Nicole Petreshock

Pitched, developed and produced creative lifestyle content, celebrities, cooking, fashion, design, business, DIY and human interest for launch/sweeps of new nationally-syndicated talk show hosted by Tyra Banks and Chrissy Teigen. Oversaw 1-2 episodes per week, wrote scripts, developed creative, managed associate producers, casting producers, field producers, and PAs.

Oversaw field stunts/special projects and advance bookings teams for nationally syndicated, Emmy Award-winning talk show hosted by comedian, host, and author, Steve Harvey. Larger stunts included a week of shows shot at Universal Orlando Resort, Steve goes to New York Week, College Town Hall, Veteran’s Day, and "Delivery Dates", where we surprised women live via satellite at their front door with dream dates ready to whisk them off in a limo on the spot. Spearheaded Emmy submissions process, which resulted in five nominations and two wins, including Outstanding Talk Show: Informative for 2014/15.

Prepped & field-produced one-hour documentary-style home build series which ambushed unscrupulous contractors, and remodeled the damaged homes of their victims. Scripted shows, secured trade-outs, directed shoot days (2-3 cams), produced hosts & cast, conducted sit-downs and OTFs, tracked down and confronted contractors on camera, managed construction schedule.

Supervised producing teams for Emmy Award-winning, nationally syndicated, health & medicine talk show which featured daily lifestyle content, food, makeovers, celebrities & medical news. In addition to managing creative and casting for weekly shows, overseeing show scripts, field shoots and edits, creating scientifically accurate animations from scratch for graphics department, creating / overseeing original builds for art department, and host prep, I developed and produced many special projects, managed multiple producers and editors during production, and oversaw post from start to finish.

Created and developed concept for 6-episode reality series for people needing a health “wake-up call” from fitness guru Jillian Michaels. Oversaw casting of couples in conflict, created tough love "scared straight" scenarios for participants, and oversaw field shoots and games/challenges. Supervised team of 4 field directors, 2 APs, 2 PAs, and production crew on pre-production, house reality, backstories and other field shoots, and supervised story producers / editors in post, with an extremely tight turnaround time for sweeps.

Successfully launched Emmy Award-winning, nationally syndicated, health & medicine talk show which featured lifestyle content, food, makeovers, celebrities & medical news. Pitched and developed multiple ideas per week for 7-segment full-hour episodes, oversaw creative and casting for weekly shows, wrote weekly show scripts, conceived of field shoot ideas, wrote shoot script, oversaw edit for 10-20 packages per week, created scientifically accurate animations from scratch for graphics department, created ideas for and managed execution of original builds for art department, and oversaw preparation of host's materials each week. In addition to producing one hour weekly episodes, I developed and produced special projects, managed multiple producers and editors during production, and oversaw post from start to finish.

Hired by CBS International to travel to Beirut to oversee the startup of the Arabic language franchise of The Doctors. Assisted in field, advised EP during tapings, lead post-mortem meetings with producers/hosts.

Traveled with the hosts of The Doctors as they aided in the medical recovery effort in Haiti immediately after the devastating 2010 quake. Supervised large field team as we produced shoots in field hospitals, orphanages, and remote parts of the countryside. Produced this and another one-hour special for 48-hour turnaround from the field.

Traveled with the hosts of The Doctors as they aided in the medical recovery effort in Haiti immediately after the devastating 2010 quake. Supervised large field team as we produced shoots in field hospitals, orphanages, and remote parts of the countryside. Produced this and another one-hour special for 48-hour turnaround from the field.

Produced 2-3 live episodes each week for 3-hour, “interstitial” format game show. Created themed games for network sponsors and wrote corresponding trivia questions. Briefed hosts, show guests, and celebrity guests. Supervised production team, wrote show scripts, and occasionally field-produced & cut special content.

Prepped and field-produced for one-hour transformation-based reality show which made over failing businesses, as well as gave personal makeovers to cast members who needed a fresh start for success.

Created and developed show ideas, wrote treatments, cast, produced and directed talent, oversaw multiple-camera field shoots, and supervised edit/post for a variety of unscripted concepts in development.

Produced/wrote for Emmy-nominated talk show. Developed stories; wrote scripts; supervised team; managed bookings; incorporated creative elements like hidden cameras, 2-way mirror experiments, and video playbacks as teaching tools; produced games & challenges; oversaw multiple tape packages for each show; briefed Dr. Phil prior to tapings. Edited final shows for air.

Booked couples in conflict, produced challenges, secured tradeouts, interviewed guests in the field, followed and took notes on story while managing a multitude of logistics in the field for competition road show pilot, hosted by Paige Davis & Jay McGraw.

Followed-up with, produced and interviewed former featured guests from Dr. Phil's coverage of the crisis in the gulf region after Katrina and Rita hit. Produced two one-hour specials about the aftermath of the storms one year later, and the ongoing need for aid in the gulf region.

Booked show guests, including celebrity guests and musical acts. Wrote / edited portions of script and secured trade-outs. Maintained relationships with guests and helped produce several follow-up shows. Frequently worked in the field shooting b-roll, taking notes, doing interviews. Assisted in scripting pieces / story production. Prepared show materials for Dr. Phil.

Produced dates, mixers, games and challenges for singles on-location in Catalina; followed storylines and interviewed guests in the field; assisted in assembling episodes during post production.

Developed stories, wrote show script, secured over $2 million in trade-outs, briefed celebrity guests, managed large staff for three-part Christmas show & concert hosted by Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw on the Paramount Studios lot.

Covered the damage in New Orleans days after Katrina hit. Field-produced interviews with victims; set up interviews with Police Chief Eddie Compass, Mayor Ray Nagin, US Surgeon General, and Director of FEMA.