Howard Blumenthal is best known for his work leading the development and production of the PBS program, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? The series was the first television game show to receive The Peabody Award. It was recognized as “the best education TV show ever” by People magazine.

Howard is the son of Norm Blumenthal, the producer of NBC’s long-running daytime game show, Concentration. He grew up at NBC in the 1960s, spending many days learning from the many game shows produced in NYC during a very productive era. The author of more than 20 books, including This Business of Television with co-author Oliver Goodenough, Howard is a long-running syndicated columnist for more than 100 newspapers via The New York Times Syndicate and United Features. Currently, Howard is a Senior Scholar at The University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Center. His area of focus is growing up in the 21st century.