John Matoian (born 1949) is a businessman and television industry executive. He was a vice-president of the CBS Entertainment division. He later became the president of Entertainment at Fox Broadcasting in September 1995. He was president at HBO from 1996 to 1999. He received both his B.A. and his J.D. from Duke University. Matoian is a native of Fresno and is of Armenians, Armenian descent. In the 2012 United States Presidential election, John Matoian had made $83,800 worth of contributions to Barack Obama's successful presidential campaign. In his book ''Springfield Confidential'', Mike Reiss mentions Matoian by name as the Fox executive whose intense hatred of his and Al Jean's animated series ''The Critic'' led to its cancellation after a single season on the network.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Matoian, John Armenian businesspeople American business executives People from Fresno, California Stanford University alumni American people of Armenian descent CBS executives Fox News people Presidents of Fox Broadcasting Company Entertainment HBO people 1949 births Living people