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Peter Brennan is an American television producer, writer, journalist and author, known widely as the father of tabloid television and innovative, visionary pioneer in the reality television and court show genres.
Brennan is the creator and executive producer of three TV programs that revolutionized American viewing: A Current Affair, Judge Judy and Good Day New York. He has created and executive produced four top ten TV shows in national syndication and received eight Emmy Award nominations and four Emmy Awards.
A Current Affair, hosted by Maury Povich, was launched in 1986 by Rupert Murdoch's 20th Century Fox television, and instantly created a new television genre: the tabloid television magazine.
In the early 1990s, Brennan revamped and executive produced Paramount's news magazine, Hard Copy. The show's ratings doubled in the first year of his leadership.
In 1996, Brennan created and produced the record breaking court show, Judge Judy, its companion show, Judge Joe Brown and then the triple Emmy-winning Cristina's Court. Created and produced the syndicated court show, Last Shot with Judge Gunn in 2011.
Brennan created the morning news program Good Day New York for Fox television station WNYW, which was an immediate success and has since been franchised to Fox stations throughout the USA.
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