Background
He was born in Rhode Island in 1955 and graduated from Brown University in 1977.
He was born in Rhode Island in 1955 and graduated from Brown University in 1977.
Brown University.
His books include Written in My Soul (1986), Last of the Moe Haircuts (1986), U2 at the End of the World (1995), and the novels A&R (2000), New Bedlam (2007) and Evening"s Empire (2010). As Executive Vice President/Editorial Director of Music Television Networks, Flanagan oversees the series Video Hits One Storytellers and CMT Crossroads. He has also worked on Video Hits One"s Legends, Video Hits One Archives, Hotel Music Television, and many other series and specials.
He was one of the producers of The Concert for New York City after the September 11 attacks and has produced, co-produced or executive produced two televised concerts from the White House, The Beatles Revolution for American Broadcasting Company, Elvis Lives for National Broadcasting Company, and Video Hits One specials with Garth Brooks, Paul McCartney, Clint Eastwood, Bruce Springsteen, and Oprah Winfrey.
Flanagan acts as Ombudsman of the Sundance Channel series Spectacle: Elvis Costello with. He also appears on air as an essayist on Columbia Broadcasting System News Sunday Morning.