JANET ANNINO

Senior Executive Producer

Biography

With more than 20 years of experience, Janet Annino became the Executive Producer of RACHAEL RAYin 2006 and now helms the show as Senior Executive Producer. Under her leadership, RACHAEL RAY is entering Season 17 and, throughout the years, has garnered numerous awards including multiple Daytime Emmys^® for Outstanding Informative Talk Show and Outstanding Talk Show – Entertainment, in addition to winning at the Creative Arts Emmys ^®.

Prior to joining RACHAEL RAY, Annino spent 18 years at the entertainment newsmagazine ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT. Joining ET as Assistant Director in 1988, Annino moved up the ranks to Field Director, Supervising Producer, Senior Producer and finally Co-Executive Producer.

Throughout her tenure at ET, Annino played a valuable role in the franchise’s expansion, creating pilots with veteran film critic Leonard Maltin and style maven Steven Cojocaru, and producing highly-rated CBS primetime television specials such as “Red Carpet Confidential” and “An Entertainment Tonight Event: Celebrity Weddings Unveiled.”

Annino lives in New York City with her husband, Frank, and daughter, Claire.