Roger Marmet

As vice president of programming for TLC, Roger Marmet oversees network scheduling, acquisitions, program evaluation and programming strategy, with responsibility for maintaining TLC’s competitive edge. In addition, he works closely with marketing to align TLC programming and promotional priorities and communicate the network’s unique brand personality to viewers and consumers.

Marmet previously served as vice president of advertising and promotion for TLC and was responsible for the development and implementation of the Adrenaline Rush Hour programming initiative, as well as the promotional campaign that supported it. He also created and launched the “Life Unscripted” branding campaign, which the network began in 2000, and devised dozens of successful campaigns in support of such programming initiatives as Junkyard Wars, Trauma: Life in the E.R., and Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies. Marmet was instrumental in ensuring TLC’s online content development was in a parallel track with television content and has led the network initiative to develop techno-competition product to extend TLC’s brand.

Marmet entered the television industry as an NBC page and prior to joining TLC, worked for KATC-TV in Lafayette, Louisiana; WBAL-TV in Baltimore, Maryland; and WJLA-TV in Washington, DC. During his TLC tenure, he was awarded a news and documentary Emmy for the Superstructures of the World main title sequence. In addition, his honors while working for TLC include a primetime Emmy nomination for the GREAT BOOKS main title and a news and documentary Emmy nomination for the SCIENCE FRONTIERS main title.

He is a graduate of Northwestern University with a B.S. in communications. He currently resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland.