his position when Jimmy Fallon took over the show in 2009.

33. In 2010, Fan Bingbing starred in Chen Kaige's historical epic, Sacrifice.

34. Fan Bingbing was ranked on Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed list 2015 and 2016.

35. In October 2013, Eric Bischoff was sent home by TNA to sit out the remainder of his contract, which expired in early 2014.

36. Steven Bochco was reading New York magazine while on the toilet when he read an article about child prodigies.

37. In 1985, Mark Burnett became the biological father to a daughter who was given up for adoption.

38. Lorne Michaels began his career as a television writer in 1968.

39. British Academy was established in 1902 and received its Royal Charter in the same year.

40. In 2005, Steve Steven Bochco took over the TV show Commander in Chief that was the creation of Rod Lurie.

41. Eric Bischoff was born on May 27, 1955 in Detroit, Michigan.

42. Fan Bingbing made her acting debut in 2001 in a Chinese film Reunion for her role as Zhang Yanqing.

43. The British Academy recently unveiled the new and transformed spaces including the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, a new Recital.

44. Lorne Michaels married his current wife and former assistant, Alice Barry, in 1991.

45. In 1979, Lorne Michaels founded the multimedia entertainment studio, Broadway Video, through which he produced the show The Kids in the Hall.

46. Fan Bingbing was honored at the 2017 Time 100 Gala in Manhattan, recognized on TIME magazine's list of the one-hundred most influential people of 2017.

47. In 2011, Fan Bingbing starred in the martial arts film Shaolin alongside Andy Lau and Jackie Chan and The Founding of a Party, which was released to mark the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China.

48. Fan Bingbing is a Chinese actress, singer and television producer born on 16th September 1981.

49. Fan Bingbing is a Chinese actress, television producer and pop singer.

50. In January 2014, Siddharth Roy Kapur was promoted to Managing Director of Disney India, with the responsibility for driving the strategy and growth for The Walt Disney Company in one of its most important growth markets in the world.

51. Lorne Michaels started his professional career as a broadcaster and writer for CBS Radio.

52. In 1966, Lorne Michaels ended University of Toronto, where he was studying English.

53. In 1996 Mark Burnett joined Thoratec Corporation, a medical devices company, as vice president of sales and marketing.

54. In 2002, Siddharth Roy Kapur moved back to the STAR headquarters in Hong Kong, as Director and was promoted to Vice President in 2003.

55. Eric Bischoff restarted that match as a No Disqualification match, and Nitro took advantage of that using Melina to distract Hardy and striking him with the title belt.

56. In 2000, Steven Bochco married Dayna Kalins and they had one child together.

57. In 1989, Eric Bischoff would become an on-air interviewer in and host of the AWA until the company folded in 1991.

58. Eric Bischoff shows the cold and calculating nature of his character by humiliating Randy Anderson and his family.

59. Steven Bochco thought it was a "little disappointing" because he thought Bernsen was good-looking.

60. Lorne Michaels founded his production company, Broadway Video, in 1979.

61. Mark Burnett is among the most well-known names in film sector.

62. Steven Bochco thought his performance was a little disappointing, because he thought Bernsen was good-looking enough to be in the show.

63. Fan Bingbing was secretly detained by Chinese authorities from 1 July 2018 for nearly three months.

64. The British Academy was Bristol's first art gallery, and its current artistic programme promotes work by its members as well as established artists from outside Bristol In the mid 19th century a group of artists based in Bristol decided to set up the first art.

65. Lorne Michaels was born on November 17, 1944, to Florence and Henry Abraham Lipowitz.

66. Eric Bischoff specifically dispelled this by saying that he did not base the nWo off of that angle, but he was influenced by Japanese wrestling's inclusion of more reality-based storytelling.

67. In 2012, Lorne Michaels was awarded a rare Personal Peabody Award.

68. In early 1999, Eric Bischoff promoted Kevin Nash to head booker.

69. Fan Bingbing is a prominent and internationally recognized Chinese actress, pop singer, television producer and model.

70. Eric Bischoff started in wrestling working for the Minneapolis, Minnesota based American Wrestling Association in 1987 under the ownership of Verne Gagne.

71. Eric Bischoff said it worked out well for Hall and Nash because they didn't work as many dates as when they worked for WWE.

72. On September 11, 2001, Mark Burnett was a passenger on board United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked as part of the September 11 attacks.

73. Fan Bingbing left Huayi Brothers in February 2007 and started her own studio, Fan Bingbing Studio.

74. The British Academy was formed of 40 Academicians and 20 Associates.

75. Mark Burnett was honored with the 2,387th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

76. Eric Bischoff is often credited for taking WWE to the limit when he helped WCW Monday Nitro compete against Monday Night Raw in the late 90s.

