Exclusive: Coleman to Executive Produce CTD's 'Jeff Probst'

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Amy Coleman will join Jeff Probst as executive producer of the Survivor host's new talk show to be produced and distributed by CBS Television Distribution, said Aaron Meyerson, CTD's president of programming and development.

Coleman joins Probst from CTD's Oprah, where she was a supervising producer. She served as a consulting producer on the Probst pilot.

"Amy is a talented and creative producer who spent years working for the best -- Oprah Winfrey. Her pedigree can't be beat," Meyerson said in a statement. "We're thrilled to have Amy leading our team."

"Amy and I really meshed when we shot the pilot. We have similar sensibilities, and she knows how to produce a top-notch, quality talk show," added Probst, also in a statement.

Coleman worked at Oprah for 16 years, starting as an associate producer in 1994. Prior to Oprah, Coleman was a news producer at WFLD Chicago, and video journalist at CNN Headline News in Atlanta.

Jeff Probst, which will be hosted by Probst and launch in the fall, is cleared in 80% of the country, including 24 of the top 25 markets.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.