Jim Kearney

James Kearney (pronounced KAR-ney) is a thrice-published author, and a former executive and educator with special expertise in television programming.

If the name's familiar, you may have heard it on the radio. For nine years he was a correspondent for Southern California public radio station KPCC-FM, conducting weekly in-depth interviews with the leading writers, producers, and executives in the television industry. For a generation of students, he also brought many industry leaders into his media classes at Loyola Marymount University.

Mr. Kearney also shares his expertise with executives and creative artists pursuing excellence in television. He enjoys the creative process and respects its formidable challenges. Clients who sought his advice became industry leaders in first-run syndication in the 1970s; network primetime in the 1980s; and cable originals in the late 1990s.

James has worked as a comedy development and current programs executive for a Hollywood studio; a programming and promotion strategist for a cable MSO; and as a number cruncher for a Madison Avenue advertising agency. He has worked in non-fiction production and writing for major league baseball, for Jeopardy, and for WNET-Thirteen.

As an undergrad, James studied with Professor Marshall McLuhan at Fordham University, and then took his Master's from U.S.C.'s School of Cinema-Television.

A former TV critic for both KPCC-FM and The Hollywood Reporter, he has recently reviewed television for PajamasMedia.com and for TVCriticism.com, where he has been Managing Editor since September, 2005.

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