Scott Paskoff
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Scott Paskoff is an American television producer and screenwriter best known for his work with reality television
.
in 1995, Scott moved back to NY where he began his career in television before moving to Los Angeles in 1996 to further pursue his television and film career as a producer/writer in Hollywood.
Having written several television pilots, treatments, and screenplays, Scott’s had numerous projects in development with his twin brother Andrew, and they have been represented by the William Morris Agency and Paul Kohner Agency, in Los Angeles.
After 3 years at NBC
(1997-2000), Scott took a job in TV development with Comedy Central
(2000), helping develop many of the hits on the network including, The Man Show
and Crank Yankers
. In 2001 Scott, along with his writing partner and twin brother Andrew, had a screenplay in development at Sony Pictures with legendary film producer Laurence Mark
(Jerry Maguire, As Good As It Gets, Finding Forrester, Dreamgirls).
He moved back to NYC in 2003, after accepting the position of Head of TV/Film Development for a small talent agency.
Scott took his first Associate Producer job in reality television in 2005. Since then he has worked out of both NY and LA on some of TV’s top reality shows (Surreal Life, Real World/Road Rules Challenge
, America’s Next Top Model, Big Brother, The Bachelorette
, Bachelor Pad
), producing all across the US, as well as internationally.
Scott’s talents have landed him jobs with many of the top reality production companies in Los Angeles and New York including, 51 Minds Entertainment
, Bunim/Murray Productions
, 10 x 10 Productions, Allison Grodner Productions, Original Productions, LION TV, Endemol USA, Cris Abrego Productions, Shed Media
, NEXT Entertainment and ISH Entertainment.
From September 2009 through February 2010, Scott worked as Senior Producer on MTV’s series titled MegaDrive for Lion Television out of NY. In November 2009 Scott, along with Andrew Paskoff
and Wayne Carmona (Entourage), produced his first film, a short starring Entourage’s Jordan Belfi
, and in June 2010, Scott sold his first show to LMNO Productions in LA.
Recently, Scott and Rob Anderson created “And The Rest Is History”, and along with writer Steve O’Donnell (“Letterman”, “Seinfeld”, “Jimmy Kimmel Live”) have been developing the show with LION TV in NY.
From July through October 2010, Scott worked in Miami, Producing the 2nd Season of Basketball Wives
for VH-1. From there, Scott was the Supervising Producer for a Travel Channel
pilot called “Mancation”, which finished production on Season 1.
Scott was a Producer on the latest season of ABC
’s ratings sensation, The Bachelorette
, and the second season of Bachelor Pad
. Bachelor Pad set a world-record with its 3-hour premiere. It is the longest tv series premiere in primetime television history.
Most recently, he was Senior Producer at Cris Abrego Productions, Inc. (51 Minds), on season 1 of Top Secret Recipe for CMT
, and just finished directing The Big Smo Project: Boss of the Stix pilot for VH-1, as the Supervising Producer. Currently, Scott is developing a few of his own projects.
Scott is represented by the talent & literary agency Rebel Entertainment Partners, Inc. in Los Angeles.
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
.
Career
Producer, director and writer Scott Paskoff is a native of Massapequa, NY. After graduating from Arizona State UniversityArizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
in 1995, Scott moved back to NY where he began his career in television before moving to Los Angeles in 1996 to further pursue his television and film career as a producer/writer in Hollywood.
Having written several television pilots, treatments, and screenplays, Scott’s had numerous projects in development with his twin brother Andrew, and they have been represented by the William Morris Agency and Paul Kohner Agency, in Los Angeles.
After 3 years at NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
(1997-2000), Scott took a job in TV development with Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
(2000), helping develop many of the hits on the network including, The Man Show
The Man Show
The Man Show is an American comedy television show on Comedy Central. It was created in 1999 by its two original co-hosts, Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla, and their executive producer Daniel Kellison.-Format:...
and Crank Yankers
Crank Yankers
Crank Yankers is an American TV show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that featured actual prank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests, and re-enacted onscreen by puppets for a visual aid to show the viewer what is happening in the call...
