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Paul Block is an American television producer and executive producer most recently known for his development of the IPTV network, PajamasTV, a channel dedicated to politics, world and national affairs, the economy, national security and energy.

Background
Block was born in New York City, received a bachelor's degree from Queens College, CUNY, and is currently a writer/producer residing in Portland, Oregon with his artist wife, Gila Lane.

Career
He began his television career as a talent coordinator and segment producer for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on NBC. He also produced series or specials for HBO, Showtime, NBC, Fox, Viacom and PBS starring, among others, Richard Belzer, Jeff Foxworthy, Steven Wright, Tommy Davidson, Cheech Marin, Paul Rodriguez, Alan Thicke, Daisy Fuentes, George Jones, Glen Campbell, Mike MacDonald, Robert Schimmel, Steven Banks, Tanya Tucker, and Wil Shriner.

He was also known for his work on San Francisco, California based TechTV (now known as G4) television network. There, he was executive producer and show runner of such shows as The Screen Savers, Call for Help, and Unscrewed with Martin Sargent. He produced at TechTV from early 2001 until November 2004 when, as a result of the May 2004 acquisition of TechTV by G4, he left G4 and returned to independent production.

Television

 * ''Rock 'N' America (1984) (Series)
 * A Steven Wright Special (1985)
 * The Wil Shriner Show (1987) (Series)
 * Steven Banks: Home Entertainment Center (1989)
 * Richard Jeni: The Boy from New York City (1989)
 * ''Hard Core in the Big Apple (1990)
 * Tommy Davidson: Illin' in Philly (1991)
 * Richard Jeni: Crazy from the Heat (1991)
 * The Steven Banks Show (Series)
 * Best Defense (1995)
 * Latino Laugh Festival (1996)
 * Latino Laugh Festival (1997)
 * Richard Belzer: Another Lone Nut (1997)
 * Dreams Do Come True (1998)
 * The Screen Savers (1998) (Series)
 * Knock Out (1998)
 * Kiki desde Hollywood (1999) (Series)
 * ''Unscrewed with Martin Sargent" (2003) (Series)
 * You Might Be a Redneck If.../Check Your Neck (2004) (V)