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James Kowats

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  • Producer
  • Writer
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James Kowats is known for Hometown with Rachel Nichols (2023), Politics Aside with Chris Cillizza (2024) and Some Assembly Required (2007).
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    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Hometown with Rachel Nichols (2023)
    Hometown with Rachel Nichols
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Politics Aside with Chris Cillizza (2024)
    Politics Aside with Chris Cillizza
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Some Assembly Required (2007)
    Some Assembly Required
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Dangerous Encounters (2005)
    Dangerous Encounters
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Production Management

    • Cake Boss (2009)
      Cake Boss
      6.6
      TV Series
      • director of production
      • director of production: The Learning Channel
      • 2011–2013
    • D.U.I. (2011)
      D.U.I.
      6.0
      TV Series
      • director of production
      • 2011–2012
    • Kennedys' Home Movies (2011)
      Kennedys' Home Movies
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • director of production
      • 2011
    • Extreme Births
      TV Movie
      • manager of production
      • 2010
    • Untold Stories of the ER (2004)
      Untold Stories of the ER
      7.5
      TV Series
      • director of production
      • 2010
    • World's Oldest Conjoined Twins Move Home
      TV Movie
      • director of production
      • 2010
    • Extraordinary People (2003)
      Extraordinary People
      7.8
      TV Series
      • director of production
      • 2010
    • Born on a Bad Day
      7.9
      TV Series
      • manager of production
      • 2010

    Producer

    • Hometown with Rachel Nichols (2023)
      Hometown with Rachel Nichols
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023–2026
    • SBJ: Inside the Industry (2025)
      SBJ: Inside the Industry
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • Politics Aside with Chris Cillizza (2024)
      Politics Aside with Chris Cillizza
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Bake It Like Buddy (2018)
      Bake It Like Buddy
      4.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Discovery
      • 2018–2019
    • Jon Cryer, Barbara Eden, Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger, Susan Lucci, Rosie O'Donnell, Tisha Campbell, Mindy Cohn, Chris Jacobs, Lisa Joyner, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Frank Marino, Jim Parsons, Olivia Munn, Barbara Corcoran, Larry Edwards, Theresa Caputo, Larry Caputo, Kenneth Blake, Jean-Luc Marquant, Kenneth Rex, Jesus Nanci, Kenneth James, Caine Keenan, Nathanael Nussa, John Mateer, Melanie David, Dorinda Medley, and Ginger Wilkins in Long Island Medium (2010)
      Long Island Medium
      4.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer: TLC
      • 2014–2016
    • Escaping Alaska (2014)
      Escaping Alaska
      6.2
      TV Series
      • consulting executive producer
      • 2014
    • Cake Boss (2009)
      Cake Boss
      6.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer: TLC
      • executive producer
      • 2013–2014
    • Cake Boss: Next Great Baker (2010)
      Cake Boss: Next Great Baker
      6.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • executive producer: TLC
      • 2012–2013
    • On the Fly (2012)
      On the Fly
      7.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2012
    • Speed Capital of the World: Bonneville
      TV Movie
      • co-producer
      • 2008
    • Some Assembly Required (2007)
      Some Assembly Required
      7.1
      TV Series
      • post producer
      • field producer
      • producer
      • 2007–2008
    • Dangerous Encounters (2005)
      Dangerous Encounters
      7.1
      TV Series
      • field producer
      • producer
      • 2006
    • Lockdown (2007)
      Lockdown
      7.2
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2007–2012
    • The MIR Chronicles: A Life in Space (2000)
      The MIR Chronicles: A Life in Space
      • sr. producer & writer
      • 2000

    Writer

    • Hometown with Rachel Nichols (2023)
      Hometown with Rachel Nichols
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Treasure Quest (2009)
      Treasure Quest
      7.7
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2009
    • Some Assembly Required (2007)
      Some Assembly Required
      7.1
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2008
    • Dangerous Encounters (2005)
      Dangerous Encounters
      7.1
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2006

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