77. Lorne Michaels started Broadway Video in 1979, producing such shows as The Kids in the Hall.

78. Eric Bischoff recently sat down for an interview with The Ring, the Cage, and the Stage where he discussed various topics.

79. Steven Bochco was hired at the 20th Century Fox as a producer and co-creator.

80. On 13 May 2010, Fan Bingbing wore a "Dragon Robe" on the red carpet of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival.

81. Lorne Michaels accepted at a ceremony in New York City at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

82. In 2000, Mark Burnett acted as executive producer for Survivor, a reality TV show airing on CBS and loosely based on The Lord of the Flies, the award-winning novel by William Golding.

83. Mark Burnett has won 9 Primetime Emmy Awards in his career.

84. Lorne Michaels is a Canadian-American television producer, comedian, writer, and actor.

85. Lorne Michaels starred with Hart Pomerantz in The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour, a Canadian comedy series which ran briefly in the early 1970s.

86. Mark Burnett has won two Emmy Awards and his company has received 55 nominations.

87. Mark Burnett pointed out in a 2016 that he and MGM Studios do not have the legal right to make unseen footage available to the public.

88. Lorne Michaels initially began his career as a writer and broadcaster for CBC Radio.

89. Lorne Michaels will produce, as he is often want to do, and O'Neill himself will executive produce.

90. British Academy is a community of more than 1,400 of the leading minds that make up the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.

91. Lorne Michaels received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 2006, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.

92. Steven Bochco reported that Fox is "very enthusiastic" about doing it.

93. Mark Burnett is best known for producing the hit reality show "Survivor", which premiered in the summer of 2000 and was the most watched summer series since Sonny and Cher.

94. Fan Bingbing has participated in many foreign-language films, such as the French film Stretch, the Korean film My Way and the Hollywood blockbuster X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).

95. In 2017, Mark Burnett had timeslot winning shows on six nights out of seven.

96. Steven Bochco is a New York produced US television writer and producer with a net worth of $150 million.

97. Mark Burnett went on to find more success with the hit show The Apprentice, starring Donald Trump.

98. One of the last deals Eric Bischoff structured was a deal with the members of the rock band Kiss to have their own wrestling character known as The Kiss Demon.

99. Mark Burnett initially joined the British Army and became a Section Commander.

100. Mark Burnett studied economics at Saint John's University in Minnesota, where he was a quarterback on the football team.

101. Eric Bischoff spoke to The Ring, the Cage, and the Stage this week.

102. Lorne Michaels married Susan Forristal, a model, before divorcing for a second time in 1987.

103. Fan Bingbing is surely one of the hottest women in Hollwood and she is a Chinese model, actress, pop singer and TV producer.

104. Steven Bochco liked to punish the character of his brother-in-law.

105. In 1992, Steven Bochco created an animated television series, Capitol Critters, along with Nat Mauldin and Michael Wagner.

106. Eric Bischoff is the 2nd place of the longest reigns as general manager in WWE History, with 3 years in total.

107. Steven Bochco was a huge producer and writer in the television industry.

108. Lorne Michaels is the executive producer of NBC show Late Night, and was the executive producer of 30 Rock and Up All Night during their runs.

109. Mark Burnett is the executive producer of the cable series The Contender and Lucha Underground (The El Rey Network).

110. Steven Bochco wrote the pilot for this 1979 show, which was based on the 1931 novel Turnabout.

111. In 2007, Steven Bochco launched the internet series Cafe Confidential, with each episode lasting about 60 seconds.

112. Mark Burnett is a British television and film producer and author.

113. In 1999, Lorne Michaels married Alice Barry, with whom he has three children.

114. In 2002, Eric Bischoff was hired by World Wrestling Entertainment to be the general manager of Raw.

115. Mark Burnett is producing The Contender, along with actor-director Sylvester Stallone.

116. Lorne Michaels usually stays in the background, but he occasionally appeared on SNL, most notably on a skit where he offered the Beatles $3000 to reunite on the show.

117. Mark Burnett served for two years on the Board of Directors for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

118. Fan Bingbing is one of the most popular and bankable actress in China who is best known for her appearances in Chinese and Hollywood movies.

119. Steven Bochco was born on December 16, 1943 in New York City to a Jewish family.

120. In 2007 Fan Bingbing left her management company Huayi Brothers to establish Fan Bingbing Studio.

121. Lorne Michaels moved to Los Angeles from Toronto in 1968 to work as a writer for Laugh-In and The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show.

