:Steve Skrovan

Steve Skrovan is an American producer, writer, director and television host.

Early life

Skrovan grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and went to Gilmour Academy during his high-school years. He majored in English and was a varsity football defensive back at Yale,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/20/sports/college-football-report-370835.html?pagewanted=1|title=College Football Report|date=November 20, 1996|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=March 16, 2010 | first=William N. | last=Wallace}} where he graduated with a B.A. in 1979.{{cite web| url=https://itvs.org/films/unreasonable-man| title=Director Stephen Skrovan| website=Independent Television Service}}

Career

Skrovan began his career as a stand-up comic.{{cite news|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A449492|title=Just in Time for Nader '08 {{!}} Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan on 'An Unreasonable Man'|date=February 23, 2007| author=Shawn Badgley| newspaper=The Austin Chronicle|accessdate=March 16, 2010}} He hosted a short-lived talk show on MTV, Mouth to Mouth, in 1988.{{cite web| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-11-19-8802180708-story.html| title=Broadened MTV opens its 'mouth'| author=Ken Tucker and Knight-Ridder Newspapers| date=19 November 1988| access-date=11 June 2022| website=Chicago Tribune}}

In 1989, he became the original host of Totally Hidden Video, which aired on FOX from 1989-1992.{{cite news|last=O'Connor|first=John J.|title=Review/Television; Allen Funt Calls 'Totally Hidden Video'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/12/arts/review-television-allen-funt-calls-totally-hidden-video.html|access-date=11 September 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=12 July 1989}}

Starting in 1991, he was the host for the first two seasons of the game show That's My Dog on what was then The Family Channel.{{cite web | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/277895091 | title=Winning and losing are beside the point on 'That's My Dog,' a contest that puts pooches on center stage| publisher=Orlando Sentinel | date=August 31, 1991 | accessdate=May 13, 2022 | author=Catherine Hinman | pages=E1| id={{ProQuest|277895091}}}}

Skrovan co-wrote the 1993 Seinfeld episode "The Movie".{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} He was then a writer for the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, for the entire nine-year run (from 1996 to 2005).{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/07/AR2007020700764.html|title=From hero to villain, Ralph Nader documented in film|date=February 7, 2007|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=March 16, 2010 | first=Christine | last=Kearney}} In 2001 he played a police officer in Season 2, Episode 1 of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Skrovan produced the 2005 TV special Earth to America,{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} which covered environmental issues. He wrote, produced, and directed An Unreasonable Man, a 2006 documentary about Ralph Nader. He then worked as a producer on the 2006-2010 show 'Til Death,{{citation needed|date=June 2022}} which starred former Raymond cast member Brad Garrett. Since 2014, Skrovan has co-hosted the weekly Ralph Nader Radio Hour program from the Pacifica Radio Network.{{cite web| url=https://beta.prx.org/series/34612| title=Ralph Nader Radio Hour| access-date=11 June 2022| website=prx.org}}{{cite web| url=https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/about-the-show/| title=Ralph Nader Radio Hour| website=ralphnaderradiohour.com| access-date=11 June 2022}}