In addition, Berkus served as an executive producer on the film The Help, which was released in 2011. Sony Pictures came to the conclusion in December 2011 that they will not be renewing The Nate Berkus Show for a third season. Ruth Westheimer, whose living room and dining room he redecorated after a period of fifty years. Among his visitors was the sex therapist Dr. It was broadcast in the ten largest markets throughout the country on the ten stations that are owned and run by NBC, even though it was taped at Studio 42 at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York. This show was co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Harpo Productions. It was on September 13, 2010, that he made his debut as the host of his very own syndicated daily show called The Nate Berkus Show. He was educated at the boarding school known as Cushing Academy, which was located in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. Berkus spent the majority of his childhood in Hopkins, Minnesota, where he was raised in a Jewish family. In 1973, his parents went their separate ways. Berkus, his father, was one of the original founders of the National Sports Collectors Convention. His mother is the interior designer Nancy Golden, who has appeared in many series on HGTV and DIY Network. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Nate Berkus: How Saying 'No' to Oprah Changed His Career | Fast Company ()īerkus was born in Orange County, California, on September 17, 1971. ABC made the decision not to renew the show for a second season on May 13, 2008, and communicated the news to the public. The show debuted on March 2, 2008, but it was canceled on April 20, of the same year. Oprah’s Big Give was a reality show that had a short run and was hosted by Nate Berkus. It was in 2005 when Berkus first started selling his wares at Linens ‘n Things locations all around the continent of North America. The book has an ISBN number of 1-4013-0137-1. Home Rules: Transform the Place You Live into a Place You’ll Love is a step-by-step guide on home design and décor that was written by Nate Berkus and released by Hyperion Books in November 2005.
On the 17th of January, 2005, Berkus made an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss the ordeal as well as the death of his companion. While Berkus was able to live, Bengoechea was reported missing and is thought to have perished. When the tsunami of 2004 struck the coast of the Indian Ocean in December of that year, Berkus and his then-partner, the photographer Fernando Bengoechea, were on vacation at a beach resort in Sri Lanka.
He is the owner of the Chicago-based interior design company Nate Berkus Associates and a frequent contributor to The Oprah Winfrey Show. Nate Berkus has an estimated net worth of $15 million dollars, as of 2023.