Candi Carter

Candi Carter (born February 19, 1969) is an American broadcast executive and television talk show producer. She has won two Daytime Emmy Awards, one in 1994 for Outstanding Children's Programming Special on WISN-TV, and another in 2020 for Outstanding Informative Talk Show for The View.

Candi Carter
Born (1969-02-19) February 19, 1969
Detroit Michigan, U.S.
EducationBoston College
OccupationTelevision producer
Years active1993–present
Notable credits

Career

Carter began her career as a programming producer at WISN-TV in 1993. Since then, she has worked as a producer on shows ranging from The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Tyler Perry Talk Show, Just Keke, Ice & Coco, The View, and Tamron Hall.[1][2]

The Oprah Winfrey Show

From 1996 to 2011, Carter worked on The Oprah Winfrey Show, starting as an associate producer and becoming senior producer of the show.[3][4]

The View

From 2015 to 2020, Carter served as the executive producer on The View television talk show. Carter was nominated for Daytime Emmy Awards for her role as the executive producer on The View in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.[5][6] In 2020, the show won the Emmy Award for "Outstanding Informative Talk Show". It was inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame that same year. According to Essence magazine, Carter was the first black woman to executive produce the show.[7][8][9]

Tamron Hall talk show

In March 2020, Carter became the executive producer on the Tamron Hall talk show, which she left in the fall of 2021.[10][11]

Knocking

In 2022, Carter joined Knocking.com, an e-commerce production company, as its chief content officer.[12][13][14]

Awards and nominations
  • 1994: Daytime Emmy Awards “Outstanding Children’s Programming Special” for WISN-TV
  • 2020: Daytime Emmy Awards “Outstanding Informative Talk Show” winner for The View (talk show)[15]

References
  1. "Candi Carter". Television Academy.
  2. "Candi Carter - Contact Info, Agent, Manager | IMDbPro". pro.imdb.com.
  3. "Candi Carter | Content Creator | Mentor | Speaker". Candi Carter.
  4. "Untitled Document". bcm.bc.edu.
  5. de Moraes, Lisa (August 31, 2015). "'The View' Executive Producer Bill Wolff Out, Candi Carter In".
  6. "10 Facts You Should Know About First Black Female Executive Producer of The View". April 4, 2016.
  7. "There's A History-Making Black Woman Running The 'Tamron Hall' Show". 6 December 2020.
  8. "The Source |Candi Carter Becomes First African American Executive Producer of 'The View'". February 26, 2016.
  9. "ABC Renews 'The View' for an Epic 20th Season and Candi Carter Named Executive Producer | The View". ABC.
  10. Andreeva, Nellie (October 4, 2021). "'Tamron Hall': 'GMA' Producer Quiana Burns Named Interim Executive Producer After Candi Carter Exits Syndicated Talker".
  11. Perkins, Njera (2020-03-24). "'The View's' First African American Executive Producer Takes Her Talents to Tamron Hall". AfroTech. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  12. "Knocking". www.knocking.com.
  13. Week, Advertising (June 15, 2022). "Perspectives: Candi Carter, Chief Content Officer, Knocking".
  14. Steinberg, Brian (February 23, 2022). "Why a Top Daytime TV Producer Is Jumping Into E-Commerce".
  15. "47th Daytime Emmy Awards Winners Release - UPDATE" (PDF). The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. June 26, 2020.
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