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Matt Kunitz is a television executive producer known for his work on reality television programming. In July 2008, the ''Los Angeles Times'' dubbed Kunitz "The King of Reality TV."〔(Collins, Scott; "Just call Matt Kunitz the king of reality TV"; Los Angeles Times; July 14, 2008 )〕 Kunitz is currently the executive producer on ''Wipeout'', a stunt based competition reality game show he created for ABC. ==Television career== Kunitz was supervising producer of ''The Real World'', one of the first reality television shows to gain a national audience, and was executive producer of NBC's ''Fear Factor''. Kunitz spent six years in an overall production deal with NBC Universal Studios. While at NBC, Kunitz also was the executive producer of ''Dog Eat Dog'' and ''Late Friday'' and served as a consultant on ''Lost'' and ''Treasure Hunters''. In March 2006, Kunitz left NBC Universal and began a new two year overall deal with, reality powerhouse, Endemol USA, producers of ''Fear Factor'', ''Deal or No Deal'', ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'', and ''Big Brother''. Kunitz's first assignment at Endemol was to adapt and executive produce Endemol's U.S. version of the singing competition "Operacion Triunfo" for ABC, retitled The One: Making a Music Star. In 2008, Kunitz was the executive producer of ''Celebrity Circus'' for NBC. Kunitz is currently the executive producer on ''Wipeout'', a stunt based competition he created for ABC. ''Wipeout'' became the highest rated new summer series of 2008. The ''Wipeout'' format has been sold to more than 25 territories and Endemol has created an obstacle course in Argentina for those international editions. The second season of Wipeout premiered on May 27, 2009. It topped the 8 o'clock demos — So You Think You Can Dance included. With an audience of 9.69 million, Wipeout bested its Season 1 average and gave ABC its best numbers in the Wednesday-at-8 slot since November 2007. Kunitz explained to ''The New York Times '' that Wipeout “turned out to be a real family show,” and that has led to its success.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/arts/television/22wipe.html?em New York Times Article: Gluttons for Punishment Are Balm for ABC〕 Wipeout began its sixth season in May 2013. On March 29, 2014, the series won the 2014 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Reality Show for the third year in a row. On August 10, 2014, the series won the 2014 Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer TV Series. On March 26, 2010, ''Variety'' announced a new two-year deal between Endemol USA and Kunitz.〔http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118016944.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&ref=bd_tv Kunitz To Stay At Endemol〕 On June 10, 2010, Variety announced that Kunitz will executive produce a new series for ABC, ''"101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow."'' 〔http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/2010/06/first-on-variety-abc-picks-up-pilot-to-101-ways-to-leave-a-game-show.html ABC picks up pilot to '101 Ways to Leave a Game Show'〕 On August 15, 2010, Wipeout was renewed for a fourth season.〔http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i4a25a9f106904fc10233eb3861a0e42e?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thr%2Ftelevision+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Television%29 | | work=The Hollywood Reporter | first=James | last=Hibberd | title=EXCLUSIVE: ABC renews 'Wipeout'〕 In March 2011, ABC announced a summer pick up of "101 Ways to Leave a Game Show" 〔http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/abc-picks-up-101-ways-to-leave-a-game-show-to-series-for-summer/ ABC picks up series of '101 Ways to Leave a Game Show'〕 In June 2011, NBC announced the return of Fear Factor.〔http://www.aoltv.com/2011/06/02/fear-factor-interview-matt-kunitz/?a_dgi=aolshare_facebook /'Fear Factor' is Back, But When? And What's New? Producer Matt Kunitz Gives Details〕 NBC ordered 10 hours of the series to return in the fall. After six years at NBC Universal and six at Endemol, It was announced on March 20, 2012 that Kunitz would join FremantleMedia North America in a multi-year overall deal with the company behind Fox’s American Idol and The X Factor and NBC’s America's Got Talent to develop and produce new unscripted shows.〔http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/fremantlemedia-signs-deal-with-wipeout-creator-matt-kunitz/ Kunitz joins FremantleMedia〕 On December 2, 2014, it was announced that Kunitz had signed a new multi-year deal with Lionsgate, the studio behind the ''Twilight'' and ''Hunger Games'' franchises, ''Mad Men'', ''Nurse Jackie'' and ''Orange Is the New Black''. At Lionsgate, Kunitz will develop and produce unscripted programming through his Pulse Creative banner.〔http://deadline.com/2014/12/matt-kunitz-deal-lionsgate-tv-1201305436/|title=Reality Producer Matt Kunitz Inks Deal With Lionsgate TV〕 Kunitz was named number 69 on Bernard Goldberg's list of ''100 People Who Are Screwing Up America''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matt Kunitz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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