The WorkShop
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Founded in 2008, The WorkShop, LLC is a full-service multi-media production company based in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Steve Rotfeld
Steve Rotfeld
Steve Rotfeld is an American television producer. His programs have appeared in national broadcast syndication on TLC, ESPN, ESPN Classic, Animal Planet, truTV, Golf Channel and the Travel Channel...

 and The WorkShop President Tom Farrell founded the company as an independent satellite in conjunction with Steve Rotfeld Productions
Steve Rotfeld Productions
Steve Rotfeld Productions is a television production, stock footage and broadcast syndication company based in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia...

, a television production and broadcast syndication company. The WorkShop team has produced shows for broadcast syndication, cable networks, websites, and corporate seminars, including Golf Channel, HGTV.COM, Disney.com
Disney.com
Disney.com is a website, owned by The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries, promotes the Disney theme parks and offers entertainment content intended for children....

, TLC
TLC (TV channel)
TLC is an American cable TV specialty channel which initially focused on educational content. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks...

, truTV, Kodak, NutriSystem and Villanova University
Villanova University
Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States...

. It has attracted hosting talent such as Charles Barkley
Charles Barkley
Charles Wade Barkley is a former American professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Sir Charles" and "The Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's most dominating power forwards...

, Ray Romano
Ray Romano
Raymond Albert "Ray" Romano is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian, best known for his roles on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and in the Ice Age film series. He recently starred in the TNT comedy-drama Men of a Certain Age.-Early life:Romano was born in Queens, New York to Italian...

 and Paige Davis, host of Trading Spaces
Trading Spaces
Trading Spaces is an hour-long American television reality program that aired from 2000 to 2008 on the cable channels TLC and Discovery Home. The format of the show was based on the BBC TV series Changing Rooms. The show ran for eight seasons....

.

Recent projects for The WorkShop include The Golf Channel
The Golf Channel
Golf Channel, known as The Golf Channel before the July 2008 dropping of The, is an American cable television network with coverage focused on the game of golf. Founded in Birmingham, Alabama, the American headquarters and studio are currently located in Orlando, Florida...

's The Haney Project, Donald J. Trump’s Fabulous World of Golf and Golf in America. The former is a series in which Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...

’ coach Hank Haney
Hank Haney
Hank Haney is an American professional golf instructor best known for coaching Tiger Woods and two-time major championship winner Mark O'Meara...

 tries to fix the golf game of a celebrity. In its first season, Haney coached NBA Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley
Charles Barkley
Charles Wade Barkley is a former American professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Sir Charles" and "The Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's most dominating power forwards...

, and the series achieved record ratings for Golf Channel; and in season two – set to debut in Spring 2010 – Haney’s student will be Emmy award-winner Ray Romano
Ray Romano
Raymond Albert "Ray" Romano is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian, best known for his roles on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and in the Ice Age film series. He recently starred in the TNT comedy-drama Men of a Certain Age.-Early life:Romano was born in Queens, New York to Italian...

. Golf in America is a magazine series hosted by Anthony Anderson
Anthony Anderson
Anthony Anderson is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He has starred in his own sitcom All About the Andersons, as well as the Fox sitcom The Bernie Mac Show during the fifth and final season of the show. He is also known for his leading roles in television dramas such as K-Ville, The...

 that features the most compelling golf stories. The newest Golf Channel series is Donald Trump’s Fabulous World of Golf, where two celebrities square off in a match play competition, hosted by Donald himself.

Tom Farrell

Tom Farrell is President of The WorkShop, a full-service media production company. Prior to The WorkShop, Tom was the chief operating officer for Banyan Productions, Inc. and before that, he was the Lead Series Producer for Steve Rotfeld Productions, Inc. During his seven years with Steve Rotfeld Productions, Tom oversaw the planning and production of three nationally syndicated programs.

Tom’s career as a producer spans the reality and sports programming genres. Tom was the executive producer of TLC
TLC (TV channel)
TLC is an American cable TV specialty channel which initially focused on educational content. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks...

’s Trading Spaces
Trading Spaces
Trading Spaces is an hour-long American television reality program that aired from 2000 to 2008 on the cable channels TLC and Discovery Home. The format of the show was based on the BBC TV series Changing Rooms. The show ran for eight seasons....

 and Trading Spaces: Family, responsible for creating, planning and directing both shows’ content and overall look.

