Senior Vice President, Specials and Talent
Elizabeth Porter is senior vice president, talent and specials for COMEDY CENTRAL. Based in Los Angeles, she reports directly to the network's executive vice president and head of development, Lauren Corrao.
Porter oversees all aspects of talent for COMEDY CENTRAL, identifying and developing new talent as well as developing vehicles to draw bigger name talent to the network. The specials aspect of her responsibilities includes the highly-successful annual "COMEDY CENTRAL Roast" franchise as well as Jamie Foxx's "Laffapalooza" and "COMEDY CENTRAL's Last Laugh," which she developed in 2004 and is now an annual year-end event. Porter also oversees the Grammy Award®-winning COMEDY CENTRAL Records, the network's in-house record label which has deals in place with Denis Leary, D.L. Hughley, Lewis Black, Dane Cook and Norm MacDonald, among others.
Porter joined COMEDY CENTRAL from USA Network where she oversaw all alternative programming and specials. While there, she launched the first two seasons of the series "Nashville Star." She also served as executive in charge of the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award honoring Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep.
Previously, Porter worked as a producer on the first season of "The Man Show" on COMEDY CENTRAL and as the celebrity producer for "Primetime Glick" with Martin Short for the network. In 1997 she launched Quincy Jones's late night talk show "Vibe" and went on to launch syndicated talk shows such as "The Howie Mandel Show" and "The Martin Short Show." Porter began her career in Chicago working as a talent booker and online producer for "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
Porter holds a BA degree in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.