. In 2001 Scott, along with his writing partner and twin brother Andrew, had a screenplay in development at Sony Pictures with legendary film producer Laurence Mark
Laurence Mark
Laurence Mark is a film producer and educated at Eaglebrook School, Hotchkiss School and Wesleyan University from which he graduated in 1971. He also has a Master of Arts degree in Film from New York University...
(Jerry Maguire, As Good As It Gets, Finding Forrester, Dreamgirls).
He moved back to NYC in 2003, after accepting the position of Head of TV/Film Development for a small talent agency.
Scott took his first Associate Producer job in reality television in 2005. Since then he has worked out of both NY and LA on some of TV’s top reality shows (Surreal Life, Real World/Road Rules Challenge
Real World/Road Rules Challenge
The Challenge is a reality television game show on MTV that is both dependent on and spun off from the network's two flagship reality shows, The Real World and the now cancelled series, Road Rules. It is currently hosted by T.J...
, America’s Next Top Model, Big Brother, The Bachelorette
The Bachelorette
The Bachelorette is a spin-off of the American competitive reality dating game show The Bachelor. In its January 2003 debut on ABC, the first season featured Trista Rehn, the runner-up date from the first season of The Bachelor, offering the opportunity for Rehn to choose a husband among 25 bachelors...
, Bachelor Pad
Bachelor Pad
Bachelor Pad is an elimination-style two-hour American reality television game show that debuted on August 9, 2010 on ABC. The show features contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, who compete for a final cash prize of $250,000...
), producing all across the US, as well as internationally.
Scott’s talents have landed him jobs with many of the top reality production companies in Los Angeles and New York including, 51 Minds Entertainment
51 Minds Entertainment
51 Minds Entertainment is production company specialising in reality TV, known for their "celebreality" programs on VH1. In 2005 the company signed a two year, seven series production deal with VH1. The company has been credited in helping revive VH1 ratings during this time...
, Bunim/Murray Productions
Bunim/Murray Productions
Bunim/Murray Productions is an entertainment production company based out of Van Nuys, California, and is considered a pioneer in the reality television genre. It is best known for The Real World, The Bad Girls Club, and Road Rules...
, 10 x 10 Productions, Allison Grodner Productions, Original Productions, LION TV, Endemol USA, Cris Abrego Productions, Shed Media
Shed Media
Shed Media Group is a British creator and distributor of television content. The Group produces long-running television brands in drama, factual, documentary, factual entertainment, and history....
, NEXT Entertainment and ISH Entertainment.
From September 2009 through February 2010, Scott worked as Senior Producer on MTV’s series titled MegaDrive for Lion Television out of NY. In November 2009 Scott, along with Andrew Paskoff
Andrew Paskoff
Andrew Paskoff is the Executive Director of production for Sony Pictures Television and is best known for his work in the reality television genre.-Career:...
and Wayne Carmona (Entourage), produced his first film, a short starring Entourage’s Jordan Belfi
Jordan Belfi
Jordan Christopher Belfi is an American actor.Belfi was born in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 2000. He is known best for his work on HBO's Entourage, in which he plays agent Adam Davies, the nemesis of Ari Gold...
, and in June 2010, Scott sold his first show to LMNO Productions in LA.
Recently, Scott and Rob Anderson created “And The Rest Is History”, and along with writer Steve O’Donnell (“Letterman”, “Seinfeld”, “Jimmy Kimmel Live”) have been developing the show with LION TV in NY.
From July through October 2010, Scott worked in Miami, Producing the 2nd Season of Basketball Wives
Basketball Wives
Basketball Wives is a reality television series that premiered on the VH1 cable television network on April 11, 2010. Created by production company Shed Media US, the series follows the lives of a group of women who have all been somehow romantically linked to professional basketball players. The...
for VH-1. From there, Scott was the Supervising Producer for a Travel Channel
Travel Channel
The Travel Channel is a satellite and cable television channel that is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, US. It features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows in African animal safaris,...
pilot called “Mancation”, which finished production on Season 1.
