Herbie J Pilato is a writer, producer, performer, and entertainment executive who has worked on several television shows including Bravo’s hit five-part series The 100 Greatest TV Characters, Bewitched: The E! True Hollywood Story (the seventh-highest rated True Hollywood Story in E!’s history), A&E’s Biography of Lee Majors, TLC’s Behind the Fame specials on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Hill Street Blues, and L.A. Law, among others. Herbie J has also served as a consulting producer and on-screen cultural commentator on various classic TV DVD documentaries for Sony, NBCUniversal, and Warner Bros., including The Six Million Dollar Man boxed set, Kung Fu, and CHiPs.
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Herbie J’s long list of top-selling, critically-acclaimed pop-culture/media tie-in books include the newly-published Dashing, Daring and Debonair: TV’s Top Male Icons from the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s, Glamour Gidgets and the Girl Next Door, The Essential Elizabeth Montgomery: A Guide To Her Magical Performances, Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery, Bewitched Forever, The Bewitched Book, The Bionic Book, Life Story: The Book of Life Goes On, The Kung Fu Book of Wisdom, The Kung Fu Book of Caine, and NBC & ME: My Life as a Page in a Book [personally-signed copies of each book may be ordered by visiting this site’s Shop].
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Herbie J began his career as an NBC Page in 1984 (where he worked The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson), after which he became an actor and appeared on TV shows like Highway to Heaven, The Golden Girls, General Hospital, and The Bold and the Beautiful, in addition to various film and live stage productions (some of which he has also directed, such as Leonard Malfi’s Birdbath).
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In 2010, Herbie J founded the Classic TV Preservation Society (CTVPS), a formal 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the positive social influence of classic television programming; a core function of which is the Classic TV & Self-Esteem Seminars that are brought to schools, colleges, business, community, and senior centers. Seniors, in particular, respond enthusiastically to the seminars, which many times include six-week programs that allow participants to explore their true life experiences in theatrical productions.
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Herbie J, born in Rochester, New York, and who now lives in Los Angeles, ignited the CTVPS due to the positive family values presented on classic TV shows, the inspiration he received from Bewitched star Elizabeth Montgomery (who he knew quite well, and who was quite active in charitable organizations), and due to his dedication as primary caregiver to both of his parents in their later years (which see Herbie J's Family Blog).
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Herbie J is also Creative Director for both Television, Ink. (a TV, film and literary production company) and All-Creative Consultants (an entertainment and literary consulting firm). He serves as Contributing Editor for Larry Brody's heralded www.TVWriter.com, and writes frequently for the Television Academy's distinguished www.Emmy.org.
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He has recently partnered with executive producers Joel Eisenberg and Steve Hillard (co-creators of The Chronicles of Ara), and Gilbert Adler to host and co-executive produce Then Again with Herbie J Pilato.
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For more news and information, please visit HerbieJPilato.com.