{"id":7723,"date":"2015-05-21T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=7723"},"modified":"2015-05-21T06:32:03","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T11:32:03","slug":"abc-7-promotes-insider-to-lead-windy-city-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/05\/21\/abc-7-promotes-insider-to-lead-windy-city-live\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC 7 promotes insider to lead \u2018Windy City Live\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Matt<\/a>

<\/a> Matt Knutson<\/p><\/div>\n

Matt Knutson, a line producer of \u201cWindy City Live\u201d<\/a> since its debut in 2011, has been promoted to executive producer of the Monday-through-Friday talk and entertainment show on ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7.<\/a><\/p>\n

Knutson, whose appointment was announced Wednesday, succeeds Marlaine Selip, the show\u2019s founding executive producer, who voluntarily stepped down <\/a>in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatt is a dynamic producer who is gifted in the art of making television,\u201d Curtis Miles, vice president of creative services and local programming at ABC 7, said in a statement. \u201cHe has done a great job for us and we are excited to have him take on this new role as executive producer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Knutson\u2019s promotion surprised some staffers, who saw management escort several prominent candidates through the station, including a former executive producer from Oprah Winfrey\u2019s Harpo Studios and a former executive producer of \u201cThe Jerry Springer Show.\u201d In choosing Knutson, ABC 7 bosses also passed over \u201cWindy City Live\u201d supervising producer Cindy Patrasso, who has been serving as interim boss since Selip retired.<\/p>\n

In addition to his work as a producer, Knutson occasionally appears on the show as a food correspondent in a segment called \"Food Fight\" for which he won a local Emmy Award.<\/p>\n

Knutson, who grew up in Joliet and graduated from Northern Illinois University, joined ABC 7 after six years at Tribune Media, where he worked as a producer at CLTV <\/a>and as a supervising producer on \u201cChicago\u2019s Best,\u201d the weekly food and lifestyle show.<\/p>\n

Hosted by Valerie Warner and Ryan Chiaverini, the hourlong \u201cWindy City Live\u201d airs at 11 a.m. weekdays (with a rebroadcast at midnight).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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