{"id":6821,"date":"2015-02-18T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=6821"},"modified":"2015-02-18T10:27:27","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T16:27:27","slug":"bill-kurtis-for-us-greed-has-been-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/02\/18\/bill-kurtis-for-us-greed-has-been-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Kurtis: \u2018For us, greed has been good\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"American<\/a><\/a>This week\u2019s installment of \u201cAmerican Greed\u201d<\/a> marks the 100th episode of the CNBC <\/a>documentary series on frauds, hustlers and other white-collar criminals, created and produced by Chicago-based Kurtis Productions.<\/a><\/p>\n

Airing at 9 p.m. Thursday, the profile of Barry Minkow, who began a carpet-cleaning business as a teenager and amassed a fortune as a con man, hits a milestone for \u201cAmerican Greed\u201d and the company founded by Chicago television news icon Bill Kurtis.<\/p>\n

\"Bill<\/a>

Bill Kurtis<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWhen we started in 2007, we knew we were onto something big,\u201d Kurtis said. \u201cBut we had no idea how big. With each year, it seems white-collar crime and prosecutions become more prevalent. Greed shows no signs of slowing down.\u201d<\/p>\n

In part Kurtis can thank the financial crisis of 2008 for inspiring an abundance of fraud schemes for his show to document. To date the series has reported on more than $49.2 billion in losses by investors. \u201cYou know what they say about an ill wind,\u201d he said. \u201cFor us, greed has been good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Kurtis was under an exclusive contract to A&E <\/a>when he launched \u201cAmerican Greed,\u201d he wasn\u2019t able to narrate the series for CNBC, a competing network. So he hired actor Stacey Keach, who continues to voice the sordid tales of financial deception, now into their ninth season.<\/p>\n

Coming up March 9 on \"American Greed\" will be the real-life story of \u201cThe Wolf of Wall Street,\u201d former New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerican Greed\u201d is the second series from Kurtis Productions to reach triple-digits. A&E's \u201cCold Case Files\u201d ran for seven years and more than 125 episodes.\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ve been fortunate to have two incredibly successful and long-running series,\u201d Kurtis said. \u201cIt\u2019s increasingly rare in the business, but we keep the networks happy and the viewers enthralled.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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