Harris Katleman
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Harris Katleman, the former President and CEO of 20th Century Fox Television,
has experienced a long record of successes as a television studio head, a producer,
and a talent agent. Starting his career as an office boy at MCA Artists, Katleman
climbed the company hierarchy to head the TV packaging department in New York.
He then took over West Coast Productions at Goodson Todman, controlling sales
and administration of leading gameshows including To Tell the Truth, Password, and
The Price is Right. Katleman left the gameshow business to become President of
MGM Television, where he was instrumental in using his television slate to finance
the company’s Las Vegas casinos. After co-running his own production company,
Katleman assumed control of 20th Century Fox Television. In addition to overseeing
production on the final four years of M*A*S*H* and Trapper John, M.D., Katleman
cultivated notable projects including the award-winning and highly acclaimed series
LA Law, The Simpsons, Anything but Love, In Living Color, NYPD Blue, and Picket
Fences.

Active in industry and community affairs, Katleman is a member of The Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences. He recently completed a two-year term as president of
the Hollywood Radio and Television Society.
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