• January 17, 2005

Reality TV Producer Paul Buccieri has been named to the newly created position of president of programming of Twentieth Television, where he will oversee all first-run program development and production.

Buccieri takes the post at Twentieth Television, which provides first-run and off-net programming to the Fox Television Stations group, on January 17. He will report to Bob Cook, president and COO of Twentieth Television in Los Angeles.

Most recently, Buccieri has been in an overall production deal with reality TV production house Endemol USA in Los Angeles--where he is serving as executive producer of NBC's upcoming reality series "I Want To Be a Hilton," starring Kathy Hilton--and executive produced Fox's "The Next Great Champ," featuring Oscar de la Hoya, as well as "Anything for Love" and "Performing As...," both for Fox. He was also executive producer of GSN's "Friend or Foe," "Girl Makes Band" for the MTV's 2003 Spring Break programming, and "Extreme Variety" for NBC.

Before working with Endemol USA, Buccieri was senior vice president of program development at Chris-Craft/United Television, also in Los Angeles. While there, he developed first-run programming for the Chris-Craft/United Television station group, as well as national syndication, and managed the production of all company-owned projects, including the reality program "House Calls."

Between 1996 and 1998, Buccieri was senior vice president of non-fiction programming at All American Television--now known as FremantleMedia North America. While there, he developed and executive-produced numerous first-run strips and the ABC special "Penn & Teller's Home Invasion," and was involved in the game show "Family Feud."

Buccieri has produced programming for a wide array of other companies, including Buena Vista Productions, Tribune Entertainment, The WB Network, Game Show Network, King World International, HGTV, The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, Animal Planet, and Lifetime Television. He also has produced online content for such Internet platforms as Creative Planet, Digital Entertainment Network, and Rotor Communications.

As for Twentieth Television, the company is currently developing "A Current Affair," a new version of the newsmagazine hosted by Fox Sports commentator and former NFL star defensive end Tim Green.