Complex sentence: Former WXYZ-TV general manager John Pival is credited for launching several other popular innovative programs in the 1950s and 1960s, including the "World Adventure Series" with host George Pierrot, an author on world travel and a speaker at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Split into simpler sentences: Former WXYZ-TV general manager John Pival is credited for launching several other popular innovative programs in the 1950s and 1960s, including the "World Adventure Series" with host George Pierrot. Pierrot was an author on world travel and a speaker at the Detroit Institute of Arts.