Debra Weeks
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| Occupation | Executive producer/producer journalist |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | Debraweeks.com |
Debra Weeks is an American television producer, executive producer, director, and journalist. She is noted for her role in the development and direction of reality television.[citation needed]
Early career
Weeks began her career as journalist in 1982 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism from California State University Northridge. She wrote copy and read the news on radio stations in southern California and Nevada. Weeks began in television as a weather girl at KOLO-TV in Reno, NV, and later worked in Texas and New Mexico as a television news reporter, anchor, producer and managing editor.
Return to Hollywood: Hard Copy
Weeks returned to Hollywood as part of the startup team for
While at Hard Copy, Weeks covered and/or managed the teams reporting on entertainment as well as hard news stories, which included the
Reality television
Moving into executive slots, Debra developed and produced multiple reality television projects for network and cable as the surge of reality programming began.
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Network and digital landscape evolution
In April 2012 "
tapped Debra Weeks as Executive Producer to develop and launch its live entertainment programming block, "AXSLive".The successful launch of the new programming block was described as "the pop-culture equivalent of ESPN's SportsCenter" and premiered in July 2012 on the newly rebranded AXS TV network.
In 2014, Weeks joined Sean Combs' new Revolt (TV network) as a network Executive Producer.
Sources
- Debra Weeks webradio interview
- Fox News interview on Most Daring series
- The Hollywood Reporter: Mark Cuban-Ryan Seacrest Channel Taps 'Hard Copy' Producer to Run Daily Live Show