Robert Sorcher (born December 22, 1961) is an American television executive producer for Warner Bros. Television Group. Sorcher was formerly executive vice president, executive producer, and global chief content officer at

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from 2008 to 2021, and promoted in 2013. He was a producer for '' We Bare Bears'', ''

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'', '' Clarence'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Over the Garden Wall'', '' The Powerpuff Girls'' and '' Ben 10''. As chief content officer, he was in charge of original content development for Cartoon Network and Cartoon Network Studios. Sorcher previously worked at

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where he introduced scripted originals to the channel, including award-winning series '' Broken Trail'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Rob Sorcher oversaw

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in Los Angeles, where he executive produced content for worldwide distribution to 192 countries and 370 million homes. He managed all content, which in the past included series like ''

'' and ''

'', CN Games and the flagship CN app. Sorcher's career worked with several advertisement companies such as Grey Advertising, Griffin-Bacal, and Benton & Bowles. He also worked for

as its executive vice president of programming and production. He was credited with leading the network to tremendous growth, thanks to his introduction of scripted originals and Emmy-award winning series such as ''

'' and ''

'', which were both named by the New York Times among the 20 best TV dramas since

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, and the mini-series '' Broken Trail''. Prior to AMC, Sorcher was EVP and GM of

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for a short time prior to the sudden appointment of Doug Herzog. Sorcher had also served as EVP of Programming/Production at Fox Family Channel, and earlier in his career worked as the first general manager of

with the creation of his '' The Cartoonstitute'' variety project. He moved to start his own production company.

Selected credits

Television series – executive producer

Other programs – executive producer

Primetime Emmy awards

Other awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorcher, Robert 1961 births Living people Businesspeople from Syracuse, New York American advertising executives Place of birth missing (living people) Mass media people from Los Angeles Primetime Emmy Award winners Cartoon Network executives Cartoon Network Studios people