Robert Sorcher (born December 22, 1961) is an American television executive producer for Warner Bros. Television Group. Sorcher was formerly executive vice president and global chief content officer at Cartoon Network,^[1] starting his job in 2008, and promoted in 2013. He was a producer for We Bare Bears, Adventure Time, Clarence, Regular Show, Steven Universe, Over the Garden Wall, The Powerpuff Girls and Ben 10. As chief content officer, he was responsible for original content development for Cartoon Network and Cartoon Network Studios.^[2][3] Sorcher previously worked at AMC Network where he introduced scripted originals to the channel, including the Emmy award winning Broken Trail and the Peabody Award winning series; Mad Men and Breaking Bad.

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Rob Sorcher
Sorcher at the 2015 Peabody Awards for Adventure Time
Born	Robert Sorcher (1961-12-22) December 22, 1961 (age 62)
Occupation	Executive producer

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Rob Sorcher oversaw Cartoon Network Studios^[4] in Los Angeles, where he executive produced content for worldwide distribution to 192 countries and 370 million homes. He managed all content, which in the past included series like Steven Universe^[5] and Adventure Time,^[6] CN Games^[7][8] and the flagship CN app.

Sorcher's career worked with several advertisement companies such as Grey Advertising, Griffin-Bacal, and Benton & Bowles.

He also worked for AMC Network as its executive vice president of programming and production.^[9] He was credited with leading the network to tremendous growth, thanks to his introduction of scripted originals and Emmy-award winning series such as Mad Men and ^[10][11][12] Breaking Bad, which were both named by the New York Times among the 20 best TV dramas since The Sopranos,^[13] and the mini-series Broken Trail.^[1]

Prior to AMC, Sorcher was EVP and GM of USA Network for a short time prior to the sudden appointment of Doug Herzog.

Sorcher had also served as EVP of Programming/Production at Fox Family Channel,^[14] and earlier in his career worked as the first general manager of Cartoon Network with the creation of his The Cartoonstitute variety project. He moved to start his own production company.^[15]