Adam Kaloustian is best known for being the senior producer of the hit NBC

NBC

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 reality series, The Biggest Loser

The Biggest Loser

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. He resides in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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 with his wife, Kim, and their daughter.

Early life

"Adam Jason Kaloustian" was born on April 30, 1980, in Cheshire Connecticut to Sharon Kaloustian, a pre-school teacher, and Kenneth V. Kaloustian, the Chairman of Biomedical Sciences and pathologist's assistant at Quinnipiac University

Quinnipiac University

Quinnipiac University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in Hamden, Connecticut, United States at the foot of Sleeping Giant State Park...

. He graduated Cheshire High School

Cheshire High School

Cheshire High School is located on Route 10 across from Bartlem Park in Cheshire, Connecticut. It is 15 miles north of New Haven and south of Hartford...

 in 1998 and went on to enroll in the communications program at Quinnipiac, hoping to one day land a network television job.

Hard Work

After graduating from Quinnipiac University with a degree in communications in 2002, he and his then, girlfriend and future-wife, Kim, moved to Los Angeles. By the end of 2003, Kaloustian was hired by a small production company in Los Angeles. He was discouraged when he was only given the tasks to run errands and get coffee for people, so he would help sound guys wrap cable and follow procers around, hoping to learn from them. After a while, Kaloustian was doing a lot more, becoming involved in the actual production of the shows. After hard work and long hours, Kaloustian landed himself a job with Revielle Productions. From there, he was able produce shows such as Blow Out

Blow Out

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, American Gladiators

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, and Shear Genius

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.

The Biggest Loser

In 2007, 3Ball Productions offered Kaloustian a job as senior producer of the already hit reality series, The Biggest Loser

The Biggest Loser

The Biggest Loser is an American reality game show that debuted on NBC October 19, 2004. The show features obese people competing to win a cash prize by losing the highest percentage of weight relative to their initial weight....

. Since then, the show has become even more popular and has an average fan base of 9.3 million viewers from 8pm-10pm.