CHARLES LACHMAN

Executive Producer

Widely recognized as one of the top producers in the newsmagazine genre, Charles Lachman has overseen INSIDE EDITION’s growth into the longest-running and most honored series of its kind. Under his leadership, the show has achieved unprecedented ratings for America’s most enduring newsmagazine. With an intriguing balance of human-interest stories, hard-hitting investigative reports, and celebrity and pop culture features, Lachman has guided INSIDE EDITION to a unique niche in the syndicated newsmagazine genre.

Lachman joined CBS Media Ventures’ INSIDE EDITION in January 1989, the day the show premiered, as managing editor. He was named co-executive producer in 1995 and executive producer in April 1998. Lachman has also served as senior producer and co-executive producer of the television series American Journal. Prior to INSIDE EDITION, he was managing editor of the evening newscasts at WNYW-TV (Fox) in New York.

Lachman is the author of several history books. His works include The Last Lincolns: The Rise and Fall of a Great American Family, which Publishers Weekly praised as “fascinating…engaging”; Footsteps in the Snow, a true crime saga about one of the coldest cases in U.S. history ever to be brought to justice, which Publishers Weekly called “outstanding”; and A Secret Life, an investigative biography of President Grover Cleveland, which the New York Times said “punctured” previous books about Cleveland, and the Christian Science Monitor described as “a blend of sharp detective work—and history that reads like a gripping novel.”

He is also the author of In the Name of the Law, a novel about the criminal justice system that Publishers Weekly called “scorching and truly gripping,” and Codename Nemo: The Hunt for a Nazi U-Boat and the Elusive Enigma Machine, his bestselling World War II history. His most recent book, They Shall Not See the Dawn: The Manhunt for the Third Reich's Most Wanted, is set for release in August 2026.

Lachman’s contributions to journalism and literature have solidified his reputation as a leader in both fields.