From Wikipedia --

     Alan Goodman began acting in South Florida after a long career as a media branding executive and  Emmy-nominated TV writer/producer/director.

     He has been a storyteller his entire life. While still in high school, he was already working professionally as a newspaper reporter.  He worked in advertising in the music industry, then moved into TV. He was part of the team that created MTV and later re-launched and branded Nickelodeon. That assignment included Goodman writing the famous Ni-Ni-Ni-Nick theme song. 

      Alan and his partner at the time conceived and created Nick-at-Nite and launched VH-1. Launching new networks and developing their brand messaging became Alan's calling card for more than 30 years.   

             Simultaneously, he was writing, producing, and directing. He created Nickelodeon's first sitcom, "Hey Dude," co-created "The Kids Choice Awards," and was show runner for two seasons of "Clarissa Explains It All" (Emmy-nominated). His series "The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo" ran for four seasons. On many other shows, he was a freelance writer. 

      For BBC America, Alan wrote and produced entertainment news content and specials. He was also one of the developers and first creative director at COZI-TV, where he wrote, directed, and produced original content, including the first ever fully auto-tuned TV program, "Auto Tune The Munsters."

      Alan writes regularly about jazz, and has written two books -- "A Slash in the Night," the first in a series of novels based on characters in his Nickelodeon series "Shelby Woo,"  and "The Big Help Book." He also was a contributor to The Rolling Stone Record Guide, and was a co-creator of the Virgin Comics (now Liquid Comics) title The Econauts.

Want to know more about my career in TV network development, promotion, and production?  My former partner Fred Seibert has done an incredible job of archiving our best. Just click on the image above and journey back to the dawn of cable TV.