John Matoian

John Matoian
Born1948 (1948)
Fresno, California
Occupation(s)Teacher and television industry executive

John Matoian (born 1948) is a former teacher 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.[1][2] He was president at HBO from 1996[3] to 1999.[4] He received his B.A. from Stanford University.

Matoian is a native of Fresno and is of Armenian descent.[5]

In the 2012 United States Presidential election, John Matoian had made $83,800 worth of contributions to Barack Obama's successful presidential campaign.[6]

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.

  1. ^ "A More Grown-Up Look for Fox : Television: With new entertainment president John Matoian and a powerful distribution system, the fourth network plans to expand its audience". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Fox aims to broaden young audience". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 13 July 1995. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Former Fox Exec to Join HBO Pictures". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  4. ^ "HBO punts pic head". Variety. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  5. ^ Bulbulian, Berge (2000). The Fresno Armenians : history of a diaspora community. Fresno, CA: Press at California State University, Fresno. ISBN 9780912201351.
  6. ^ "John Matoian Political Campaign Contributions 2008 Election Cycle". Campaignmoney. Retrieved 14 March 2013.