#43 | Kerri Zane | Emmy Winner, Back in TV

Emmy-winning TV executive Kerri Zane on 25 years in reality and lifestyle television, a degree in spiritual psychology, and coming back to TV. An Emmy Award-winning television executive with 25+years in the business Kerri has been a guru in the reality space and lifestyle content. And after taking time off to earn a degree in Spiritual Psychology, and writing a book, she is back in the television game. To learn more about Kerri: https://www.kerrizane.com Chapters 0:00 Welcome Kerri Zane 2:34 Lost in Space 5:09 Everyone has a story 7:39 Ryan's 18 years in China 10:14 Wrapping in Hong Kong as Covid began 12:45 A week that became three years 15:21 Masks at restaurants 17:56 Promotion, marketing and advertising 20:32 Starting in the mail room 23:08 A clothing brand in the news 25:38 From promos to hour-long shows 28:15 Mario Lopez 30:52 A new production partnership 33:22 Women and a fake male partner 35:58 Divorce, loss and a break from TV 38:32 Writing It Takes All Five 41:02 Selling TV then and now 43:32 Creative development today 46:08 The value of a one-on-one conversation 48:38 Three decades of making television 51:15 One sheet of paper in the 90s 53:51 Box-tickers at the streamers 56:23 Ryan's show on Travel Channel 58:57 Deficit funding 1:01:30 Putting out fires on camera 1:04:00 A food and travel show 1:06:30 Why US broadcasters are hard to crack 1:09:03 India and China for foodies 1:11:36 Creative friends in jobs they don't like 1:14:08 Tough Rides Brazil 1:16:42 One great thing a year 1:19:14 Ten storytellers or one 1:21:47 An actor who built his own career 1:24:19 Good content rises The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world. Follow the Podcast X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast Follow Ryan Pyle YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle X: https://x.com/RyanPyle Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle https://www.ryanpyle.com