Tonight’s episode of Brad Meltzer’s DECODED delves into the D.B. Cooper case, the 1971 skyjacking which has been unsolved for forty years. I produced this episode, and it’s my personal favorite one of the season. And after this latest investigation, the case may very well be solved. The show follows a new suspect named Kenny […]

Since June, I have been working as a Producer for a new History Channel series called Brad Meltzer’s DECODED. The show features a team of investigators — the “Decoders” — solving mysteries from throughout American History. Bestselling author Brad Meltzer is the host, and kind of the Charlie figure to this Charlie’s Angels. I’ve been […]

Today, my event planning company Reality Rush officially launched! We specialize in running team building adventures based on Reality TV game shows like Survivor, The Amazing Race and Big Brother. Although we have been running events for nearly two years, we became official in September, 2009 when we trademarked our name and filed the paperwork […]

In September, I started a new job — I am now an Associate Producer on The Lazy Environmentalist. TLE is an environmental TV series on The Sundance Channel, about easy and cost-effective ways of going green. The host, Josh Dorfman, helps people in various walks of life find ways to be more eco-friendly without bending […]

A few months ago, some friends and I started a sketch comedy group called Pizza Party Weekend, and I’ve discovered a new passion for writing and performing live comedy! We started out making comedy videos for the web and performing the occasional one-off sketch at comedy variety shows, but we apparently made an impression, because […]

Reality Rush, the adventure planning company that I co-founded with my friend Justin Walter, is gaining a lot of momentum! Reality Rush runs weekend team-building events based on reality shows like Survivor, The Amazing Race, The Mole and Big Brother. And in the past two weeks, we have produced two (Amazing) Races! Both Races went […]

I finally returned to Los Angeles last month after nine months of traveling! While I look for a new full-time job, I am doing various freelance web design and videography work, and have resumed development on my business Reality Rush. I am heavily involved with Last Lantern Productions, a new L.A.-based production company launched by […]

Can you tell a story in just six words? Ernest Hemingway was challenged to do just that in the 1920s, and it resulted in what he considered to be his best work: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” I was inspired by Hemingway’s challenge, and thought that a website all about super short stories would […]

Happy 2009, everybody! I returned from my trip through Asia a few weeks ago, and it’s great to be home in America! When I left at the beginning of July, I had just my backpack and a hunger for adventure. In all, I saw Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Olympics, China, Tibet, Nepal and India. […]

Greetings from Nepal! I am now in month four of my backpacking trip across Asia, and I’m having an absolutely amazing, life-changing time. I have climbed Mt. Fuji; slept on the beach in Okinawa; driven a moped up Taiwan’s treacherous Taroko Gorge; marvelled at the Hong Kong skyline; watched America win gold at the Beijing […]

I’ve always had a huge interest in travel, exploration and adventure, and I decided a long time ago that I wanted to see the world while I’m still young. Now, I am getting my chance! Tomorrow, I am taking a one-way flight to Tokyo, and for the next six months, I will be backpacking around […]

Recently, a friend and I have been working to start an event-planning company called Reality Rush Adventures. Reality Rush runs weekend events based on Reality TV shows like Survivor, The Mole and The Amazing Race for parties, corporate retreats and team-building exercises. In April, we ran our first game — a three day Survivor event […]

A quick update on what I’ve been doing career-wise. In February, I took a job as a swing Associate Producer at Actual Reality Pictures, where I worked on Flip That House season 4 for TLC, and Greenovate for the Discovery Home network. I am currently a Segment Producer for a new show on TLC called […]

It’s been nearly a year since I graduated from Ithaca College, and The Race is still getting national press! A few days ago, I was interviewed by the Fox Reality Channel for their show Reality Remix. The Race will be featured on a special upcoming episode, due to air in June. (I will try to […]

Today, I launched a new video blog called Pie Heaven! One of my favorite hobbies is watching online viral videos, and I’ve always wished there were a site I could go to that would take the very best of the day’s viral videos and put them in one place for me to watch. That’s the […]

Last week, The Race 2 was awarded two PEGASYS Awards for excellence in public access television. The show won in the category for “Best Documentary,” and was also the highest-rated overall program in the competition, thus receiving the award of “Best Educational Access.” As one of the four top-rated programs, PEGASYS will be sending The […]

I put together a demo reel of some of my best work from my four years studying television production at Ithaca College. This includes clips from both my ICTV shows and from my class projects. I have made DVDs of this as well. If you’d like a copy, please email me at pberg1@gmail.com!

On Sunday, I launched a new blog: Bandergrove.com, which I plan to update on a regular basis. I’ll be writing general interest articles about topics I find interesting, and things that I’ve done. My first post has already generated thousands of hits, and was featured on LAist.com, the front page of Current.com, and at G4TV.com. […]

The Race 2 has generated quite a bit of a stir online, and is currently being viewed by several thousand fans every week at ICTV.org. Not only that, but the show is actively being discussed on dozens of message forums, people are writing play-by-play recaps of episodes to keep the Internet fans up-to-date, and we […]

The Race was featured today on Reality Blurred, the web’s most popular reality tv blog, which is edited by television reporter Andy Dehnart. He gave us a rave review, calling the show “equally amazing” compared to the real Amazing Race, and encouraged his readers to watch it as a substitute to the CBS version, which […]

Fuse Magazine recently ran a fantastic article on The Race, the reality show that I produced for Ithaca College Television during my last two semesters. The article is entitled “The Fantasy of Reality TV Comes to Life” and was written by Brian Roth. Since the airing of season one, The Race has quickly become ICTV’s […]

Hello, and welcome to my new portfolio website! My name is Pete Berg, and I am a 2007 graduate of Ithaca College with a degree in Television and Radio. I will soon be relocating to Los Angeles, and seeking employment in the television, film or multimedia industry. I decided to create this website to show […]