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Gena McCarthy

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  • Production Manager
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Gena McCarthy is known for Project Runway (2004), Dirty Jobs (2005) and Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996).
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    • Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 5 nominations total

    Known for

    Project Runway (2004)
    Project Runway
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Mike Rowe in Dirty Jobs (2005)
    Dirty Jobs
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996)
    Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Producer
    • 1996
    Life Matters with Dr. Michelle Gordon (2016)
    Life Matters with Dr. Michelle Gordon
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Ugliest House on the Block
      • executive producer
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2008
    • Married at First Sight: Unmatchables (2021)
      Married at First Sight: Unmatchables
      5.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Lifetime
      • 2021
    • Marrying Millions (2019)
      Marrying Millions
      5.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Lifetime
      • 2019–2021
    • Wendy Williams: What a Mess! (2021)
      Wendy Williams: What a Mess!
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Bride & Prejudice: Forbidden Love (2020)
      Bride & Prejudice: Forbidden Love
      6.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Married at First Sight (2014)
      Married at First Sight
      6.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2014–2020
    • Jo Frost in Supernanny (2005)
      Supernanny
      5.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Lifetime
      • 2020
    • Married at First Sight: Couples' Cam (2020)
      Married at First Sight: Couples' Cam
      5.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Jeffrey Epstein in Surviving Jeffrey Epstein (2020)
      Surviving Jeffrey Epstein
      6.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Lifetime
      • 2020
    • Cheerleader Generation (2019)
      Cheerleader Generation
      8.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Lifetime
      • 2019
    • Ms. T's Music Factory (2019)
      Ms. T's Music Factory
      6.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Maddie Ziegler, Paige Hyland, Chloe Lukasiak, and Nia Sioux in Dance Moms (2011)
      Dance Moms
      4.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2011–2019
    • American Beauty Star (2017)
      American Beauty Star
      5.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Lifetime
      • 2019
    • My Great Big Lifetime Wedding with David Tutera (2019)
      My Great Big Lifetime Wedding with David Tutera
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Gretchen Carlson: Breaking the Silence (2019)
      Gretchen Carlson: Breaking the Silence
      4.8
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Married at First Sight: Happily Ever After (2018)
      Married at First Sight: Happily Ever After
      6.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Lifetime
      • 2018

    Additional Crew

    • Ugliest House on the Block
      • vice president of production
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2008
    • Vanished with Beth Holloway (2011)
      Vanished with Beth Holloway
      8.1
      TV Series
      • executive in charge for lifetime
      • 2011
    • Amazing Wedding Cakes (2008)
      Amazing Wedding Cakes
      7.4
      TV Series
      • vice president in charge of production
      • 2008–2011
    • Matt Kanga Coulter in Adrenaline Rush Hour (2009)
      Adrenaline Rush Hour
      6.8
      TV Series
      • senior vice president of production
      • senior vice president: production and development
      • 2009–2011
    • Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman in MythBusters (2003)
      MythBusters
      8.3
      TV Series
      • vp development & current programming: Discovery
      • vice president development & current programming: Discovery Channel
      • 2009–2011
    • Platinum Weddings (2006)
      Platinum Weddings
      6.1
      TV Series
      • vice president in charge of production
      • 2010
    • How the Universe Works (2010)
      How the Universe Works
      8.9
      TV Series
      • senior vice president: development and production: for Discovery Channel
      • 2010
    • American Loggers (2009)
      American Loggers
      5.4
      TV Series
      • senior vice president of development and production
      • senior vice president: development and production
      • 2009–2010
    • Prehistoric (2009)
      Prehistoric
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • senior vp of production & development: Discovery Channel
      • svp of production and development: Discovery Channel
      • 2009–2010
    • Mike Rowe in Dirty Jobs (2005)
      Dirty Jobs
      7.7
      TV Series
      • svp of production and development: Discovery Channel
      • 2009–2010
    • Lost Gospels
      8.3
      TV Movie
      • executive
      • 2009
    • Shark Week (1987)
      Shark Week
      7.6
      TV Series
      • senior vice president of production
      • senior vice president
      • 2009
    • Volcanoes
      TV Movie
      • executive
      • 2009
    • Ghost Lab (2009)
      Ghost Lab
      5.2
      TV Series
      • senior vice president of production and development: Discovery Channel
      • 2009
    • Secrets of the Secret Service (2009)
      Secrets of the Secret Service
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • senior vice president of development and production: Discovery Communications LLC
      • 2009
    • Clash of the Dinosaurs (2009)
      Clash of the Dinosaurs
      6.1
      TV Mini Series
      • svp of development and production: Discovery Channel
      • 2009

    Production Management

    • Vanished with Beth Holloway (2011)
      Vanished with Beth Holloway
      8.1
      TV Series
      • executive in charge of production
      • 2011
    • Shark Week (1987)
      Shark Week
      7.6
      TV Series
      • senior vice president: production
      • 2009
    • Secret America
      TV Movie
      • senior vice president: production and development Discovery Channel
      • 2009
    • Tiffany Million in Wife, Mom, Bounty Hunter (2007)
      Wife, Mom, Bounty Hunter
      6.3
      TV Series
      • executive in charge of production
      • 2007
    • Monster Machines
      TV Mini Series
      • executive in charge of production
      • 2003
    • Natural Mystery: Health & Hypnosis
      TV Movie
      • production manager
      • 2001
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