Lauren Zalaznick

On her early life and influences; on television she watched growing up; on watching the Watergate hearings as a child

On deciding to get into the entertainment field; on working on her first feature film, "Compromising Positions"; on what appealed to her about working in the entertainment industry

On her decision to become a producer; on making the transition from feature films to television via making promos for MTV; on becoming vice president of on-air promotion at MTV Networks; on completely redesigning VH1

On transitioning from being an executive to being a producer for VH1 shows; on the creation of Pop Up Video for VH1; on what makes a good producing team

On producing the VH1 Fashion Awards, and on changes made to the show from 1995 to 1996; on developing The RuPaul Show

On diversifying the genres on VH1; on her programming strategy for VH1; on an incident with The RuPaul Show producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato

On her decision to leave VH1, and on her experiences on 9/11; on consulting for AMC Networks, and on deciding to head up the Trio network

On the experience of creating and branding the Trio network; on programming the Trio network; on what she learned about programming as the head of Trio

On television and society, and on how television tends to reflect the national psyche (the topic of her 2011 TED Talk)

On being tapped by Jeff Zucker to lead the Bravo network in the wake of the NBC/Universal merger; on the challenge of building on the success of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy as head of Bravo, and on shows she programmed early in her tenure there

On the impact Queer Eye for the Straight Guy had on Bravo's programming; on creating a marketing strategy when she started at Bravo, and on creating the logo; on Battle of the Network Reality Stars

On Project Greenlight, and on developing Project Runway; on dealing with the initial low ratings for Project Runway on Bravo

On developing The Real Housewives of Orange County for Bravo; on expanding The Real Housewives franchise while still developing The Real Housewives of Orange County; on the importance of casting strong personalities for Bravo's reality programming, and "fake" reality

On using the Internet as a marketing tool for Bravo's programming, and on the "watch what happens" slogan; on developing Top Chef for Bravo; on the importance of passion for one's occupation on Bravo's reality shows

On how losing Project Runway impacted Bravo, and on Top Chef becoming their signature show; on the Bravo audience demographics; on how Bravo's brand stands apart

On Watch What Happens Live with host Andy Cohen; on the ways in which audiences are consuming content via new media, and how that has impacted Bravo; on programming scripted series for Bravo

On the challenges of taking over Telemundo, and bringing the World Cup to the network; on heading up the Oxygen network, and on The Bad Girls Club; on the Oxygen series Snapped and The Glee Project

On being President of NBC/Universal Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks; on targeting women as a demographic as President of NBC/Universal Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks; on how things have changed for women in television since she started, and on the then-future of women in television

On being a board member at GoPro, and her then-current projects; on the then-current state of television; on her favorite parts and biggest challenges of her jobs at NBC/Universal

On her website/newsletter LZ Sunday Paper; on how the television industry has changed since she began; on what she has loved most about television and her jobs in it

On valuable advice she has received, and on her advice to aspiring television executives; on the value of oral histories like The Interviews

On career achievements, future goals, and regrets; on how she would like to be remembered