Jason Kurtz Joins 'Harry' as Executive Producer

Jason Kurtz has been named executive producer of NBCUniversal’s new daytime show, Harry, starring Harry Connick Jr., said Valerie Schaer, executive VP, creative affairs, NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution. 

Kurtz joins the Stangel brothers, Justin and Eric, as well as Connick Jr. and Ann Marie Wilkins as executive producer.

“I was in awe of Harry during the pilot and I knew that we were at the beginning of something very special,” said Kurtz in a statement. “Harry is a rare talent, perfectly blending music and comedy and I can't wait for viewers to experience the magic Harry brings to this medium. 

Kurtz also was an executive producer on the Harry pilot, and he’s also been serving as co-executive producer for NBCU’s talker, The Steve Harvey Show.

Harry, the only new nationally-cleared syndicated strip for next fall, is now sold in 99% of the country ahead of its Sept. 12 debut, including on stations from the Fox, Sinclair, Hearst, NBC, CBS, Scripps, Media General, Hubbard, Cox, Nexstar, Gray, Bonten, Raycom, Dispatch, Quincy and Tribune groups.

Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.