Michael Goldman

• Managed all talent needs for the network. • Booked talent for various shows including the Muhammad Ali special Ali: Birth of the Greatest, Bellator’s Greatest Hits 2016, Caraoke Show Down, Lip Sync Battle Pre Show and Bellator Tentpole Fights.

• Leveraged personal relationships with public relations firms, personal publicists, management companies and entertainment agencies to secure celebrity participation • Booked and produced celebrities for primetime game show, including all pro athletes and commentators for the sports themed special • Key contact for celebrities and their management once they arrived to set • Executed critical tasks and resolved challenges within aggressive timelines including rebooking last minute scheduling conflicts with talent • Maintained communication channels with various departments within the show to ensure the celebrities game show experience was seamless • Worked directly with celebrities to encourage social media involvement during taping and days leading to air date

• Secured all professional athletes that appeared on the one hour live show including, Rob Gronkowski, Chris Paul, Antonio Brown, Bubba Watson and Anthony Davis • Conceptualized and produced segments for live show, including field pieces with pro athletes • Managed high priority talent logistics for appearances, including booking travel, vanities and working with the press team and other departments to create respective schedules • Field produced and managed shoots with production crews; worked directly with executive producers and talent on shoots

• Interviewed and produced both the mid show Skypes and “The Fail of the Week” (winning video) to close out each episode • Produced and wrote scripts for two segments per episode to air within the hour show • Selected and approved world’s funniest videos out of thousands of submissions • Worked directly with host Terry Crews, ensuring he was prepared and had all appropriate research for each Skype and winning moment • Conceptualized and created custom gifts that were presented on air to each person featured in a Skype or “Fail of the Week”

• Managed all website content and produced nightly show • Through investigative reporting, broke some of the biggest stories in sports and pop culture • Booked professional athletes and entertainers that appeared on the show • Maintained dynamic communication with publicists, agents and managers to ensure journalistic integrity

Focused on Network and cable development in addition to identifying talent, producers and multi-platform opportunities