HRTS’ “Broadcasting Reality:Show Me the Money!” Newsmaker Luncheon

Producer Mark Burnett (L), talk show host Tyra Banks and HRTS president Kevin Beggs attend The Hollywood Radio and Television Society’s Newsmaker Luncheon ‘Broadcasting Reality – Show Me The Money’ panel discussion on April 22, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California.

The Hollywood Radio & Television Society hosted a Newsmaker Luncheon about reality TV on April 22.

“Broadcasting Reality: Show Me the Money” was hosted by “Survivor’s” Jeff Probst at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The discussion featured panelists Tyra Banks (“America’s Next Top Model”), MBP President Mark Burnett (“Survivor”), Embassy Row President Michael Davies (“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”), Next Entertainment founder Mike Fleiss (“The Bachelor”), Allison Grodner Productions President Allison Grodner (“Big Brother”) and A. Smith & Co. CEO Arthur Smith (“Trading Spaces”).

“It’s not every day that you have the opportunity to be in the same room with such trailblazers in the reality television genre,” HRTS President Kevin Beggs said in a statement. “This panel will allow us to give our members an insider’s look at the bigger picture of the development behind the intriguing guilty pleasure that is reality programming.”

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