Speaker Toby Gorman
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Toby Gorman serves as FremantleMedia North America’s (FMNA) Executive Vice President of Alternative Programming. In his role, Gorman is charged with developing and launching the company’s entertainment programming and creating formats that travel globally. Gorman oversees the company’s current slate of alternative primetime programming, including the re-imagination of the beloved game show, To Tell the Truth, which will be hosted by Anthony Anderson and is set to premiere on ABC on June 14, 2016, as well as Match Game, with host Alec Baldwin, and Celebrity Family Feud with host Steve Harvey, both set to premiere on ABC on June 26, 2016. Gorman also launched Mat Franco’s Got Magic, which saw the America’s Got Talent Season 9 winner return to NBC for a primetime special that followed the magician’s journey as he prepared to headline his own Las Vegas show.
Prior to joining FMNA, Gorman served as co-executive producer and showrunner on NBC’s Hollywood Game Night and The Winner Is. In addition, he served as executive producer and showrunner on the NBC pilot Surprise Surprise, as well as the Fox series Mobbed.
Gorman and FremantleMedia have a long history together — for FMNA, Gorman served as executive producer and showrunner for dating pilot Take Me Out for ABC, executive producer of NBC’s Celebrity Family Feud and as supervising producer for FOX’s American Idol (seasons 8 and 9), earning two shared Emmy® nominations for Outstanding Reality – Competition Program.
Previously, Gorman was series producer and showrunner for FremantleMedia in his native UK for All Star Family Fortunes (ITV1) & Grease Is the Word (ITV1). Gorman also served as showrunner for Britain’s Missing Top Model (BBC3) and The Smith’s Hotels for Two (Discovery International), as well as series editor and showrunner for The Race (Sky One) and producer of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (ITV1) and Hell’s Kitchen (ITV1).
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