John Erickson

Founder and Executive Chairman of RLTV and Erickson Communities

John Erickson is the Founder and Executive Chairman of RLTV. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, John Erickson was the founder, chair, and served as CEO of Erickson Living, formerly Erickson Retirement Communities, for 29 years. Erickson developed RLTV to empower mature adults by providing them with programming that is not only entertaining, but also inspiring and educational. In addition to RLTV, Erickson is the founder of The Erickson Tribune, a rapidly growing monthly newspaper with a circulation of nearly half million readers.

FEATURED SHOWS

Sunset Daze

Welcome to Sunset Daze, a new series set in Surprise, Arizona.In Sun City, the world's largest seniors community, the daily dramas seem more like spring break than retirement with an incongruous mix of beauty pageants and hernia operations, new tattoos and back problems, flashmobs and comb-overs. More...

Taking Care with Joan Lunden

Taking Care is a groundbreaking and courageous four-part series examining the growing concerns over caregiving. The show explores options and strategies, and provides resources and information to help this challenging lifestage. More...

Stanley On The Go

Stanley On The Go single-handedly redefines the travel show. Indeed, Stanley redefines the notion of adventure: you don’t have to be a young Olympian to have a zest for life. Experience shouldn’t—and doesn’t—end at 60. More...