Hilary Estey McLoughlin is the President of Telepictures Productions, the position she has held since August 2006. In this role, she oversees development, production, programming, promotion and marketing for the company that she has helped build and maintain as one of the industry’s top producers of first-run syndicated programming.
Telepictures is an Emmy Award-winning producer having garnered 67 Emmys in 15 years, including Outstanding Talk Show or Outstanding Talk Show Host for 13 of the last 15 years, with “Ellen” winning the 2011 Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment. For the 2011-2012 season, Telepictures' series include the ninth season of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show”; the fifth season of "TMZ"; the 18th season of the pop culture newsmagazine "Extra"; the 13th season of the hour-long court series "Judge Mathis"; and the 28th season of "The People's Court.”
This fall, Telepictures will add two more series to its roster, “Anderson” and “Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers.” Anderson Cooper brings his experience as an award-winning journalist and storyteller, passionate voice and personal perspective to “Anderson,” the nationally syndicated daily one-hour daytime talk show premiering September 12, 2011. “Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers” is a daily, half-hour, studio-based show hosted by one of America’s foremost experts on addiction, relationships and medicine, Dr. Drew Pinsky, and will air on the CW network from 3-4pm.
Telepictures and Ellen DeGeneres are partners in a new venture, elevenelevenrecords, which discovers new acts and platforms them on the talk show.
“Ellen” has demonstrated social media innovation with over 5 million Facebook fans, over 6.5 million Twitter followers, and has become one of the most viewed channels on YouTube. In addition, following the success of “The ‘Ellen’ iPhone App,” “Ellen” became the first daytime show to launch an official game app, “Ellen’s Know or Go,” based on a popular segment on the talk show. In May 2011, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" announced that it would be expanding its existing partnership with AOL by launching a version of the AOL.com homepage targeted to fans of the show, where AOL users can enjoy exclusive “Ellen” features and videos.
Telepictures is the first media company to have a cross media success with TMZ and continues to expand its scope across multiple platforms. TMZ, the most cited entertainment news source in the world, has extended the brand to a fourth medium to allow audiences an additional way to interact with the franchise with “The TMZ Hollywood Tour - Secrets and Celebrity Hot Spots,” a tour of celebrity hot spots in and around Hollywood on a custom-designed bus, in partnership with Starline Tours. TMZ has also embraced the world of radio, launching "TMZ Live," TMZ.com's daily one-hour entertainment news program on SiriusXM, and debuting “TMZ Radio,” a new national weekday vignette for entertainment radio stations, in partnership with Premiere Networks.
Telepictures has worked closely with other Time Warner divisions both in television and digital. Telepictures moved into cable in 2009 by adding George Lopez’s late-night talk show, “Lopez Tonight,” which received a second season renewal, to its production roster. Telepictures also produced four primetime variety specials with Ellen DeGeneres for TBS. In addition, Telepictures teamed up with Time Inc.'s Essence Communications and launched Essence.com as the ultimate online destination for African-American women and an incubator for potential television series and original digital programming.
A Warner Bros. veteran of 25 years, Estey McLoughlin was instrumental in launching such series as “The Rosie O’Donnell Show,” “Queen Latifah,” “Jenny Jones” and “The Tyra Show.” Before being named to her current position, she served as Executive Vice President & General Manager, Telepictures, since 2002, and was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the division. Before that, she served three years as Senior Vice President, Programming & Development, where she expanded the company’s development and production activities in New York. She also served as Vice President, Programming, following 18 months as an Executive Producer of “The Rosie O’Donnell Show,” where she worked alongside O’Donnell, winning the 1998 and 1999 Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Talk Show.
Telepictures began a partnership with William McKinley Elementary School in Burbank in September 2010, working closely with the school on a number of projects, including fulfilling teachers’ wish lists for classroom supplies and mentoring students in an ongoing reading program. The unique program that Telepictures has established with McKinley Elementary has provided a remarkable opportunity for Telepictures to make an impact on students’ education and lives.