Harris Katleman
<b>Harris Katleman</b>, the former president and CEO of Twentieth 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 <i>To Tell the Truth</i>,<i> Password</i>,<i> </i>and <i>The Price is Right</i>. 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 Twentieth Century Fox Television. In addition to overseeing production on the final four years of <i>M*A*S*H*</i> and <i>Trapper John, M.D</i>., Katleman cultivated notable projects including the award-winning and highly acclaimed series <i>LA Law</i>, <i>The Simpsons</i>, <i>Anything but Love</i>, <i>In Living Color</i>, <i>NYPD Blue</i>, and <i>Picket Fences</i>. 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.