Mark S. Allen p.g.a. is a six time Emmy Award-winning television producer/host and is a writer/producer of the film ' starring Mena Suvari and Kevin Pollak, and a producer of the films , based on the true story of MMA champion Nick Newell starring Cody Christian and Elisabeth Rohm, starring Jerry O’ Connell, Fear Pharm, and 616 Wilford Lane. He is executive producer/host of the Emmy Award-winning syndicated movie show Extra Butter TV. He was host for two seasons of Comedy Central's award-winning series: Short Attention Span Theater and is currently a cast member of MORNING BLEND TV on ABC10. His movie show airs in 27 countries and 168 million homes worldwide both on AFN and TEGNA owned ABC station. His segment on the YouTube channel SMOSH has 38 million views and growing. He's logged over 25,000 hours of live local television as well as visiting the sets of countless blockbusters all over the World. He has been Mark Zuckerberg's guest at the Facebook campus on numerous occasions to host celebrity movie screening Q&As and has done the same for two California governors. He has a Guinness World Record for jalapeño pepper eating, and the local record for most bones broken on local TV; in fact, he defied recent great white shark attacks in the San Francisco Bay by swimming all the way from the Bay Bridge to the Golden Gate Bridge on live TV. His book 100 Things to do in Sacramento Before You Die is in bookstores throughout California and is an Amazon certified #1 new release. Mark has returned to his TV home, ABC 10 and is a prominent part of the morning and evening shows. and graduated from Permian High School the school and era in which the New York Times best-selling book ' was written. In 2019 Won the Emmy Award for "outstanding host non-scripted" for EXTRA BUTTER TV In 2017 he was awarded the Children's Miracle Network "Person Of The Year" award for his ongoing efforts to raise funds for children's hospitals. 2017 won fourth Emmy Award for Extra Butter TV. 2017 won National ProMax award 2017 California Film CommissionPerson of the Year
Professional background
Television and movies
Since 2016 he has been one of the cast members of The Morning Blend on ABC10. He's an executive producer and host of the celebrity interview show Extra Butter TV. He is producer and co writer/story by of the 2018 feature film APParition. 1996-2016 Allen was the CBS affiliate's entertainment anchor, film critic, stuntman, and arts and entertainment host on Good Day Sacramento. On October 30, 2015 Allen swam from the new bay bridge nonstop to the Golden Gate Bridge on live TV, days after the first recorded shark attack in the history of the San Francisco Bay was recorded. He has logged thousands of celebrity interviews and 25,000 hours of live TV. Mark at the Movies first aired locally, but then executives from Reelz network saw it and bought the rights to run it. It won two Emmys in 2010 and a third in 2011. Mark S. Allen appeared as a co-host with Chris O'Donnell on the Critics' Choice Awards 2008 Red Carpet Pre Show. Allen is part of the cast of the movie , which opened June 2016. Allen replaced comedians Jon Stewart and Patty Rosborough as host of the Comedy Central network show called Short Attention Span Theater in 1993. Marc Maron took the host position in the last season of SAST. Allen co-hosted the show Scratch alongside another Sacramento native, Lisa Ling.
Radio
Allen got his broadcasting start as a radio personality, in Dallas, Sacramento , and Southern California.
Other activities
In 1988, to raise awareness and funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Allen agreed to live 24 hours a day, seven days a week on a billboard for a month. On the third night of the stunt Allen fell off the billboard breaking bones in both legs and feet while also suffering a concussion. The day after he fell off the billboard, the local American River Fire Department rushed out and took him to the hospital. But after getting casts, he still insisted upon returning to the top to complete the fundraiser. In November 2006, and again in December 2015, Allen was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
