About

Scott Weinberger has had a unique career, having developed successful scripted and non-scripted programming for television. His background as a member of law enforcement has helped to shape his career path to what it is today. Weinberger has been an executive producer and investigative reporter and is a three-time Emmy award winning TV Investigative journalist, who spent more than a decade as on-air correspondent for WNBC & WCBS, before serving as Chief Investigative reporter in 2007. Weinberger’s on-air investigative work earned him more than a dozen Emmy nominations. In 2007, he founded Weinberger Media with the goal of creating unique and original content for global audiences. By 2011, shows produced by Weinberger Media could be seen in 270 Countries with a potential audience of more than a billion viewers worldwide.

Scott Weinberger

In October 2020, Weinberger Media partnered with Audiochuck to launch “Anatomy of Murder" Podcast. Scott Weinberger and Anna Sigga Nicolazzi created and host the weekly original true crime show which debuted at #1 worldwide on Apple Podcasts. Within its first 20 months, “Anatomy of Murder,” has surpassed 70 million downloads with its first 88 episodes, making it one of the most downloaded crime podcasts worldwide. In 2022, “Anatomy of Murder,” won a prestigious Webby Award for best single episode in the Crime and Justice category.

In the world of television content, Weinberger is best known as Executive Producer/Creator of “On the Case (OTC) with Paula Zahn,” Discovery ID’s Flagship and first original series. This September, the show will celebrate its record 25th season, passing the 370-episode milestone. In January 2018, Weinberger Media’s original series “True Conviction,” launched on Discovery ID and ID GO. The groundbreaking show was quickly renewed, and season 2 premiered in April 2019; season 3 premiered in 2021 and season 4 premiered in 2022. All four seasons remain one of the top crime series on Discovery ID and ID GO.

In 2021, Weinberger Media produced a new series for the Oxygen Network called “One Deadly Mistake.” The show premiered in January and quickly climbed to become Oxygen’s #1 show on Saturday nights.

In March 2015, “American Vice,” premiered on CNBC Primetime. The series was based on unprecedented access into the criminal underworld. Although the show only ran one season, it was a test pilot for this type of future documentary crime shows for prime time.

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Before working in television, Weinberger served as a Deputy Sheriff for Broward County, in Florida. While in law enforcement, he received numerous commendations for his work. He was also featured as an officer on the long-running syndicated program, Cops. While assigned to the U.S. Marshal Service Strike Taskforce, Weinberger spent several months chasing the southeast’s most wanted fugitives. His work for the Marshal Service inspired an idea for a television series. He took a leave of absence from law enforcement to make the show a reality. It was a gamble, but it paid off. Weinberger teamed up with executive producer Don Johnson to develop a scripted show based on the U.S. Marshal Service. “The Marshal,” starring Jeff Fahey, was sold to Paramount Television and ABC.

Weinberger returned to law enforcement. However, when local reporters approached him to produce a story on how a cop developed a successful tv show, he decided to leave his job for good and became a reporter for WPBF, an ABC station in West Palm Beach, Florida. Weinberger’s background in law enforcement, along with his tenacity, made him an ideal crime reporter. The quality of his work was quickly recognized, and he received an offer to work in the nation’s number one market, New York City. Weinberger joined WNBC-TV, and then moved on to WCBS-TV, where he was named chief investigative reporter.

In New York, Weinberger’s trademark was breaking big stories and booking big interviews. He scored an exclusive prison interview with David Berkowitz, the infamous Son of Sam. The interview ran as a multi-part series on the 30th anniversary of Berkowitz’s murderous reign of terror. The Series gave WCBS-TV its highest sweeps numbers ever and earned Weinberger an Emmy nomination. Also, while at WCBS-TV, Weinberger reported on lax security at a nuclear power plant. His investigation was featured on the front page of the Washington Post and earned him an Emmy for best hard news series. A year later, Weinberger received four more Emmy nominations and won for Red Light Rabbi - a four-month investigation that uncovered an abuse of power by a New York religious leader - and resulted in the city revamping its rules on emergency vehicles. In 2009, Weinberger won another Emmy for his investigation of a Queens woman who hired a hitman to murder her dentist husband. In all, Weinberger has received nine Emmy nominations and has won the coveted trophy three times.

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While producing a documentary with a US Intelligence agency Scott Weinberger was granted Top Secret clearance, becoming one of the first producers/journalists ever to receive such status.

Weinberger Media continues to be a leader in the crime genre, with more than 30 Primetime hours of programming already ordered for 2022-2023.