Mike Darnell

Mike Darnell, currently the President of Unscripted & Alternative Television at Warner Bros., is an American television executive who is considered one of the most highly regarded and influential figures in the history of reality TV programming.

Darnell is known for his 19 years at the FOX network where he was President of Alternative Entertainment and responsible for hundreds of series and specials, including the mega-hits American Idol and Family Guy, as well as Hell’s Kitchen, MasterChef, MasterChef Junior, So You Think You Can Dance, The X Factor, Kitchen Nightmares, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, Temptation Island, The Simple Life, My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé, Futurama and Joe Millionaire.

In August 2013, Mike Darnell left Fox Broadcasting and moved to Warner Bros. In this role as President of Unscripted & Alternative Television, Darnell is responsible for overseeing a large slate of projects, including Little Big Shots, The Voice, The Bachelor, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and TMZ, and has supervision over all the Studio’s unscripted TV content creation with oversight of three Warner Bros. companies: Warner Horizon Unscripted Television, Telepictures Productions, and Shed Media.

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