Biography

Two-Time Emmy Nominated Television Producer, Cat Santarosa has received accolades throughout her career; garnering Emmy Award Nominations for excellence as a Producer on an Emmy Award-winning daytime broadcast production on different occasions. She was nominated by The Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences for an Emmy Award at The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in recognition of her accomplishments as a Field Producer/ Show Producer in the "Outstanding Special Class Series" category. The following year, Santarosa received her second consecutive Emmy Award Nomination as a Field Producer/ Show Producer from The National Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences for The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Santarosa was also a Judge for The 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 2013, The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2014, The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2015, and The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2016.

For over fifteen years, Santarosa has been working in the entertainment industry in a variety of different capacities and has contributed to the production of television programs that have aired across major broadcast, cable, network and affiliate television stations including: ABC, FOX, NBC, CBS, SHOWTIME, HGTV, THE WB, UPN, MTV, FINE LIVING, COMEDY.TV, GSN, MyDESTINATION.TV, G4, RECIPE.TV, VH1, ES.TV, MTV2, and BET. Throughout her career, Santarosa has specialized in producing innovative programming for broadcast television stations, cable networks, mobile devices, multi-media and online platforms. Her overall television experience spans a myriad of programming formats and genres, including daytime talk shows, docu-drama, non-fiction, lifestyle, late-night talk, stand-up comedy, competition, technology, documentary, pop culture, reality, interior design, cooking, dating, instructional, medical, magazine shows, travel and game shows.

Under the Catalist Productions banner, Santarosa served as the Executive Vice President from 2009 to 2012, of two HD Television Networks on Verizon FiOS TV, one of the nation's most advanced fiber-optic networks (and these two channels are now available on AT&T U-Verse and DirectTV, as well). In her capacity as Executive Vice President of two television networks, Santarosa oversaw the Recipe.TV HD Television Network, a 24-Hour food channel featuring the world's greatest chefs, as well as a second HD Television Network called MyDestination.TV, which is a 24-Hour travel channel featuring the best destinations from around the world. Santarosa's duties included overseeing both television networks' programming strategies and schedules while spearheading the creative direction of all network branding initiatives for the two channels, which encompassed interstitials, station IDs, show/ episode graphics/ templates, HD bugs, sizzle reels, show/ network promos and episode description guides. Moreover, Santarosa also served as the Executive Producer of all content and television shows airing 24/7 on both HD Television Networks, whereby she oversaw the programming line-ups and was responsible for the series production of all of the television shows airing not only on both HD Channels but also in syndication for multiple consecutive seasons. Santarosa also served as a Writer and Director of several television shows for multiple consecutive seasons airing on both TV channels and in syndication domestically and throughout different countries.

Since founding the company in 2008, Santarosa was credited as the Executive Producer of three syndicated television programs that have also been distributed both nationally and internationally, including: 'Beautiful Homes & Great Estates,' 'MyDestination.TV,' and 'Recipe.TV' Featuring The World's Greatest Chefs. Additionally, Santarosa was credited as a Producer on a one-hour special called 'Inside The Michael Jackson Mansion' that aired on BET and the Producer of a television series featuring multi-million dollar celebrity mansions for HGTV called 'Beautiful Homes.' Santarosa also worked with Brian Kennedy, Chairman/ Owner of Latium Enterprises and Producer of Award-winning movies such as 'The Homesman,' starring Hilary Swank, Meryl Streep, and Tommy Lee Jones and he also produced 'The Great Gilly Hopkins' with Lionsgate starring Octavia Spencer, Glenn Close, and Kathy Bates. In 2014, Santarosa was credited as a Producer on the seven-time Emmy Award Nominated television show, called 'The Doctors' at Paramount Studios via CBS Television Distribution with episodes airing in both 2014 and 2015.

Before founding Catalist Productions, Santarosa worked as both a Show Producer and Field Producer on the Emmy Award-winning and Emmy nominated hit series 'Starting Over' distributed by NBC/Universal, where she was nominated for two Emmy Awards. Santarosa also was a Producer on two seasons of 'Exposed' which aired on MTV featuring Jamie Kennedy, she served as a Segment Producer on two television shows that aired on the G4 Television Network and was on the producing team that created one of their longest running shows. She worked on several other shows like the fourth season of 'Big Brother' pre-production which aired on CBS, and the first season of 'Hell's Kitchen' starring celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey on FOX which was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards; to name a few. In addition to her television experience, Santarosa has also worked on films distributed by Universal Pictures and National Lampoons.

Santarosa has been a member of The Alliance for Women In Media, The Academy of Television, Arts &Sciences and additionally has been a member of The National Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences for over a decade. Years' prior, she studied overseas in London and in Madrid, as well as in New York, where she received her Bachelor's Degree from Skidmore College after graduating with Honors in Business and Management, while minoring in Art.
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