Darren Campo serves as senior vice president of programming, production and development, for truTV. Based in New York, he supervises the unit responsible for more than 30 original series, totaling more than 500 episodes a year. Campo has overseen several breakout hits for the network, includingHardcore Pawn,Impractical JokersandLizard Lick Towing.

Campo joined the network in 1999, when it was still known as Court TV, and orchestrated the network’s evolution to a nearly all-original primetime programming lineup. Before joining the network in 1999, Campo worked in various positions at CBS, beginning in the television network research department and later serving as program manager for the CBS Television Stations Group.

Campo is an adjunct professor in the Entertainment Media and Technology program at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is also the author of theAlex Detailsci-fi book series.

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