TV Land Taps Reality-TV Veteran

LOS ANGELES: Eliot Goldberg is set to join TV Land as senior VP of development and original programming beginning April 1.

He is tasked with developing and producing original programs for the new TV Land programming block TV Land PRIME. In this newly created role, Goldberg reports to Keith Cox, the executive VP of development and original programming for TV Land. He will be based in Century City.

Most recently, Goldberg had served as executive VP of programming and development for Ryan Seacrest Productions, reporting to Seacrest directly. He created and executive produced his such as E!’s Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Denise Richards: It’s Complicated, and oversaw NBC’s Momma’s Boys and MTV’s Bromance. Prior to joining Seacrest Productions, Goldberg was vice president of alternative programming for the WB Network.

"We couldn’t be more thrilled to have Eliot join our team to give TV Land an increased presence in Hollywood," said Larry W. Jones, president of TV Land. "TV Land has doubled its original programming slate over the past year and with the launch of TV Land PRIME, Eliot’s vast experience and contacts in the Hollywood community will be a great asset and bring the network to a whole new level. The combination of his expertise in the reality genre, coupled with the channel’s scripted programming agenda that Keith and his team have been pursuing, will ensure that TV Land will be ready to execute on our aggressive original programming agenda."