Kurtis Productions

01/19/2021

Don't forget: An all-new new episode of "American Greed" premieres in two hours — Monday, January 18th, at 9pm CT — on CNBC!

01/11/2021

An all-new season of "American Greed" premieres next Monday —January 18th— at 10pm ET & PT / 9pm CT on CNBC. Who can't wait???

11/06/2020

Producer/philanthropist Donna La Pietre is the inaugural winner this year of Chicago Public Library Foundation's Civic Award for contributions to our city. 🏆 Tomorrow, Donna and her husband, legendary newscaster Bill Kurtis, join at 10 AM to read Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein. Bill will also host this year's CPL Foundation Literary Awards, open to all on December 9th! Find out more here: https://cplfoundation.org/events/library-foundation-awards/

You may know one or both members of this dynamic couple from Kurtis Productions, Bill's narration in the Anchorman films, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, A&E, and essential work for orgs including the Library Foundation, Navy Pier, The Joffrey Ballet, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago Botanic Garden, and more!

03/06/2020

When a judge in Texas is shot four times, a tip leads investigators to Chimene Onyeri, an aspiring Houston rap artist facing prison after his crooked card skimming plots are exposed. Watch an ALL NEW episode of on MONDAY at 9P CT on CNBC.

Kurtis Productions is a full-service production company specializing in documentary production since 1987.

03/02/2020

Financial advisor Peggy Fulford builds a client list of all-star athletes —and her personal fortune— by convincing A-listers like Dennis Rodman and Ricky Williams that she’s in their corner, while bleeding their bank accounts in a game of winner-takes-all. Watch the full story TONIGHT at 9P CT on an all new on CNBC Prime.

Kurtis Productions is a full-service production company specializing in documentary production since 1987.

02/24/2020

Fake German heiress Anna Delvey’s story is getting the show biz treatment from Netflix and HBO. Before it goes Hollywood, see what crime got her in the spotlight and behind bars on an all-new . TONIGHT at 9P CT on CNBC Prime.

02/10/2020

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01/20/2020

01/13/2020

“Entrepreneur" Keisha Williams is really a high-rolling shopaholic with a taste for strip clubs and exotic travel. She lures investors into pouring millions of dollars into a can’t miss bid to secure a medical money-making technology that never materializes. She leaves even her savviest backers on financial life-support.

is all new TONIGHT at 9pm CT on CNBC.

01/08/2020

Watch Monday's full episode here! http://www.cnbc.com/live-tv/american-greed/full-episode/the-fake-princes-royal-scam/1667212355979

An outlandish con artist poses as a Saudi royal to cheat investors out of millions, promising them access to Arabian oil stock.

01/06/2020

Catch an all new episode of American Greed on CNBC tonight at 10 ET!

10/29/2019

Killing in the name of greed....

Back-to-back episodes of “American Greed: Deadly Rich” are airing TONIGHT on CNBC, starting at 7pm CT.

09/18/2019

Wondering what you'll find in Bill's office today? DOLPHIN DELIGHTS!

09/16/2019

Fix it, flip it, fraud it.

The story TONIGHT on an all new — 9p CT on CNBC.

09/11/2019

What's in Bill's Office today?
A TOXIC LEGACY

09/09/2019

What's in your gold? Catch an all new episode of American Greed tonight on at 10ET.

09/05/2019

What's in Bill's Office?
AN AFRICAN CLEANSE

09/03/2019

GREED TRACKER
Jeff Epstein's island of GREED
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/business/jeffrey-epstein-island.html

Jeffrey Epstein used his islands as a personal and corporate haven, negotiating lucrative local tax breaks even as he faced inquiries for sexual misconduct.

08/28/2019

What's in Bill's Office today?
MO-BILL KURTIS: While documenting cheetahs in Namibia, Bill found some time to shop and came back with an intriguing piece of three dimensional native art.

08/27/2019

GREED TRACKER
From financial advisor to financial FRAUDSTER. Be sure to catch up on all the latest GREEDY news!
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-financial-adviser-fraud-dixmoor-five-20190826-zu47xwb3bndtji3zjmeecsypwa-story.html

A former financial adviser with Merrill Lynch has been charged with bilking more than $2 million from four clients.

08/26/2019

American Greed” profiles former Trump campaign manager and "swamp dweller" Paul Manafort and his multimillion-dollar fraud schemes — TONIGHT at 9p CT / 10p ET & PT.

