Howard T. Owens, Managing Director, Co-Head of Domestic Television and Head of Digital for Reveille LLC, is responsible for creating and developing a wide range of innovative programming and content for television and across various online platforms. Mr. Owens is one of four Reveille executives who share management responsibilities for the company. He has been with Reveille from its inception in 2002.Since joining Reveille, Mr. Owens has served as co-creator and executive producer of Nashville Star, which aired for five seasons on USA Network and will debut on NBC in the summer of 2008. He is also an executive producer of American Gladiators, the hit show from NBC that premiered in January 2008, and a co-executive producer of NBC’s The Biggest Loser. In addition, Mr. Owens is the executive producer of My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad (NBC), Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods (MTV), The N’s Student Body (The N) and Eyes on Target (The History Channel).
Mr. Owens is also the co-creator and co-executive producer of NBC’s The Restaurant, Bravo’s Blow-Out and MTV’s Date My Mom and Parental Control. He executive produced the first two seasons of F/X’s 30 Days as well as ESPN’s Bound For Glory, an eight-episode docu-series that Reveille produced in partnership with Full Circle Entertainment and was fully financed by Dodge, State Farm and Reebok. One of Mr. Owens’ most significant accomplishments was architecting Reveille’s landmark deal with Microsoft, whereby Reveille creates and produces online content for MSN.
Prior to Reveille, Mr. Owens was an agent in the corporate consulting and television packaging divisions at the William Morris Agency, representing television producers as well as top brands including Maxim Magazines, InStyle Magazine, eBay and Miramax Films. Before working at William Morris, he co-founded and served as a managing partner for Outdoor Concepts, a privately held outdoor media company that was purchased by Titan Media/New York. Prior to launching his media career, Mr. Owens was an attorney in private practice in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he also served as a staff clerk for the Office of the State’s Attorney.
As part of the 30 Days production team, Mr. Owens has received two 2007 Insight Awards of Excellence from the National Association of Film and Digital Media Artists for his work on the “Atheist/Christian” episode and for outsourcing other episodes. In addition, Mr. Owens received a GLAAD Award for the episode “Straight/Gay” and has been honored by the Muslim Public Affairs Council with its 2005 Voice of Courage and Conscience Media Award for the episode “Muslims and America.” He was also nominated for a prestigious PGA award for his work on 30 Days.
Howard T. Owens lives in Los Angeles, California.