Mark S. Allen

Mark S. Allen
Born Mark Allen Stell
March 15, 1965
Amarillo, Texas
Other names Mark S. Allen
Occupation Movie Producer/TV Producer, host
Years active 1996–present
Employer ABC Television TEGNA
Height 6'
Website www.abc10.com/mb/news/mark-s-allen/311747537

Mark S. Allen is a five time Emmy Award winning television producer/host and is a writer/producer of the film APParition starring Mena Suvari and Kevin Pollak, and a producer of the films NOTORIOUS NICK, based on the true story of MMA champion Nick Newell starring Cody Christian and Elisabeth Rohm and BallBuster starring Jerry O’ Connell. He is executive producer/host of the Emmy Award winning syndicated movie show Extra Butter TV.


In 2017 he was awarded the Children's Miracle Network "Person Of The Year" award for his ongoing efforts to raise funds for children's hospitals.

2017 won fourth Emmy Award for Extra Butter TV.

2017 won National ProMax award

2017 California Film Commission Person of the Year

Professional background

Television and movies

Since 2016 He has been one of the cast members of The Morning Blend on ABC10 (TEGNA).

He's an executive producer and host of the celebrity interview show Extra Butter TV.

He is producer and co writer/story by of the 2018 feature film APParition.

1996-2016 Allen was the CBS affiliate's entertainment anchor, film critic, stuntman, and arts and entertainment host on Good Day Sacramento.[1] On October 30, 2015 Allen swam from the new bay bridge nonstop to the Golden Gate Bridge on live TV,[2] days after the first recorded shark attack in the history of the San Francisco Bay was recorded.

He has logged thousands of celebrity interviews and 25,000 hours of live TV.

Mark at the Movies first aired locally, but then executives from Reelz network saw it and bought the rights to run it. It won two Emmys in 2010 and a third in 2011.[3]

Mark S. Allen appeared as a co-host with Chris O'Donnell on the Critics' Choice Awards 2008 Red Carpet Pre Show.[4]

Allen is part of the cast of the movie Independence Day: Resurgence, which opened June 2016.

Allen replaced comedians Jon Stewart and Patty Rosborough as host of the Comedy Central network show called Short Attention Span Theater in 1993.

Marc Maron took the host position in the last season of SAST.

Allen co-hosted the show Scratch alongside another Sacramento native, Lisa Ling.

Radio

Allen got his broadcasting start as a radio personality, in Dallas, Sacramento (at KSFM FM-102.5),[5] and Southern California.

Allen quickly became the standard for radio physical stunts and performed several annually (such as being buried under 18 tons of sand for a week, living atop a billboard, and on a man-made island, for 30 days each) in order to raise money and awareness.

He was the morning host of NOW100.5, doing the show from in studio, and remote studios built specifically to support his concurrent live morning TV shows, and production travel and was the historically highest rated afternoon host for NOW100.5 prior.

Other activities

In 1988, to raise awareness and funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Allen agreed to live 24 hours a day, seven days a week on a billboard for a month. On the third night of the stunt Allen fell off the billboard breaking bones in both legs and feet while also suffering a concussion. The day after he fell off the billboard, the local American River Fire Department rushed out and took him to the hospital. But after getting casts, he still insisted upon returning to the top to complete the fundraiser.[3]

In November 2006, and again in December 2015, Allen was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Mark S. Allen". Archived from the original on August 2, 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Mark's Bride-to-Bridge Swim". Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  3. 1 2 "Being Mark S. Allen - Feature Story - Local Stories - August 28, 2014". Sacramento News & Review. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  4. ↑ http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/202047/cca-red-carpet-chris-odonnell-mark-s-allen.jhtml#id=1575456 VH-1
  5. ↑ "Sacramento Radio History - KSFM in the 1980s". www.playlistresearch.com. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  6. ↑ Lindelof, Bill (December 18, 2015). "Sacramento TV personality Mark S. Allen arrested on suspicion of DUI". The Sacramento Bee.

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