Patrick Ignozzi, the executive producer of “Mornings with Maria” on Fox Business Network, has also been fired in the wake of anchor Maria Bartiromo‘s outing from the channel, reports Dylan Byers of Puck.
Prior to joining Fox, Ignozzi worked at NBCUniversal and ABC/Disney. During his six years at ABC as the vice president of syndication and development, he oversaw more than 320 employees and generated creative content for the syndicated and network show that fell under ABC Daytime/Entertainment.
He also served as vice president of development and syndication for the ABC Daytime Media Group. He also served as vice president of current programming for “The Chew” and “Who wants to be a Millionaire?”
He was the senior producer for ABC Daytime’s highly successful live talk and Emmy Award-winning entertainment program “The View.” He held that position for 16 years.
Patrick also served as the supervising producer for “The View” and won the 2002 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Producing for “The View.” He also produced several highly rated segments for “The View.”
