Ep - 62 - Jonathan Murray – Bunim/Murray Productions
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.4 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2017
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Widely credited with inventing the modern reality television genre, Jonathan Murray continues to inspire, influence and entertain television audiences worldwide. Since the launch of The Real World (MTV) in 1992, Murray has created and executive produced some of the industry’s most innovative, unscripted, entertainment television programs. In 1991, Murray and Mary Ellis Bunim pitched their unprecedented idea for an unscripted drama series to MTV executives over breakfast. MTV bought the show before lunchtime, and the landmark success of Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP) was underway.
Bunim/Murray Productions continues to thrive, producing projects for primetime and cable television platforms including Mariah’s World, Keeping up with the Kardashians, Rob & Chyna, Total Divas, Total Bellas and So Cosmo (E!), The Real World and The Challenge (MTV), Project Runway and Project Runway All Stars (Lifetime), Valerie’s Home Cooking (Food Network), Born This Way (A&E), The Gary Owen Show (BET), Earth Live (National Geographic), Bill Nye Saves the World (Netflix), The Selection: Special Operations Experiment (History) and Chachi’s World (go90). Additionally, their film entity, BMP Films, has produced Valentine Road (HBO), which premiered at Sundance, Pedro (MTV), Shadow Billionaire, and Autism: The Musical (HBO) that received two Emmy Awards.
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| 0:20.4 | The Amazing Kate Kacy! |
| 0:25.3 | Welcome to another episode of Reality Life with Kate Kacy. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of |
| 0:31.3 | driving to Glendale, California to the headquarters of Boonham Murray Productions. |
| 0:36.3 | I got a chance to interview Jonathan Murray. Jonathan is widely credited with |
| 0:40.9 | inventing the modern reality TV genre, and he continues to inspire, influence, and entertain TV |
| 0:46.8 | audiences worldwide. Since the launch of the real world in 1992, he's created and executive |
| 0:52.9 | produced some of the industry's most innovative, unscripted entertainment TV programs. |
| 0:58.6 | In 1991, Jonathan and Mary Ellis Boonham pitched their unprecedented idea for an unscripted |
| 1:04.1 | drama series to MTV executives over breakfast. And as you can imagine, they bought that show |
| 1:09.9 | before lunchtime, and the landmark success of Boonham Murray Productions was underway. |
| 1:15.3 | The innovative series merged Boonham's experience in scripted daytime drama |
| 1:19.5 | with Murray's documentary and news expertise and broke all the rules of TV production. |
| 1:24.7 | Today, the production company continues to thrive, producing projects for prime time and |
| 1:29.1 | cable TV platforms, including Mariah's World, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Robin China, |
| 1:35.0 | Total Divas, Total Bellas, and So Cosmo, The Real World and Challenge, Project Run My, |
| 1:41.7 | Project Run My All Stars, Valorys Home Cooking, Born This Way, The Gary Allen Show, |
| 1:46.8 | Earth Live, Bill Nye saves the world and selection, the Special Operations Experiment. |
| 1:52.8 | Additionally, their film entity, BMP Films, is produced Valentine Road, which premiered at Sundance, |
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