Get to know Tommy Lynch: the man behind Make It Pop's big success
If you have already known Nickelodeon/YTV's popular teen dramas like The Secret World Of Alex Mack, Caitlin's Way, Make It Pop, and The Other Kingdom, then you must know Tommy Lynch. In this article, I will give you a brief profile of Tommy Lynch from Wikipedia.
- Tom Lynch biography
Thomas W. Lynch (born February 25, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is an American television series creator and executive producer who is the head of his own production company, Tom Lynch Company (previously Lynch Entertainment which is owned by Lynch Pictures, as well as Lynch/Biller Productions with Gary Biller) based in Los Angeles, CA.
- Career highlights
The New York Times referred to him as "the David E. Kelley of Tween TV," a reference to his prolific array of successful television shows aimed at the 8- to 14-year-old age group. He has created several hit teenage/children's programs such as mid 90s' hit teen dramas The Secret World Of Alex Mack, The Journey Of Allen Strange, and the 2002 hit teen drama series Caitlin's Way for Nickelodeon and the drama series Scout's Safari for Discovery Kids (which also aired on NBC during its original run on Discovery Kids).
Tom Lynch Company current logo (since 2012)
Lynch also created the TBS music video series, Night Tracks, and the popular long-running syndicated/Disney Channel musical-variety series Kids Incorporated, which spawned the careers of several future stars such as Jennifer Love Hewitt and Stacy Ferguson (known as Fergie of the popular R&B group The Black Eyed Peas). Kids Incorporated was Lynch's first hit series. By the 1980s, Gary Biller was Lynch's partner, thus identifying it as Lynch/Biller Productions.
By the 2000s, he also executive produced the dramedy Sk8 and the ground-breaking teen drama Just Deal for NBC's TNBC Saturday morning lineup, the sitcoms 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd and Romeo! for Nickelodeon, the teen drama South of Nowhere for The N, and the sci-fi series Galidor for YTV and the animated musical series Class of 3000 for Cartoon Network. In 2009, Lynch executive produced two new series: the comedy series The Assistants for The N (now TeenNick) and the sci-fi comedy The Troop for Nickelodeon. The Troop filmed its second season and aired late 2010/early 2011.
In addition to his Emmy nomination for Outstanding Children's Series for Scout's Safari, Lynch's shows have been nominated for GLAAD Awards, Humanitas Prize, Kids Choice Awards, Teen Choice Awards, WGA Awards, DGA Awards, Image Awards, Gemini Awards, Leo Awards and Young Artists Awards.
Lynch has written pilots for a number of networks such as NBC, FX and CBS. He currently is in development on several projects for Nickelodeon, The N, MTV, Spike and Cartoon Network.
- Make It Pop and The Other Kingdom
In 2015, Lynch created Make It Pop starring Megan Lee, Louriza Tronco, Erika Tham, Taveeta Szymanowicz, Natalie Ganzhorn, Karen Holness, John Alan Slachta, Matt Baram, Russell Yuen, and Dale Whibley. It premiered on Nickelodeon on March 26. Make It Pop is renewed for a second Season and it premiered on January 4, 2016 with a Christmas special aired December 5, 2015.
In 2016, The Other Kingdom which stars Esther 'EZI' Zynn, Celina Martin, Josette Halpert, Callan Porter and Taylor Adams officially premiered April 10, 2016 on Nickelodeon and Lynch served as creator and executive producer of the show. And on May that year, Tom Lynch released the crossover episode of Make It Pop/The Other Kingdom, titled "Get A Job".
- Personal life
Tom and his sister Rachel were raised in Los Angeles where their father was a nuclear physicist. His parents divorced when he was eight. Lynch is the father of four children. His son, Tom Lynch Jr. is a music producer who worked for Make It Pop's band, XO-IQ.
- References:
The Secret World Of Tommy Lynch: an interview with Alex Mack and Make It Pop's hitmaker article by David Bushman on Paley's Medium.
