2019-11-13 The Hollywood Reporter

Creative Space

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 40 NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Photographed by Victoria Wall Harris

Howard Lee

TLC’s topper talks 90 Day Fiancé,

unscripted TV economics and the allure of

pimple-poppers: ‘The best programming

prompts extreme polar reactions’

By Michael O’Connell

Lee went to the

U.K. for two royal

weddings, including

Princess Eugenie’s

2018 nuptials, for

which the network

had exclusive

U.S. rights.

“I work out

of three different

places, so I have a

lot of stuff,” says

Lee, who has offices

in Silver Springs,

Maryland, L.A. and

New York.

“All of our shows are
talking about identity and
subcultures that we want
to explore and examine,”
says Howard Lee, who was
photographed Nov. 5 at
his TLC office in Century
City. “All we talk about here
is how to not manipulate
them and to keep it as real
as you can get.”