Denise Cavanaugh

Produced and wrote two one-hour episodes of “Engineering Disasters,” a series airing on the History Channel. Served as point person and team lead on all aspects of production for shows, including content direction, guest bookings, interviews, animations and post-production. Served as writer on two episodes, including re-writes and network notes.

Creative & editorial oversight of a one-hour documentary airing on History 2/H2. Serve as team lead & point person on all aspects of production, including content & direction, guest bookings, pre/post production, show budgets, hiring crews, studios & outside vendors. Supervise entire process – from treatments to field shoots to final delivery.

Oversaw and produced high end feature pieces on sports related topics and athlete profiles. Produced live interviews focusing on sports news of the day. Coordinated stories and coverage with AJAM sports anchors and reporters. Pitched & developed stories, booked & interviewed guests for feature pieces.

Part of the team to launch “Joy Behar: Say Anything.” Produce news of the day, politics, pop culture and celebrity interviews. Pre-interview guests, prep host, write leads, teases & questions. Produce segments in control room.

Produced and wrote multi-guest segments and feature pieces for the nightly entertainment show. Write leads and questions for this heavily scripted show. Wrote and edited tape pieces.

Launched & developed The Joy Behar Show on HLN. Produced and oversaw live on-air segments as well as half and full show specials. Segments included news, politics and A-list celebrity interviews. Oversaw production of show while on remote location from Las Vegas for a week.

Launched D.L. Hughley Breaks the News on CNN. Lead producer on the weekly show which focused on news, entertainment and comedy. Produced D.L. on location shoots during presidential election season.