Michael Agbabian is Co-President and Co-Founder of Mission Control Media, recently named by Realscreen as one of the top non-scripted production companies in the world.  Mission Control has amassed an impressive array of credits spanning network and cable outlets while producing over 70 hours of premium content each year.  

Agbabian is the Executive Producer of NBC’s Hollywood Game Night hosted by Jane Lynch.  The star-studded game show has earned multiple Emmy Awards and WGA awards among others.  It was also the recipient of the 2015 Realscreen Award for Outstanding Game Show.  Agbabian also serves as Executive Producer of Syfy’s critically-acclaimed special FX make-up competition, Face Off, now entering it’s 11^th season. Winner of the 2015 Critics’ Choice Award for Outstanding Reality Competition Series, Face Off, remains the #1 non-scripted series on Syfy, a distinction it has held since its premiere in 2011. 

Recent Mission Control projects include Celebrity Food Fight hosted by Andy Richter for Food Network and Tracks, a music game show produced with Christina Aguilera for Spike.  Additional projects include New Year’s Eve Game Night (NBC), Framework (Spike); How to Be a Grown-Up (truTV), Hair Jacked (truTV), Marcel’s Quantum Kitchen (Syfy), Hot Set (Syfy), WCG Ultimate Gamer (Syfy) and Late Night Liars (GSN). 

Along with producing partner, Dwight D. Smith, Agbabian has also produced such projects as Last Comic Standing, Game Show Marathon, Project Runway, Weakest Link, Phenomenon, I’ve Got a Secret and Hit Me Baby One More Time. 

Agbabian is a Los Angeles native having attended the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts.  He is of Armenian descent and is active in Armenian centric charities and causes.  

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