Scott was a Producer on the latest season of ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
’s ratings sensation, The Bachelorette
The Bachelorette
The Bachelorette is a spin-off of the American competitive reality dating game show The Bachelor. In its January 2003 debut on ABC, the first season featured Trista Rehn, the runner-up date from the first season of The Bachelor, offering the opportunity for Rehn to choose a husband among 25 bachelors...
, and the second season of Bachelor Pad
Bachelor Pad
Bachelor Pad is an elimination-style two-hour American reality television game show that debuted on August 9, 2010 on ABC. The show features contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, who compete for a final cash prize of $250,000...
. Bachelor Pad set a world-record with its 3-hour premiere. It is the longest tv series premiere in primetime television history.
Most recently, he was Senior Producer at Cris Abrego Productions, Inc. (51 Minds), on season 1 of Top Secret Recipe for CMT
CMT
- Medicine :* California mastitis test* Certified Massage Therapist* Cervical motion tenderness, a sign of pelvic inflammatory disease* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* Chemically modified tetracyclines* Circus Movement Tachycardia...
, and just finished directing The Big Smo Project: Boss of the Stix pilot for VH-1, as the Supervising Producer. Currently, Scott is developing a few of his own projects.
Scott is represented by the talent & literary agency Rebel Entertainment Partners, Inc. in Los Angeles.
Television
| Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | The Big Smo Project: Boss of the Stix (pilot) | Supervising Producer/Director | VH-1 |
| 2011 | Top Secret Recipe | Senior Producer | CMT CMT - Medicine :* California mastitis test* Certified Massage Therapist* Cervical motion tenderness, a sign of pelvic inflammatory disease* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* Chemically modified tetracyclines* Circus Movement Tachycardia... |
| 2011 | Bachelor Pad | Field Producer | ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... |
| 2011 | The Bachelorette The Bachelorette The Bachelorette is a spin-off of the American competitive reality dating game show The Bachelor. In its January 2003 debut on ABC, the first season featured Trista Rehn, the runner-up date from the first season of The Bachelor, offering the opportunity for Rehn to choose a husband among 25 bachelors... |
Field Producer | ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948... |
| 2010 | Mancation (pilot) | Supervising Producer | Travel Travel Channel The Travel Channel is a satellite and cable television channel that is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, US. It features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows in African animal safaris,... |
| 2010 | Basketball Wives Basketball Wives Basketball Wives is a reality television series that premiered on the VH1 cable television network on April 11, 2010. Created by production company Shed Media US, the series follows the lives of a group of women who have all been somehow romantically linked to professional basketball players. The... |
Senior Producer | VH1 VH1 VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly... |
| 2010 | 51 Minds; Cris Abrego Productions | Development Consultant | |
| 2009-2010 | MegaDrive | Senior Producer | MTV MTV MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs.... |
| 2009 | Cris Abrego Productions, Inc. | Development Consultant | |
| 2009 | I Want To Work For Diddy 2 I Want to Work for Diddy 2 I Want to Work for Diddy 2 is a reality show on VH1. It is the second season of I Want to Work for Diddy, where contestants are brought together to see who can become Sean Combs' personal assistant. Mark Jacobs is the show's co-executive producer and director. I Want to Work for Diddy 2 premiered... |
Coordinating Producer | VH1 VH1 VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly... |
| 2009 | Someone’s Gotta Go (Pilot) | Producer | FOX Fox Broadcasting Company Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the... |
| 2008 | Pretty Wicked Pretty Wicked Pretty Wicked is a reality show on the Oxygen Network. The series challenges 10 women to put looks aside and compete to see who is the most beautiful on the inside. The winner receives a grand prize of $50,000. The show is hosted by Caridee English, winner of America's Next Top Model... |
Consulting Producer | OXYGEN Oxygen (TV channel) Oxygen is an American cable television specialty channel with television programming marketed towards women, with a format similar to Lifetime.- History :... |
| 2008 | America’s Next Top American (Pilot) | Producer (host) | VH1 VH1 VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly... |
| 2008 | I Love Money 2 | Coordinating Producer | VH1 VH1 VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly... |
| 2008 | Solitary 3.0 | Coordinating Producer | FOX Reality Fox Broadcasting Company Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the... |