122. In 1999, Lorne Michaels was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

123. Eric Bischoff recently sat down for an interview with with The Ring, the Cage, and the Stage where he discussed The Attitude Era, working with Eugene and more.

124. Mark Burnett went on a French adventure competition in 1991, and it gave him the idea to develop a similar programme in North America.

125. British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.

126. Fan Bingbing starred in the historical film Lady of the Dynasty, where she plays Yang Guifei.

127. Steven Bochco told composer Mike Post that he wanted to start the opening sequence with a car trunk slamming shut.

128. In 1999, Mark Burnett received a Sports Emmy Award for best program achievement for his work on Eco-Challenge.

129. Steven Bochco credited the show's renewal to two things: NBC being a last place network at the time, and the NBC sales department noticing that high-end advertisers were buying commercial time during the show.

130. Eric Bischoff recently spoke with The Ring, the Cage, and the Stage for a new interview discussing the Attitude Era, working with Eugene and more.

131. Mark Burnett called his wife, Deena, after hijackers took control of the plane.

132. On 11 May 2011, Fan Bingbing, wearing a crane dress, appeared on the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the 64th Cannes Film Festival.

133. Mark Burnett signed to get a membership in The British Military, when he was 17 years aged.

134. Fan Bingbing has celebrated the total number of 37 birthdays till date.

135. Fan Bingbing was born on September 16, 1981 in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

136. In 2005, Steven Bochco took charge of Commander in Chief, created by Rod Lurie, and brought in a new writing team.

137. In 1982, Mark Burnett left the Army and immigrated to the United States.

138. Mark Burnett was a longtime fan of Trump, and in 2002 he got the chance to meet his idol when he leased the skating rink in Central Park for a Survivor finale.

139. Mark Burnett got married to Dianne J Burnett in 1992 and had two sons named James and Cameron from their union.

140. Lorne Michaels began his career as a writer and broadcaster for CBC Radio.

141. Steven Bochco was married twice before tying the knot with Kalins.

142. In 2000, Fan Bingbing joined a company owned by Wang Jinghua, an artists manager in mainland China.

143. Eric Bischoff is an entrepreneur, television producer, professional wrestling booker and on-screen personality.

144. Lorne Michaels has won 15 Primetime Emmy Awards in his career.

145. Lorne Michaels produced Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, the war dramedy starring Tina Fey as a cable news producer who decides to take an assignment on the frontlines of the war in Kabul, Afghanistan.

146. In 1997, Fan Bingbing became famous for playing the role of Jin Suo in the Taiwanese drama "Princess Pearl" as well as its sequel in 1998, starring Zhao Wei and Ruby Lin in the leading roles.

147. Mark Burnett came from a humble, but very supportive family.

148. Lorne Michaels is recognized as one of the most influential comedy producers of all time.

149. On March 5, 2007, Eric Bischoff made a brief appearance on Raw in Phoenix, Arizona to give Vince McMahon his thoughts on the WrestleMania 23 match against Donald Trump.

150. Mark Burnett said in an interview with Business Insider Australia that the idea of Survivor had its root in his involvement in the Falkland War.

151. Lorne Michaels became a US citizen in 1987 and was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2002.

152. In 1994, Eric Bischoff was promoted from Executive Producer to Executive Vice President, putting him in charge of everything WCW.

153. In 2002, Lorne Michaels was made a member of the Order of Canada for lifetime achievement.

154. Fan Bingbing joined the opening ceremony of 2013 Cannes Film Festival premiere, wearing a custom Louis Vuitton gown, and that was the first time the French fashion house had created a gown especially for an Asian actress.

155. Steven Bochco earned profound recognition for being the co-creator of the TV series.

156. Mark Burnett was married to Dianne Valentine between 1991 and 2003.

157. On May 5, 2011, Eric Bischoff announced that he was starting a brewing company in Cody, Wyoming.

158. In 1961, Steven Bochco joined the Carnegie Institute of Technology located in Pittsburgh.

159. Fan Bingbing worked with Jackie Chan and Johnny Knoxville in the film, Skiptrace, for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the 1st Golden Screen Awards.

160. Lorne Michaels graduated from University College, Toronto, where he majored in English, in 1966.

161. Fan Bingbing became the first actress from China to be invited to join the Barbie global celebrity Hall of Fame.

162. Fan Bingbing is a Chinese actress, model, television producer, and pop singer.

163. On November 22, 2016, Lorne Michaels was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.

164. Mark Burnett is best known for his work in the reality show Survivor for which he has taken home several awards.

165. British Academy awards a total of 15 Prizes and Medals, most of them awarded annually.

166. From 1999 to 2002, Fan Bingbing acted in a total of 17 TV series.