08/26/2019

Power meets greed, and then Paul Manafort takes a hard fall.

Don’t miss an all new TONIGHT at 9p CT on CNBC.

08/21/2019

What's in Bill's Office?
“NOW THIS IS A KNIFE!” Bill didn’t go “down under” – but the Middle East provided him with an impressive collection of killer knives.

08/19/2019

Billy McFarland ropes in millions from investors to put on the Fyre Festival, a high-end music festival in the Bahamas, with tickets going for as much as $250,000. It quickly becomes his most famous fraud.

Don’t miss an all new MONDAY at 9p CT on CNBC.

08/16/2019

As our next episode of American Greed takes on the Fyre Festival fiasco, I flashback to 1997 and The Rolling Stones concert where I was lucky enough to meet the band backstage. No scam. Catch an all new American Greed Monday at 10EST.

08/15/2019

MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE

A trip to Mongolia in search of the treasure of Genghis Khan showed Bill that it was the Mongolian horsemen that created the Khan Kingdom.

08/14/2019

The spotlight continues to shine on COLLEGE ADMISSIONS and the industry growing up around helping parents get their children accepted — not all on the up and up as you can learn in this story (link) and watching AMERICAN GREED’s Season 13 premiere re-airing “COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL” Saturday, Aug. 17 at 7PM ET
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/college-consulting-industry-takes-despite-scandals

Recent incidents involving parents gaming the system to get aid and admissions for their college-bound students haven't quelled the lucrative business.

08/09/2019

Here I am in 1958 as a high school senior -- hitting the books and hoping to make it into the college of my choice. I did it the OLD SCHOOL way, but you’ll see that things have changed…especially when money is involved. The COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL -- our season premiere of AMERICAN GREED on CNBC 10PM EST, Monday, August 12th.

08/08/2019

What’s in Bills office — found among the treasures, artifacts and souvenirs from his reporting around the world.

BANANA SMOOTHIE in the jungle? Bill learns how to be RESOURCE-ful with the resources around you.

08/02/2019

EARTH TO BILL:

This was the week for watching the Democratic debates that will lead to the 2020 convention. I covered both the Democratic and Republican conventions in Miami in 1972 as a CBS correspondent. Our head sets were able to contact Mars!

07/31/2019

What’s in Bills office — found among the treasures, artifacts and souvenirs from his reporting around the world.

These boots are made for walking — but can they take the lava heat?

07/31/2019

For more on the Operation Varsity Blues scandal mentioned by today, be sure to watch “American Greed: The College Admissions Scandal." The show premieres on August 12th at 10pm ET on . https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/07/to-cheat-and-lie-in-la-college-admissions-scandal

Bogus applications. Forged ACT tests. Dubious extracurriculars polished to a sheen. How the parents involved in the college-admissions scandal became drawn into Rick Singer’s web, lusting after the crookedest education money could buy.

07/08/2019

Your favorite summer show is returning Monday, August 12! on CNBC

Oodles of premiere dates, with last looks at “The Affair,” “Orange Is the New Black” and “Legion.”

05/17/2019

TURNING THE TABLES.

For Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s final podcast, “Chicago Stories," the Mayor was the subject and I had the opportunity to do the asking.

This was the 96th in his illuminating series that he launched a year and a half ago.

It’s a must listen — especially for his uncanny imitation of his former boss, President Bill Clinton.

Chicago Mayor's Office

03/28/2019

Watch The Blacklist web exclusive 'Next: Red's New Lease on Life' on NBC.com

11/19/2018

Wealthy, retired executive Ken Abbott and his wife, Celeste, are said to have died in a fiery car crash in New Jersey. But when the family can't get answers to simple questions about their deaths, police discover a gruesome crime motivated by greed.

Greed: Deadly Rich is all new TONIGHT at 10p ET/PT on CNBC!

11/12/2018

A wave of horror surrounds the killing of jet-set heiress Nancy Pfister, found bludgeoned to death in her Aspen home. With millions on the line, does a sudden confession tell the whole story?

: Deadly Rich is all new TONIGHT at 10p ET/PT on CNBC!

11/05/2018

When a Manhattan millionaire heiress vanishes from her Upper East Side mansion, friends, staff and investigators are mystified. Soon, leads uncover a mysterious tenant who moved into her mansion weeks earlier. What unfolds is a trans-continental story of swindling, arson and murder.

: Deadly Rich is all new TONIGHT at 10p ET/PT on CNBC!