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Mark Burnett
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HBO Max orders Mark Burnett business format ‘The Big Shot’
HBO Max has ordered eight episodes of The Big Shot with Bethenny (wt), a new business reality competition…
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MGM promotes Barry Poznick to lead expanded non-scripted drive
MGM’s Barry Poznick has been promoted to lead unscripted and alternative television for the business…
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Amazon greenlights Burnett’s Eco-Challenge, partners with Neil Gaiman
Amazon Studios has greenlit a revival of competition series Eco-Challenge from Survivor creator Mark Burnett and…
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Mark Burnett becomes MGM chairman
MGM has promoted Emmy Award-winning producer Mark Burnett to chairman of its Worldwide Television Group….
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Aalderink and Lubbers band with MGM in Euro formats push
US studio MGM has set up a Dutch-based formats development operations with European programming execs…
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Burnett & Darnell create ‘entertainment Olympics’ show for CBS
Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell (below right) have joined forces to conjure up the “Olympics…
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Mark Burnett’s Contender boxes clever with Epix reboot
The Mark Burnett-created boxing reality series The Contender is returning to US television screens after…
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MGM forms JV with Redseven
MGM Worldwide Television has formed a coproduction joint venture with Germany’s Redseven Entertainment. The partnership…
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MGM buys Real Housewives prodco Evolution
Mark Burnett’s MGM Television and Digital Group has acquired the creator of the Real Housewives…
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NBC’s alternative all stars
Amid the golden age of TV drama, NBC has done something remarkable in launching and…
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Mark Burnett launching Light TV channel
Mark Burnett, Roma Downey and MGM are launching Light TV, a new family and faith-based…
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TV companies join Sky in Drone Racing
A raft of international TV and media players have invested in the Drone Racing League….
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Fox cancels one Burnett series, orders another
US broadcaster Fox has cancelled a Mark Burnett-produced dating series, but ordered a music-themed, interactive…
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Burnett hires reality TV chief for MGM
MGM has recruited Barry Poznick as president of its unscripted division as, with Mark Burnett…
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Burnett, Harvey in business for ABC
Unscripted industry figures Mark Burnett and Steve Harvey are coming together to create a seed…
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Ex-MGM TV chief joins IMG in ents push
Former MGM Worldwide Television president Gary Marenzi has IMG Media has head of entertainment sales…
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Burnett behind Fox dating series
US broadcaster Fox has ordered a ten-part dating reality series from new MGM Television president…
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Burnett takes over as Khanna exits MGM Television
Mark Burnett is taking control of MGM Television and Digital Group after the US studio…
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ITV brings Darnell-Burnett gameshow to UK
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has commissioned a local version of Mike Darnell and Mark Burnett’s…
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Ex-CBS exec lands Netflix comedy role
Former CBS syndication executive Terry Wood is working with Netflix, overseeing the streaming service’s upcoming…
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Schwarzenegger joins NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice
Arnold Schwarzenegger is to succeed Donald Trump in the boardroom of NBC’s business reality show…
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Turner, Burnett test wearable tech inventors
Turner Broadcasting System, IT firm Intel and unscripted producer Mark Burnett are jointly working on…
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Canuck net takes Burnett’s Detour
Canadian channel W Network is developing a travel reality series with Mark Burnett and his…
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Time runs out for A.D. on NBC
US broadcaster NBC has axed its Bible-inspired Mark Burnett drama series. A.D. The Bible Continues…
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Burnett closes Generation Gap with Televisa
Producer Mark Burnett is working with Mexico’s Televisa on a new format in which families…
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Burnett, Darnell ask 500 Questions in Cannes
US production gurus Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell will be in Cannes next week at…
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Apprentice hired in Quebec
Canadian indie formats house Media Ranch is planning to bring The Apprentice to screens to…
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MGM travels with Burnett’s A.D.
MGM International Television Distribution is taking Mark Burnett-produced bible-themed scripted series A.D.: Kingdom and Empire…
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MGM buys Mark Burnett prodco
US studio MGM has taken a 55% stake in Lightworkers Media, the production company run…
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Discovery Channel gets 3.4 million for Klondike
The Discovery Channel’s first scripted miniseries, Klondike, has delivered solid debut ratings of 3.4 million…
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