Marty Berman is one of daytime television's most respected executives. Since first entering the WABC newsroom as a page, Berman's career has taken him up through television's ranks, most notably including five years as President and CEO of The Investigative News Group, where he shaped the highly successful "Geraldo Rivera Show" into one of the world's most recognized television programs.
As Executive Producer of "Geraldo" from 1988 to 1995, Berman oversaw all aspects of daily production for this nationally syndicated talk show. "The Geraldo Rivera Show" continually broke new ground in daytime television and demonstrated consistently strong ratings. In 1995, The Tribune Entertainment Company, placed Berman in charge of all its East Coast production.
Early in his career, Berman produced a series of highly acclaimed television documentaries, which set new standards in investigative journalism. These included "The Willowbrook Case: The People Vs. The State of New York", "Migrants Dirt Cheap", "Tell Me Where Can I Go" and "The Littlest Junkie", which became the highest rated documentary in the history of New York television.
As a producer Berman helmed a number of successful network specials, including "Geraldo Rivera: Good Night America". He has also produced hundreds of studio and location segments of "Good Morning America", which established a style that is currently the widely accepted standard for morning television. Berman also produced NBC's innovative live network series "America Alive".
In 1980, Berman joined Group W Productions to create "Hour Magazine", the first show of its kind on daytime television. Berman served as the show's executive producer for eight years, making it one of the most successful daytime programs on me air. Berman may be the only producer to have had two successful syndicated talk shows lasting more than eight years back to back.
Also in 1980, Mr. Berman produced one of cable television's first comedy shows. Showtime Television's "The Big Laff Off", a stand-up comedy competition which awarded second place to a relatively unknown, young comedian named Jerry Seinfeld. He also served as Co-Executive Producer of comedian Andy Kaufman's now historic performance at Carnegie Hall.
Berman's other accomplishments include single-handedly securing the controversial Zapruder film of the JFK assassination. The world premiere of this film on the ABC network revived national interest in the Warren Commission's report on the assassination.
Berman has won five Emmy Awards, a George Foster Peabody Award, a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, three Associated Press Broadcaster Association Awards, a DuPont Columbia Award, the San Francisco and Chicago International Film Festival Awards, and a Scripps-Howard Distinguished Journalism Award. He is included in the listings of Who's Who In America and Who's Who In The World.
In 1999, Berman's own production company, Bi-Coastal Productions, produced "The Wonderful World of The Mind", an evening of comedy and illusion hosted by mentalist Marc Salem. "The Wonderful World of The Mind" was taped at the legendary Studio 54 and aired on the PAX network.
Currently, Berman is applying his considerable production expertise to the challenges of international television production. In 1999, he launched the Latin American, talk show sensation, "Aqui Contigo" in Venezuela. In the year 2000, Berman brought the first ever American-style talk show to Poland, where it is still setting records on a daily basis.
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