Tidal Wave TV

Tidal Wave TV is a Los Angeles-based reality TV and new media production production company providing empowering, thought-provoking entertainment that “redefines your reality.” Its first series, “Remixed!”, was part of BET’s new programming line-up for Viacom, which earned the network its highest ratings in its 25-year history. Its executive producer, DMA (Donna Michelle Anderson), has set record ratings for CBS and Travel Channel, as well, and is joined by a team whose expansive non-fiction credits span dozens of years, the range of unscripted genres and virtually every major broadcast and cable outlet.

For over ten years, DMA has worked as a writer, producer and show runner of dozens of high-rated non-fiction and new media programs for such networks as CBS, UPN, Fox, AMC, Travel Channel, Bravo, History Channel, A&E, Lifetime, Disney Channel, TLC and more. She is a member of both the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Producers Guild of America. DMA also is an in-demand entertainment industry speaker and consultant, having presented industry insider guidance and new media strategies to professional organizations, companies, film festivals and colleges across the U.S. She is the author of the first-of-its-kind TV production guide The Show Starter Reality TV Made Simple System: Ten Steps to Creating and Pitching a Sellable Reality Show, hailed as the “bible” of the reality pitching biz, and now taught in film and television programs across the country.  In 2007, her game-changing new production software, Show Starter Scheduling & Budgeting Plus, was named one of MovieMaker magazine’s “Top 40 Indie-Film Friendly Businesses.”

Tidal Wave TV is the new media production arm of The CLIC, a college-bound social network for students and the institutions seeking to serve and recruit them.

RECORD RATINGS

DMA, Producer On its original broadcast date, “America’s Best Beaches” was the highest-rated special in the history of the Travel Channel.

DMA, Show Producer On its original broadcast date, the “Big Brother 3″ special episode, the first for the U.S. series, was the highest-rated episode in the history of the show.

DMA, Executive Producer On their original broadcast dates, two of the thirteen episodes of “Remixed!” set viewing records for BET.  As a central part of the 2005 original programming campaign, the series helped BET set its highest ratings in its 25-year history.

PRODUCTION AND “RESCUE” HIGHLIGHTS

• Cast, produced, shot, edited and delivered thirteen half-hour episodes and aired ten in twelve weeks.
• Screened, logged, paper cut and fed editor over 100 hours of footage to deliver a one-hour doc episode in five days (with a commendation note from the network president when it aired).
• Developed computer program to convert extensive field transcripts into paper cuts in one day.
• Lost ten weeks, nearly 50%, from a tight 13-order schedule and modified production process to come in on time and under budget.
• Built and managed database and form system that output full delivery documentation on over three dozen interstitials in less than one minute.
• Predicted the 1906 San Francisco earthquake within 1.5 minutes of its occurrence. Okay, not that one.

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• In 2005, DMA proposed the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences create a “Televisionary Award” for industry leaders who champion diversity. She co-chaired the event, which presented its first award, in August 2005, to ABC’s Steve McPherson.