Johnathan Walton

Johnathan Walton is a four-time Emmy Award winning, comedic TV reporter, stand-up comedian and reality TV producer. His TV career began at WSVN-TV the FOX affiliate in Miami, Florida as a Special Projects segment producer. He later moved to San Antonio, Texas to be the Comedy TV reporter at KABB-TV the city’s FOX affiliate and then he did a 5-year Comedy TV reporter stint at CBS in Houston KHOU-TV. Currently he’s living in Los Angeles and producing reality TV Shows like Shark Tank, American Ninja Warrior and Booze Traveler to name a few - for various production companies and networks. Walton is also writing and producing a documentary series about International Con Artist, Marianne Smyth who scammed him out of almost $100,000. And scammed close to a million dollars from dozens of other victims all over the world. Report from KABC Eyewitness News Los Angeles

Awards

  • Has won four Regional Emmys for his Primetime TV Specials for CBS Houston.
    • 2006 Emmy for Walton's World Gone Wild aired Dec. 2005. KHOU-TV Houston Johnathan Walton, Reporter[1]
    • 2005 Emmy for The Best of Walton's World Strikes Back aired Dec. 2004.

KHOU-TV Houston Johnathan Walton, Reporter[2]

    • 2004 Emmy for The Best of Walton's World Gone Wild

KHOU-TV Johnathan Walton, Reporter[3]

    • 2003 Emmy for Christmas in Walton's World show.[4]
    • Gave his first Emmy to his mom, who put it on her mantel.
  • 2004 Texas Associated Press Broadcasters First Place Light Feature.[5]
  • Numerous Houston Press Club Lone Star Awards
  • 2003 Houston Chronicle Award for "Baffoon". Described as "A pudgy, puckish clown for the 21st century,"[6]
  • 2006 Houston Chronicle Award for Funny Person on Local TV. Described as "tickles us best"[7]

Other Notables

Con Artist Marianne Smyth Documentary Website

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2006-10-25. 2006 Lone Star Emmy
  2. ↑ 2005 Lone Star Emmy
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2007-06-18. 2004 Lone Star Emmy
  4. ↑ Belo Press Release
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2006-09-12. Walton wins First Place Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Award for Light Feature
  6. ↑ 2003 Houston Chronicle calls Walton "Funny and smart"
  7. ↑ 2006 Houston Chronicle says that Walton "tickles us best"
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