For this episode, I sat down with Josh Fisher — award-winning producer, development executive, network insider, and now strategic advisor helping creators shape and position their IP for today’s market.

Josh has worked across independent studios, major networks, and global brands — developing series, launching franchises, and sitting on both sides of the table. 

We talk about:

✨ Finding the Right Lane

From New Jersey to college radio, from Disney World to freelance TV, Josh didn’t start in animation — and he didn’t follow a straight line. His story is a reminder that most careers in this industry are built through pivots, not plans.

🎬 From Production to Development

After starting on the production side, Josh fought his way into development — discovering that shaping stories, building worlds, and helping creators refine ideas was where he truly belonged.

📺 Inside the Network Machine

As a young executive at Fox Family (later Disney), Josh helped develop and oversee major series — including Totally Spies. He shares what it means to carry creative responsibility inside a corporate structure — and how to navigate leverage, politics, and partnership.

🚀 Independent Studio Hustle

At Mike Young Productions (later Moonscoop), Josh moved back into a more entrepreneurial space — writing bibles, shaping pilots, polishing scripts, doing whatever needed to be done to get shows made. The creative rewards — and the structural realities — were very different.

🌍 Early Digital Thinking

Long before “transmedia strategy” became a buzzword, Josh launched an online game world on the side — a move that reshaped his career and positioned him at the intersection of digital, linear, and brand-building.

💡 Seeing the Whole Ecosystem

Having been a studio executive, a network buyer, a startup founder, and now an advisor — Josh understands how ideas move through the system. And that perspective is what he now brings to creators trying to navigate it.

This episode is a deep dive into career evolution — and what happens when you combine creative instinct with strategic awareness.

🎧 Listen now — and if you want to join these conversations live, with animators and storytellers from around the world, come hang out with us inside The Toon Room:

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