| 2008 | America’s Toughest Jobs America's Toughest Jobs America's Toughest Jobs is a reality television show that lasted one season and aired on the American television network NBC. It pitted contestants against each other as they attempted a series of difficult and dangerous jobs... |
Challenge Producer | NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... |
| 2008 | Big Brother | Challenge Producer | CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... |
| 2007 | America’s Next Top Model | Segment Producer | CW The CW Television Network The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB... |
| 2007 | Dr. Steve-O Dr. Steve-O Dr. Steve-O is an American reality television series starring Steve-O, Trishelle Cannatella and Reggie Pace. The show first premiered on October 1, 2007, it aired Monday nights at 11:05 pm Eastern / 10:05 pm Central, immediately after WWE Raw, on the USA Network. The show ended on November 1,... |
Senior Segment Producer | USA USA Network USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various... |
| 2007 | Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Gauntlet 3 | Challenge Producer | MTV MTV MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs.... |
| 2007 | Bad Girls Road Trip Bad Girls Road Trip The Bad Girls Road Trip is a reality-based series which airs on the American cable television channel, Oxygen.It is a spinoff from Oxygen's original show, The Bad Girls Club. It premiered June 12, 2007... |
Senior Segment Producer | OXYGEN Oxygen (TV channel) Oxygen is an American cable television specialty channel with television programming marketed towards women, with a format similar to Lifetime.- History :... |
| 2007 | Scarred Scarred Scarred is a television program that debuted on MTV on April 10, 2007. On each episode of Scarred, several real-life risk-takers share the stories of how they were scarred or injured while attempting dangerous stunts on primarily skateboards, but occasionally on in-line skates, skis, snowboards,... |
Lead Associate Producer | MTV MTV MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs.... |
| 2006 | Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Inferno 3 | Challenge Producer | MTV MTV MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs.... |
| 2006 | She House | Producer | WE tv WE TV We TV is the third TV channel from Malayalam Communications Ltd, in Kerala and based at Trivandrum. The other two channels of this company are Kairali TV and People TV. WE TV is mainly aimed at the youth and was officially launched on April 14, 2007. Mr... |
| 2006 | The Surreal Life: Fame Games The Surreal Life: Fame Games The Surreal Life: Fame Games is a reality television series that was originally broadcast on the VH1 cable network. A spin-off of the VH1 show, The Surreal Life, the show assembles ten alumni of the show's 6 prior seasons to compete in a ten-week competition that takes place in Las Vegas, with the... |
Associate Producer | VH1 VH1 VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly... |
| 2006 | MTV’s BFF | Associate Producer | MTV MTV MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs.... |
| 2006 | Underworld Evolution: Inside the Action Underworld: Evolution Underworld: Evolution is the second installment in the Underworld series, following Underworld in 2003... |
Writer | MTV MTV MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs.... |
| 2005 | My Dance Dance Revolution (Pilot) | Field Director/Producer | A&E A&E Network The A&E Network is a United States-based cable and satellite television network with headquarters in New York City and offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, London, Los Angeles and Stamford. A&E also airs in Canada and Latin America. Initially named the Arts & Entertainment Network, A&E launched... |
| 2005 | You’re Not Getting a Dime (Pilot) | Associate Producer | TLC TLC (TV channel) TLC is an American cable TV specialty channel which initially focused on educational content. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks... |
| 2005 | The Shop | Script Supervisor | MTV MTV MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs.... |
| 2005 | Ultimate Hustler Ultimate Hustler Ultimate Hustler was an American reality show broadcast on Black Entertainment Television. The show featured Damon Dash training 16 ordinary people to become a "hustler" and make money. Based on its premise, the show has been described as a hip-hop version of The Apprentice. People claim that the... |
Associate Producer | BET Bet Bet or BET may refer to:* A wager in gambling* Basic Economics Test * Bet , the second letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician and Syriac* Brunauer-Emmett-Teller isotherm. See BET_theory... |
| 2004 | Jim Breuer’s Jefferson Avenue | Producer | |
| 2003 | G-Town | Producer | VH1 VH1 VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly... |
| 2000-2002 | Various | Development Coordinator | Comedy Central Comedy Central Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated.... |