Tom has served as executive producer for cable network programs such as A Makeover Story
A Makeover Story
A Makeover Story is a reality show on TLC Network in the United States. Each episode runs for 30 minutes and features two people who get makeovers including clothes, hairstyling, and makeup. The show ran for five seasons and is the original of the "makeover-show" formats...

, A Baby Story
A Baby Story
A Baby Story is a program that airs daily on The Learning Channel . There are more than 100 episodes in the series. The program follows a couple through the late days of their pregnancy, sometimes showing the baby shower, final family outing, or dinner party. Then, it always shows the family...

 and The Things We Do For Love. Tom has also served as a lead producer for The Lighter Side of Sports
The Lighter Side of Sports
The Lighter Side of Sports is a long-running syndicated American sports blooper program produced by Steve Rotfeld Productions. It is currently hosted by ESPN personality Mike Golic...

, Wild About Animals
Wild About Animals
Wild About Animals is a documentary television series about a guide to the world of animals. The series is hosted by Mariette Hartley....

, Awesome Adventures
Awesome Adventures
Awesome Adventures is a syndicated educational television series about one host and two selected teenagers who travel to different places in countries all around the world...

 and The Great Sports Debate.

A graduate of Villanova University, Tom sits on the board of directors for the Academy of Television Arts and Science Foundation.

Steve Rotfeld

Steve Rotfeld
Steve Rotfeld
Steve Rotfeld is an American television producer. His programs have appeared in national broadcast syndication on TLC, ESPN, ESPN Classic, Animal Planet, truTV, Golf Channel and the Travel Channel...

 is CEO of The WorkShop, where he serves as executive producer of The Haney Project, Donald J. Trump’s Fabulous World Of Golf, Golf in America and other projects. He has been producing television shows since 1980, and his programs have appeared in national broadcast syndication on TLC
TLC (TV channel)
TLC is an American cable TV specialty channel which initially focused on educational content. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks...

, ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

, ESPN Classic, Animal Planet
Animal Planet
Animal Planet is an American cable tv specialty channel that launched on October 1, 1996. It is distributed by Discovery Communications. A high-definition simulcast of the channel launched on September 1, 2007.-History:...

, truTV, Golf Channel and the Travel Channel
Travel Channel
The Travel Channel is a satellite and cable television channel that is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, US. It features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows in African animal safaris,...

. In addition to his duties at The WorkShop, Steve has been President of Steve Rotfeld Productions since 1985, when he began producing sports bloopers and pranks shows, such as ESPN’s The Lighter Side of Sports
The Lighter Side of Sports
The Lighter Side of Sports is a long-running syndicated American sports blooper program produced by Steve Rotfeld Productions. It is currently hosted by ESPN personality Mike Golic...

, and Bob Uecker
Bob Uecker
Robert George "Bob" Uecker is an American former Major League Baseball player, later a sportscaster, comedian, and actor. Uecker was given the title of "Mr. Baseball" by Johnny Carson...

’s Wacky World of Sports. He has also produced the long-running educational television series Wild About Animals
Wild About Animals
Wild About Animals is a documentary television series about a guide to the world of animals. The series is hosted by Mariette Hartley....

, Whaddyado
Whaddyado
Whaddyado is an educational television series that chronicles the lives of teenagers who are faced with challenging situations. This series is hosted by Christine Hamilton....

 and Awesome Adventures
Awesome Adventures
Awesome Adventures is a syndicated educational television series about one host and two selected teenagers who travel to different places in countries all around the world...

.

Steve Rotfeld Productions

Steve Rotfeld Productions is a television production and broadcast syndication company founded in 1985 by President Steve Rotfeld
Steve Rotfeld
Steve Rotfeld is an American television producer. His programs have appeared in national broadcast syndication on TLC, ESPN, ESPN Classic, Animal Planet, truTV, Golf Channel and the Travel Channel...

. SRP currently produces six series for cable and broadcast television: The Lighter Side of Sports
The Lighter Side of Sports
The Lighter Side of Sports is a long-running syndicated American sports blooper program produced by Steve Rotfeld Productions. It is currently hosted by ESPN personality Mike Golic...

, Wild About Animals
Wild About Animals
Wild About Animals is a documentary television series about a guide to the world of animals. The series is hosted by Mariette Hartley....

, Awesome Adventures
Awesome Adventures
Awesome Adventures is a syndicated educational television series about one host and two selected teenagers who travel to different places in countries all around the world...

, Whaddyado, Sports Disasters and Wild Weddings.
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