Geoffrey Darby

Geoffrey Darby is a Canadian screenwriter. He worked on children's sketch comedy You Can't Do That on Television[1] for most of the show's run.

Career

Darby was the Double Dare host for the unaired pilot.[2] Some of Darby's other credits include the 1983 American sketch comedy TV show Don't Look Now, the pilot episode UFO Kidnapped, Clarissa Explains it All, and Finders Keepers.[2]

In 1999 Darby was named President of Production for Oxygen Media.[3] Darby is currently the executive vice president of programming at the Weather Channel, taking the position in 2009.[4]

Writing credits
Production Notes Broadcaster
You Can't Do That on Television
  • 143 episodes (1979–1990)
 Nickelodeon
Don't Look Now
  • 5 episodes (co-written with Roger Price, 1983)
 PBS
Whatever Turns You On
  • 15 episodes (co-written with Roger Price, 1979)
 Nickelodeon
UFO Kidnapped
  • Feature film (co-written with Roger Price, 1983)
 Nickelodeon

References
  1. Klickstein, Mathew (26 March 2012). "So you Think You Can't do that on Television". Splitsider. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  2. "Geoffrey Darby". IMDb. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. "Geoffrey Darby, Former CBS and Viacom Executive, Named President of Production for Oxygen Media" (Press release). Oxygen Media. 26 March 1999 – via PRNewswire.
  4. "Geoffrey Darby named to TWC". The Weather Company (Press release). 5 March 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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