Bill Wolff (television executive)


Bill Wolff is an American television producer. He was most recently the Executive Producer of The View. He has served as the vice president of prime-time programming for the cable news channel MSNBC, as well as the executive producer of The Rachel Maddow Show.

Biography

Wolff was born to a Jewish family and is a graduate of Clayton High School in Clayton, Missouri and Harvard University, where he was a member of the varsity water polo team.
At MSNBC, he was previously the executive producer of The Situation with Tucker Carlson, later called Tucker, before his promotion in 2005. Wolff was also seen on Tucker filling in for Willie Geist and reporting on entertainment news. He left MSNBC in August 2014 to become a part of The View.
Before joining MSNBC, Wolff produced ESPN's Around the Horn and Fox Sports Net's I, Max, two sports commentary shows hosted by Max Kellerman, and served as a "judge" for the latter program. At ESPN, he helped produce SportsCenter and Sunday NFL Countdown.

Personal life

Wolff is married to Alison Stewart, currently the host of WNYC's afternoon show, . Although of Jewish descent, Wolff is non-believing.