Kerry McCluggage (born 29 November 1954) is the owner and president of Craftsman Films, an independent production company developing motion picture and television content. He was Chairman of Paramount Television Group and President of Universal Television for more than ten years each. He was a co-founder of United Paramount Network (UPN). At Paramount Television, he oversaw programs such as Cheers , its spinoff Frasier , the Star Trek franchise, Entertainment Tonight , The Arsenio Hall Show , Judge Judy , Judge Joe Brown and Judge Mills Lane . and grew the operation from $700 million to $3.2 billion, making it one of the leading television production companies. From mid-2018 until the end of 2018, McCluggage was CEO of IDW Media Holdings (Idea and Design Works), a subdivision of IDW P