Rob Sorcher | |
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Sorcher at Turner 2012
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Robert Sorcher December 22, 1961 Manhattan, New York City, US |
Occupation | Executive Producer |
Robert "Rob" Sorcher is Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer at Cartoon Network, starting his job in 2008 (but promoted in 2013). He is a producer for We Bare Bears, Emmy and Peabody-winningAdventure Time, Clarence, Regular Show, Steven Universe, Over the Garden Wall, The PowerPuff Girls and Ben 10. As Chief Content Officer, he oversees digital strategy, gaming, and original content development for Cartoon Network. Rob was born in Syracuse, New York, and currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Sorcher's career began when he worked with several advertisement companies, working as a New York City advertising executive, and as a creative director for Grey Advertising, Griffin-Bacal, and Benton & Bowles.
He also worked for AMC Network as its Executive Vice President of programming and production. He was credited with leading the network to tremendous growth, thanks to Sorcher's introduction of scripted originals, such as Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and the mini-series Broken Trail. Those three titles are all Emmy-winning series.
Sorcher had also served as EVP of Programming/Production at Fox Family Channel, and earlier in his career worked as the first General Manager of Cartoon Network with the creation of his The Cartoonstitute variety project.
As Executive Producer, Sorcher has had 3 Emmy Award wins and 15 nominations.