Myeshia Mizuno
Myeshia Mizuno is a seasoned television producer and executive. She is currently the showrunner and executive producer of the highly rated syndicated “Family Feud,” as well as ABC’s primetime hit “Celebrity Family Feud.”
Her career began in advertising at the boutique agency, Donat & Wald. During Mizuno’s time as an ad executive, she produced commercials for their client base 1-800-DENTIST, Dermalogica and George Forman. Those moments on commercial sets are what propelled her to pursue a career in television.
Mizuno’s early days in television included projects for MTV, FOX, NBC, Telepictures, GSN, BBC, Endemol and BET, producing a variety of unscripted television: game shows, reality competitions, talk shows and court shows. Notably, Mizuno had the honor of producing the syndicated juggernaut “Judge Judy” Seasons 5 and 6.
During her time as a development executive with FOX’s syndicated division, 20th Television, she was an instrumental part of the team which launched MyNetworkTV. Along with the launch of the new network, Mizuno was responsible for overseeing 300-plus hours of scripted editing during the production of six telenovelas, a first for the English-speaking market.
Her producing career continued with such projects as, syndicated NBC talk show “TRISHA,” ABC’s primetime game show “Supermarket Sweep” and CNBC’s “Money Court” which she developed for Anvil Entertainment.
Mizuno moved to Atlanta to executive produce MGM’s daytime syndicated court show “Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court.” Upon joining the show in Season 3, the daily strip received its first Daytime Emmy® nomination. Subsequently, “Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court” would receive four more nominations and an Emmy win in 2019 for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program. With this success, Mizuno and 79 & York Entertainment developed two more daytime court shows for MGM, the two-time Emmy-nominated “Couples Court with The Cutlers” and “Personal Injury Court.”
Mizuno’s reputation of being a producer’s producer led to an introduction to Mr. Steve Harvey, who had the idea of “being a judge”. Mizuno developed the idea and created the hilarious and heartfelt ABC primetime court comedy “Judge Steve Harvey,” which was nominated for an Emmy in its first season.
Mizuno is at the helm of the iconic game show and franchise “Family Feud.” The show will be celebrating 50 years on broadcast television with the new season premiering in fall 2026. Along, with the syndicated version, Mizuno also oversees “Celebrity Family Feud,” which scored its biggest premiere audience in three years, growing the competition show by 46% in Season 11 (The Wrap, July 14, 2025).
Mizuno resides in Los Angeles and Atlanta.