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Kenneth "Ken" Horton is an American television producer, writer and director. Horton has worked on series including The X-Files, Dallas and Millennium, and has received two Emmy Award nominations for his work.
Career
[edit]During the 1980s, Horton worked for both NBC and Lorimar Television as a programming executive, moving to Warner Bros. when they purchased Lorimar. He served as a producer on Lorimer's successful soap opera Dallas, before moving to 20th Century Fox in 1991 to be their senior vice president of programming. During his time with Fox, Horton worked on The X-Files and Millennium, two series created by Ten Thirteen Productions, a company which he would later act as president for between 1996 and 1999.[1]
Horton briefly retired from television work to live in North Carolina, but was convinced to return to producing in 2014 by his former colleague Howard Gordon, another alumnus of The X-Files, in order to collaborate with him on the series Tyrant; Horton aided in the editing process for that series' pilot episode.[2]
Horton's work on The X-Files led to two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series;[3] the series lost the 1997 award to Law & Order,[4] and the 1998 award to The Practice.[5]
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia (June 25, 1999). "Horton inks WB TV deal & gets 'Strip'". Variety. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Rose, Lacey (June 4, 2014). "Turmoil on 'Tyrant': The Dramatic Backstory of FX's Middle East Epic". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Ken Horton | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- ^ "1997 Outstanding Drama Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- ^ "1998 Outstanding Drama Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved October 7, 2015.