Gena McCarthy

Gena McCarthy is a television executive producer. She holds a B.A. in English Writing and History from the University of Pittsburgh. She began her career in 1993 working in children's television at a PBS affiliate, WQED Pittsburgh. She then worked in TLC’s programming and production units from 1998 to 2004. From 2006 to 2008, she was Vice President, Development and Production at WE tv. McCarthy then became Senior Vice President Development and Production for Discovery Channel. She joined Lifetime Networks in 2010 as Senior Vice President, Reality and Alternative Programming. In September 2013, she became Senior Vice President, Programming and Development for FYI and was promoted to Executive Vice President of Programming and Development in 2016. She returned to Lifetime in March 2018 in an expanded role to oversee all non-fiction development and production. In 2020, she was appointed Executive Vice President, Head of Programming for Lifetime Unscripted and Head of Programming, FYI.

What are Gena McCarthy's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

37%

Bonds

30%

Society

14%

Power

5%

Morality

5%

Ideas

5%

Survival

4%

Ambition8 Family bonds9 Community11 Self-worth6 Marriage4 Purpose3 Justice2 Oppression2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful

13

Warm

10

Tense

7

Joyful

6

Contemplative

6

Other

9

How their films linger

Feel-good11 Hopeful10 Fun8 Infuriating3 Thought-provoking3 Rousing2

How their films end

Happy5
Bittersweet7
Ambiguous6
Cyclical3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Gena McCarthy's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Lifetime Movie Club5 titles, show their 5 titles on Lifetime Movie Club
A&E Crime Central2 titles, show their 2 titles on A&E Crime Central

Subscription and free streaming for Gena McCarthy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

27 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page.

Wendy Williams: What a Mess!(2021)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Married at First Sight: Unmatchables(2021)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Surviving Jeffrey Epstein(2020)
Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Married at First Sight: Couples' Cam(2020)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Marrying Millions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer
Gretchen Carlson: Breaking the Silence(2019)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Cheerleader Generation(2019)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Ms. T's Music Factory(2019)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Married at First Sight: Jamie & Doug Plus One(2017)
Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer
You Can't Turn That Into a House(2017)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Zombie House Flipping Tampa(2016)
Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
Nicole & Jionni's Shore Flip(2016)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Man vs. Child: Chef Showdown(2015)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Married at First Sight: The First Year(2015)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Seven Year Switch(2015)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Unplugged Nation(2015)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Double Divas(2013)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
Kim of Queens(2013)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition(2012)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
Dance Moms: Miami(2012)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows
America's Supernanny(2011)
Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Project Accessory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer
Dance Moms(2011)
Show 1 episode · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
One Born Every Minute(2011)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Roseanne's Nuts(2011)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Dirty Jobs(2005)
Show 148 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Project Runway(2004)
Show 56 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles from 2004 to 2021.

By role

only this rolewith another role

Producing11 of 11 · 29^th

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s7 · crew2020s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Gena McCarthy work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gena McCarthy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chris Coelen shares the most, 5.