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Lunch with the Chairman, NBC Entertainment, Bob Greenblatt.  Greenblatt joined NBCUniversal in January 2011 as Chairman, NBC Entertainment and reports to Steve Burke.  In this role, he is responsible for all aspects of primetime and late night programming, business affairs, West Coast research, marketing, public relations and scheduling for NBC and also oversees Universal Media Studios.

Greenblatt was most recently President of Entertainment for Showtime Networks Inc., where he supervised a slate of original programming that dramatically altered the Showtime brand and re-positioned the company as a leader in premium cable television.  Over his seven-year tenure the audience subscription base increased 52% – to a record high of 19 million subscribers – and profitability soared an incredible 97%.

He was responsible for such seminal hit series as Weeds, Dexter, Nurse Jackie, The Tudors, Californication, United States of Tara, The Big C, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, This American Life, Penn & Teller: Bullshit! and Tracey Ullman's State of the Union, among others. These shows and their outstanding actors have been consistently honored with multiple Golden Globe, Emmy, AFI, SAG, DGA, PGA, WGA and Peabody awards; and in 2010 alone they collectively garnered a record-breaking number of both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for the network.

As a Broadway producer, he produced the Tony award-nominated musical adaptation of the film 9 To 5 which starred Allison Janney (Drama Desk Award winner) and featured a score by Dolly Parton.  9 To 5: The Musical is currently on tour throughout the country.  Greenblatt is a member of the Broadway League of Theatrical Producers.

He studied theatre management at the University of Illinois, earning a BFA degree, followed by an MA in Business (Arts Administration) from the University of Wisconsin/Madison.  And he is an MFA graduate of the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC’s School of Cinema-Television.

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Restrictions Because of Mr. Greenblatt’s hectic schedule, lunch will be scheduled between August 1011 – February 2012 and may need to be rescheduled based on Mr. Greenblatt and the needs of the business.  Flexibility is appreciated.

 ***It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to note that this is NOT an opportunity to pitch any development, production, or creative pieces of work to Mr. Greenblatt.  There is a process for that which can be found at http://www.nbcunicareers.com/leadership/.  This opportunity is strictly for networking and to learn more about one of NBCUniversal’s highly esteemed studio executives over lunch.***