51 Minds


Wahlburgers prodco nabs Delmore from Endemol Shine prodco

Wahlburgers producer 44 Blue Productions has hired Elyse Delmore from Endemol Shine North America-owned reality house 51 Minds. Delmore has been named senior director of development at the Red Arrow Studios-owned 44 Blue. Working out of LA, she’ll work on development and sales of new ideas to cable, broadcast, syndication and digital platforms. At 51 […]

Left Hook connects with Endemol Shine NA

Endemol Shine North America and subsidiary True Entertainment have signed flegling Left Hook Media to overall production deals. Left Hook founders Scott Teti and Matt Odgers (pictured) are already in production with Endemol Shine Group’s North American arm on upcoming MTV series Almost Impossible Game Show, and with True on Bravo’s Summer House. They recently […]

51 Minds drafts VH1 exec in reshuffle

Endemol Shine North America prodco 51 Minds has hired a VH1 executive and promoted a number of execs in a shuffle aimed at future growth. The prodco has poached Tricia Biggio from VH1, where she oversaw current series such as T.I. and Tiny, The Family Hustle and She’s Got Game. At 51 Minds, she will […]

Abrego, Corwin take on Lat Am at Endemol Shine

Endemol Shine North America’s co-CEO and chairmen Cris Abrego and Charlie Corwin have widened their roles by taking on oversight of Latin America. They have been named co-chairmen of Endemol Shine Americas, which oversees all Latin American operations, as they renew their current deals. The pair are based in LA, reporting directly to London-based Endemol […]

O’Connell exits as Core aims to refinance

Jennifer O’Connell is reportedly exiting Core Media Group as part of a management restructuring as the Apollo Global Management-owned company aims to refinance more than US$300 million in debt. Core’s head of US television has left the American Idol producer, with Matt Sharp, CEO of subsidiary Sharp Entertainment, now taking on Core’s TV projects. O’Connell, […]

Original Media CEO exits, True bosses in

Original Media is saying goodbye to CEO Daniel Laikind, with the founders of sister prodco True Entertainment taking the reins. Steven Weinstock and Glenda Hersh have been named co-presidents and co-CEOs of the Endemol Shine North America-owned producer. They will also have the same job titles at True, the Endemol Shine company they created in […]

Endemol’s 51 Minds making kids reality for The Hub

US kids cable network The Hub has ordered Parents Just Don’t Understand, a new reality series from Endemol-owned US producer 51 Minds. The show puts parents and their offspring in each other’s shoes. It will debut on The Hub on August 23 and be presented by former ‘N Sync singer Joey Fatone. The Hub is […]

More executive changes at Endemol US

Endemol’s US division has hired Ben Samek as COO and upped Rob Smith to executive VP in the latest in a round of executive changes at the company. Samek joins Endemol North America from 51 Minds where he was COO and oversaw the sale of the US prodco to Endemol. Before that he was at […]

51 Minds co-founder exits as Endemol prodco reshuffles

Christian Sarabia has been promoted to president of Endemol’s 51 Minds as the US reality prodco’s co-founder Mark Cronin exits to launch his own firm. The changes come just months after the other 51 Minds co-founder, Cris Abrego, was tapped to as one of two execs at the top of Endemol North America. Sarabia is […]

Spielberg, Stallone attached to TNT, TBS projects

Steven Spielberg, Dick Wolf and Sylvester Stallone are among the talent producing new programmes for Turner-owned US cable entertainment channels TBS and TNT. Spielberg is attached to Portal House, a scripted series about a group of young scientists who stumble upon a portal into the space-time continuum; and Peter Gunn, a re-telling of Blake Edwards […]