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11/4/11Intimate Alumni Dinner with Fox21 Exec. Brad Holcman

The next UMEC intimate alumni dinner will be held at 7:30 pm on Thursday November 10th at the Village Idiot (private back room) 7383 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046. http://www.villageidiotla.com.  Our special guest will be Fox 21 TV Studio executive and proud wolverine Brad Holcman.

We are limited to a maximum of 15 reservations; first come, first served.

UPDATE: There are only a couple of spots left.  Reserve your space now.

To ensure attendance, we will be collecting an $11.00 deposit from UMEC members and a $16.00 deposit from non-members. All attendees will be entitled to a $10.00 credit for any food or drink ordered at the restaurant.  This essentially makes the cost $1.00 for members and $6.00 for non-members.  Our intimate alumni dinners allow you to interact with our special guests in a smaller, more personalized setting. You don’t want to miss this unique opportunity to spend some time with this top TV executive. If you wish to join or renew your membership, please visit the UMEC website at http://umec.la/join/.

Brad Holcman

Brad Holcman is the Director of Creative Affairs for fox21, a production arm of 20th Century Fox Television, delivering scripted and unscripted programming to network and cable outlets.  Brad is responsible for all alternative and reality development including the projects: “Countdown” (NBC), “Untitled Steve Carell Sketch Comedy Series” (ABC), “Parent Trap” w/ Jamie Kennedy (TBS), “Family Bonding” (A&E), “Model Apartment” (A&E).   Brad also assists with fox21’s current slate of drama, comedy, and animated scripted projects including “Homeland” on Showtime, “Sons of Anarchy” on FX and “Breakout Kings” on A&E.  He is the covering executive and lead developer of the recently sold animated series “Brickleberry” to Comedy Central (Daniel Tosh).

Additionally, Brad is responsible for 20th Century Fox TV’s first-look deals to generate unscripted projects with other production companies including Krasnow Produtions (Stuart Krasnow), Ryan Murphy TV, Brett Ratner TV, Shawn Levy/Marty Adelstein, and Carousel (Steve Carell).  He is a frequent guest speaker at the major unscripted conferences including: RealScreen, Factual Entertainment Forum, Banff World Television Festival, and The West Doc. Brad’s previous projects have also included “Beauty and the Geek” for The CW, “Game Show in My Head” on CBS, and “Saved” for TNT.  Before landing at fox21 he worked at 20th Century Fox Television in Drama Development. Brad received his Bachelor’s degree at the University of Michigan in Sports Management and Communication.

If you are interested in attending, please follow these instructions to reserve a seat:

1. Send an email with your reservation request to umecla@gmail.com.  Include your full name, email address and a phone number.  

2. We will fill available spots from all emails received on a first come, first served basis. Send your request now and secure your place in the queue.

3. If your reservation is accepted, you will receive an email invoice from us requesting payment of your deposit within 48 hours.

4. If you do not send your payment within 48 hours after we send the request for payment, you will lose your spot and your name will go to the bottom of the list.

5.  We will accept reservations and payments until all spots are filled.  Everyone else will be added to a waitlist in the order we received their request.  If you are waitlisted, we will notify you what number you are on the list.

6. Reservations may be cancelled up to 48 hours before the event for a full refund (minus $1.00) by sending an email to umecla@gmail.com.

7. Cancellations made between 48 hours prior to the event and 12:00 noon on the day of the event will be entitled to a refund of their payment less $5.00.

8. Cancellations made after 12:00 noon on the day of the event will forfeit the entire deposit.  No-shows will forfeit the entire deposit as well as earn a hefty dose of bad karma.

9.  We are not responsible for late or misdirected emails.  Please provide us with an email you check often.

10. To be considered a paid member, your membership must be current at the time you make your reservation and also on the day of the event.

11. $10.00 of your deposit will be credited to your food and drink tab.  No refund will be due if you order less than $10.00.

12. This event will sell out.  Make your request for a reservation as soon as you know you wish to attend.

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