Jonathan Murray (born 1955) is an American television producer and co-creator of MTV's The Real World, Road Rules, and the Oxygen Network's The Bad Girls Club.
Biography
Murray attended Fayetteville-Manlius High School and is currently in their Hall of Distinction. He went on to earn a degree from Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO.
Murray founded Bunim-Murray with partner Mary-Ellis Bunim. Agent Mark Itkin of the William Morris Agency put the two together to develop a scripted soap opera for MTV. When that was too expensive, they decided to try an unscripted soap and the Real World was born. "We knew within 20 minutes of shooting that we had a show," Bunim said.
Murray and Bunim's company, Bunim/Murray Productions, spearheaded the reality television genre. Among the numerous other reality programs that Murray and Bunim co-created over the years were Road Rules, Love Cruise, Making the Band, The Real World/Road Rules Challenge, the reality feature film The Real Cancun, the real-life daily syndicated Starting Over, as well as Fox's smash hit, The Simple Life.
His niece, Hailey Murray, appeared on the daytime reality series, Starting Over, another show he helped create, during the show's first season, with her mother, Lynnell.
See also
Bunim/Murray Productions
The Real World
Road Rules
The Simple Life
Starting Over
MTV
MTV Networks
New Viacom
Old Viacom
CBS Corporation
National Amusements
Sumner Redstone*Shari Redstone
External links
Jonathan Murray at the Internet Movie Database
Official Website of The Real World
Official Website of Road Rules
Official Website of The Simple Life
Official Website of Bunim/Murray Productions
Official Website of MTV
Official Website of MTV Networks
Official Website of Viacom
Official Website of CBS Corporation
Official Website of National Amusements
Brent Redstone
Missouri School of Journalism
Persondata
NAME
Murray, Jonathan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Murray, Jon
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Television producer
DATE OF BIRTH
1955
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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