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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…