Daytime Programming
Matthew J. Olsen
Matthew J. Olsen is currently associate producer on the top-rated daytime drama The Young and the Restless, active in publicity, marketing, production, accounting/finance and the development of new media content. He oversees all Y&R Daytime Emmy award submissions, the production of show-related Daytime Emmy telecast content and is extremely fluent in the Daytime Emmy Awards process. He has worked on the Sony Pictures Television production for 11 years, beginning in 1998 as an executive assistant, then promoted in 2001 to production office manager. Prior to joining Y&R, he worked at CBS Television City in the stage operations department, having involvement in every show that was produced in the building, including game shows and talk shows. He also has an extensive background in theater arts, including performing, producing, directing, stage management and lighting design. For the Television Academy he has served on the Daytime Awards Committee and serves on the Daytime Programming Peer Group Executive Committee. He has also served as a host for the Television Academy Foundation Internship Program. A Southern California native, he presently resides in Los Angeles.
David Michaels
David Michaels began working as an actor and a model at age 17. He worked steadily until he became a contestant on a game show, when an immediate fascination with daytime television led to his first production job with Bob Stewart Productions. He rose quickly from production assistant to producer, doing over 25 pilots and air shows. Most notably, Michaels produced The $25,000 Pyramid and $100,000 Pyramid, garnering multiple nominations and two Daytime Emmy Awards. He also produced Pictionary for the late Dan Enright. Transitioning into the talk show world, Michaels produced such shows as Vicki! (for which he earned two Emmy nominations), Leeza (which resulted in two more nominations, including one for writing) and Caryl and Marilyn. He also produced and wrote the primetime special Lie Detector. For the Television Academy, Michaels was co-chair of the Daytime Emmy Awards for more than a decade and served on the board of governors for 14 years, as well as on numerous other committees. He also founded TV Cares, the Academy’s AIDS-awareness committee, which he chaired with honorary co-chair, Angela Lansbury, for over 10 years. He also conceived and produced the annual Ribbon of Hope Celebration for a decade. In 2006 and 2007, he produced and wrote the live Ribbon of Hope event as a special for here! Networks, the latter of which was nominated for a Daytime Emmy. In addition, he has produced many star-studded charity events, and served as director of special events for the Western Region of the Actors Fund from 1999 through 2009.
