Roger Henry

VP, Programming

MotorTrend Network

Roger Henry is Vice President of Programming for MotorTrend TV (formerly Velocity), responsible for overseeing strategy and scheduling of all content on MotorTrend TV and MotorTrend FAST Channels.

Henry joined MotorTrend in November 2018 when Discovery’s Velocity Channel was rebranded. Prior to this, he led Velocity as Vice President of Programming & Operations, guiding a content strategy that drove the network to exceptional ratings growth during a time of consolidation across the television industry. He’s overseen programming for the network’s
most successful series and specials including IRON RESURRECTION, TEXAS METAL, BITCHIN’ RIDES, ALL GIRLS GARAGE, FULL CUSTOM GARAGE, SHORTY’S DREAM SHOP, MECUM CAR AUCTIONS and more.

He has a wealth of experience launching and nurturing some successful brands at Discovery, Inc. across his career at the company. Henry began as a research analyst for Discovery Channel and TLC before serving as director of programming for Discovery Channel where he worked on the hit series MONSTER GARAGE and MYTHBUSTERS. Henry then served as director of programming for Discovery Health Channel before being upped to vice president of programming for Discovery Health Media. There he supervised the programming strategies for Discovery Health Channel and FitTV, and ushered in the JON AND KATE PLUS 8 and 19 KIDS AND COUNTING franchises.

Later, as vice president of programming and development for Science Channel, he was instrumental in the development of some of the network’s highest rated programs including the hit series HOW IT’S MADE and SURVIVORMAN, as well as the digitally re-mastered, landmark series COSMOS. As vice president of programming and development for Investigation
Discovery, Henry also helped launch the hit series HOMICIDE HUNTER.

Henry is a recipient of CableFAX Magazine’s “Most Influential Minorities in Cable”. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in economics with a concentration in marketing from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is based out of the Warner Bros. Discovery offices in Silver Spring, Md.

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