Mary Pelloni

Mary Pelloni is an American television producer most notable for her work as Executive Producer and Showrunner of various talks shows, reality shows and comedy shows. In 2016, Pelloni Executive Produced the groundbreaking reality/style show "Curvy Style With Timothy Snell". In 2015, Pelloni launched the TLC wedding special "Extreme I Do's." In 2014, Discovery Studios signed Pelloni to a first look deal with her production company. In 2012-2013, Pelloni reined as the Executive Producer of the successful TLC series, "Secret Princes." In 2010-2011, Pelloni served as Executive Producer of two other TLC hit shows; "DC Cupcakes", and the wedding reality show, "Niecy Nash's Wedding Bash." In 2010, Pelloni was one of the Executive Producers on the highly anticipated syndicated talk show, "The Fran Drescher Tawk show", which aired on FOX networks. Pelloni also known for creating the comedic format of the hugely successful and franchising hit documentary series "Bridezillas," which lead to an exclusive development deal with the WE Network. Pelloni has worked with TLC for many years including, Co-Executive Produced a TLC wedding series "Battle of The Wedding Designers," and as a Producer was instrumental in the launch of "For Better or For Worse." In 2009, Pelloni Co-Executive Produced an E! Network hidden camera show, "Secret Celebrity," starring Kim Kardashian and Nick Lachey. In 2008, Pelloni co-created, developed and served as the consulting producer on the WE Network's bridal salon wedding show "Girl Meets Gown." Pelloni also, Executive Produced and Directed two hit Showtime stand up comedy specials with the legendary Paul Mooney called "Jesus Was Black and So Was Cleopatra," and "It's the End of the World." Pelloni also severed as Executive Producer of "Judge Mooney," pilot for Comedy Central, 30 episodes on BET. In 2004, As Executive Producer, Pelloni launched the hit TV series "Bridezillas" -a documentary-reality series that brings a comic and innovative spin to the conventional wedding show - the show began charting huge numbers, and continued to grow each week. "Bridezillas" scored the network's highest ratings EVER for original programming. Overall ratings for season two improved 195% from season one. As if one show wasn't enough, she concurrently served as Co-Executive Producer of "Single in the City: Atlanta" -a real-life version of the wildly popular HBO "Sex and the City" series. When it comes to television, Pelloni is a seasoned veteran and very proud of her Television roots, She began her TV career in Detroit, Michigan at the age of 19, working as an intern for the very popular Live morning talk show "Kelly & Company" on WXYZ-TV. Working really hard paid off for Mary. She moved very quickly up the local ladder-from Intern to Production Assistant to Producer within a few years. While climbing that ladder at WXYZ-TV, Mary graduated from Wayne State University and soon after departed her hometown of Detroit for the bright lights and the lure of the big city, New York City. There, she produced several national talk shows-working with well-known talk talent as Sally Jessy Raphael, Gordon Elliott, and Montel Williams. After several years in the Big Apple, Mary retired her snow boots and headed west. The Roseanne Talk Show-a production of King World in Los Angeles-brought her on board as Producer, where she worked very closely with Roseanne, coordinated and producing all comedy sketches, celebrity guests and hour-long specials with icons like Oprah Winfrey and Bette Midler, to name a few. Her work there scored her a plum gig as the Executive Producer and Co-Owner of "Teen Talk", on the WB Network. Between her time on the East and West coasts, Mary accepted an once-in-a-lifetime position as the Senior Producer for Universal Television. Based in Amsterdam, she developed and produced variety and single-topic talk shows for German and Dutch television where she had to discover new talent. Producing meshed well with development, and Mary made the decision to try her hand at the latter in June of 2000. Her former supervisor-the infamous Roseanne-hired Mary as the Development Producer for her production company, Full Moon & High Tide. There, she researched and developed original programs for television, film and music, and oversaw publicity for the derisive diva's career and website. Pelloni then launched the hit makeover show 'How Do I Look?" hosted by Finola Hughes featured on the Style Network. As Supervising Producer and Director, Mary had a hand in every facet of production, and her creative imprimatur earned the show a devoted following. In 2006, Lifetime asked her to helm a talk-show pilot, Alessandra, with Argentinean relationship and sex expert Alessandra Rampolla. As if she isn't busy enough, Mary has yet another passion projects in production. Pelloni is working as the Executive Producer and Director of Paul Mooney's documentary, "Too Black For Hollywood"--Mary also is credited as co-writing Paul Mooney's memoir "Black Is The New White". Mary Pelloni Productions officially opened in 2004. Pelloni is developing several talk shows, comedy shows, reality TV shows, online content as well as creating new formats.