J. Brian Gadinsky

J. Brian Gadinsky is an American television producer. He is known for being an executive producer for the first season of American Idol, and for producing the inaugural season of America's Most Wanted. He is the CEO of The G Group, and prior to his work in reality television, was a news producer for WTVJ among other local stations. He has received six regional Emmy Awards, a Daytime Emmy nomination, and a Primetime Emmy nomination. Early life J. Brian Gadinsky was born on February 8, 1957, and is the son of former Florida State Rep. Elaine Gordon. He grew up in Miami Beach, graduated from Miami Beach High School, and received a B.S. from Syracuse University in 1979. Career In his early career Gadinsky worked as a producer at the PBS affiliate WPBT. In 1983, at the age of twenty-seven, he became the Director of Public Affairs at the CBS affiliate WTVJ and the executive producer of the Miami-based television news magazine Montage on WTVJ. In 1986 he received his first news Emmy Award for the show's investigative and feature reporting, and received six Emmy Awards overall. In 1987, Gadinsky also wrote, directed, and produced the syndicated documentary The ABC's of AIDS, for which he received an Emmy Award for writing. Due in part to the success he had in turning around Montage, Gadinsky became the original producer of the television series America's Most Wanted. In 1991 he was also a producer for American Gladiators, which he produced for five seasons, and for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show. In the late-1990s he was also the executive producer for the television series RollerJam on the Nashville Network.