Lisa Gregorisch-Dempsey
Senior Executive Producer
One of the most respected newsmagazine producers in the country, Lisa Gregorisch-Dempsey serves as Telepictures Productions' Senior Executive Producer overseeing the nationally syndicated newsmagazine, "Extra." Additionally, she spearheads the creation and development of reality-based programs for Time Telepictures Productions. Under her leadership, "Extra" has earned a reputation as the industry leader in entertainment news, delivering comprehensive, innovative coverage on the personalities and trends important to the entertainment industry and compelling to viewers. Gregorisch-Dempsey will Executive Produce a new half-hour primetime trend program, "CW Now," which will be the ultimate source for everything hot, hip and happening in the world of young adults.
Prior to her position with Telepictures, Gregorisch-Dempsey served as the in-house news consultant and point person for the Fox Television Stations Group, where she was responsible for the hiring of on-air talent and news directors for 22 Fox Owned and Operated stations' news departments, as well as the creation of original sweeps programming. Prior to Fox, she served as the Executive Producer for the top-rated, nationally syndicated show "Hard Copy." She also was the Senior Executive Producer for the half-hour show that chronicled celebrities and their legal woes, "Celebrity Justice."
Gregorisch-Dempsey has successfully run news operations in major markets all over the country, including New York, the most competitive market in the United States. In her role as Vice President and News Director of WNYW-TV in New York and in only 18 months, Gregorisch-Dempsey led the station to its best news ratings in over a decade. She has worked in seven markets throughout the United States in a variety of different management positions. Some highlights include serving as Vice President, News Director for KDAF-TV in Dallas and KSTU-TV in Salt Lake City, and as Executive Producer for KDFW-TV in Dallas, where she led the 10 p.m. news broadcast to time-period victory for the first time in several years. Gregorisch-Dempsey met similar success at KUSA-TV in Denver, where she served as Managing Editor and Executive Producer. She began her career in Miami, where she worked for seven years at WTVJ-TV as a reporter, producer and bureau chief.
In 2005, Gregorisch-Dempsey was honored by Lupus LA with the "Woman of Achievement" Award.
Gregorisch-Dempsey is a graduate of Springfield College in Massachusetts and currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband.
