If you're like us, the broadcast shows are not hitting their marks.
They're beyond formulaic (everyone's out to tear down Firehouse 51 on Chicago Fire? Give us a break already) and have lost their pizazz.
Watching TV barely cracks our faces with a smile.
But the streamer that is part of our return to classic TV (Dark Shadows? Check! Family? Check! Columbo? Check!), Tubi, has a new original series on the way starring Gilmore Girls and Parenthood star Lauren Graham.
Neither show is on Tubi, so why not create one to bring the talented actress into their world?
That's what Tubi is doing as the Fox Corporation's ad-supported VOD service announced today that it has greenlit the new original comedy series The Z Suite starring Graham.
Written by Katie O'Brien, who also serves as showrunner, the series is executive produced by Lance Samuels, Samantha Levine, and Daniel Iron of Blue Ice Pictures...
They're beyond formulaic (everyone's out to tear down Firehouse 51 on Chicago Fire? Give us a break already) and have lost their pizazz.
Watching TV barely cracks our faces with a smile.
But the streamer that is part of our return to classic TV (Dark Shadows? Check! Family? Check! Columbo? Check!), Tubi, has a new original series on the way starring Gilmore Girls and Parenthood star Lauren Graham.
Neither show is on Tubi, so why not create one to bring the talented actress into their world?
That's what Tubi is doing as the Fox Corporation's ad-supported VOD service announced today that it has greenlit the new original comedy series The Z Suite starring Graham.
Written by Katie O'Brien, who also serves as showrunner, the series is executive produced by Lance Samuels, Samantha Levine, and Daniel Iron of Blue Ice Pictures...
- 5/9/2024
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Lauren Graham Stars In ‘The Z-Suite’ Comedy Ordered By Tubi As Its First In-House Live-Action Series
Exclusive: Fox Corporation’s Tubi has greenlighted The Z-Suite, a comedy series starring and executive produced by Lauren Graham. The multi-generational workplace comedy, from writer, executive producer and showrunner Katie O’Brien, is AVOD service’s first homegrown live-action original series.
The Z-Suite is set at a boutique New York ad agency where generational divides see the established C-Suite and rising Gen Z employees collide. After a company decision spirals out of control, the agency’s reigning executives are pushed out and the Z-Suite employees are suddenly put in charge, ultimately testing both generations’ skills and patience.
Graham plays Monica Frazier, an advertising agency mogul who is fired as CEO and finds herself clawing her way back into the company she helped build.
“When I first read the script for The Z-Suite I responded to Katie O’Brien’s fresh and funny take on the workplace,...
The Z-Suite is set at a boutique New York ad agency where generational divides see the established C-Suite and rising Gen Z employees collide. After a company decision spirals out of control, the agency’s reigning executives are pushed out and the Z-Suite employees are suddenly put in charge, ultimately testing both generations’ skills and patience.
Graham plays Monica Frazier, an advertising agency mogul who is fired as CEO and finds herself clawing her way back into the company she helped build.
“When I first read the script for The Z-Suite I responded to Katie O’Brien’s fresh and funny take on the workplace,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has unveiled the official trailer and premiere date for Alex Edelman’s upcoming comedy special, “Alex Edelman: Just for Us.” The special, which was recorded live at the Hudson Theatre in New York, will debut on HBO and be available to stream on Max April 6 at 10 p.m. Et/ Pt.
“Just for Us,” chronicles Edelman’s life as a Jewish man living on the east coast and revolves around how he once attended a meeting of White Nationalists after receiving antisemitic threats online. This is Edelman’s second comedy special, his first being “Alex Edelman: Live at the BBC,” which was an hour long set he performed for Netflix UK in 2016.
Edelman is currently on an encore tour of “Just for Us,” this week in New York. Later this month, he’ll be back at Los Angeles’ Mark Taper Forum, where his show earned raves last fall.
Alex Timbers...
“Just for Us,” chronicles Edelman’s life as a Jewish man living on the east coast and revolves around how he once attended a meeting of White Nationalists after receiving antisemitic threats online. This is Edelman’s second comedy special, his first being “Alex Edelman: Live at the BBC,” which was an hour long set he performed for Netflix UK in 2016.
Edelman is currently on an encore tour of “Just for Us,” this week in New York. Later this month, he’ll be back at Los Angeles’ Mark Taper Forum, where his show earned raves last fall.
Alex Timbers...
- 3/13/2024
- by Caroline Brew, Jack Dunn, Jaden Thompson and Diego Ramos Bechara
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: CoComelon owner Moonbug Entertainment is looking to emerging production studio VaynerWatt for its next kids and family franchise.
The companies have struck a strategic partnership deal and will work together to create a 2D-animated series for kids aged 6-11 called VeeFriends, which is based on Vaynerchuk’s existing kids franchise of the same name. It will launch on YouTube in September, with Candle Media-owned Moonbug and VaynerWatt both attached.
VaynerWatt co-founder Gary Vaynerchuk created VeeFriends, which is billed as a “contemporary entertainment company” focused on collectibles, events, games and technology based around characters who aim to make soft skills cool.
The series will be set in the VeeFriends universe, which features a collection of larger-than-life VeeFriends characters such as Gratitude Gorilla, Quick Quail and Clever Crocodile who will compete in the VeeDome, the “ultimate over-the-top challenge arena, to battle out the biggest issues facing tweendom today.” Every character...
The companies have struck a strategic partnership deal and will work together to create a 2D-animated series for kids aged 6-11 called VeeFriends, which is based on Vaynerchuk’s existing kids franchise of the same name. It will launch on YouTube in September, with Candle Media-owned Moonbug and VaynerWatt both attached.
VaynerWatt co-founder Gary Vaynerchuk created VeeFriends, which is billed as a “contemporary entertainment company” focused on collectibles, events, games and technology based around characters who aim to make soft skills cool.
The series will be set in the VeeFriends universe, which features a collection of larger-than-life VeeFriends characters such as Gratitude Gorilla, Quick Quail and Clever Crocodile who will compete in the VeeDome, the “ultimate over-the-top challenge arena, to battle out the biggest issues facing tweendom today.” Every character...
- 3/11/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
On April 28, Netflix will take viewers inside the world of rare sports cards and collectibles with one of the industry’s best-known experts: Ken Goldin.
Goldin and his team at Goldin Auctions will be the centerpiece of the newest transactional TV series, King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch, a six-episode, half-hour series that offers a first look into the hobby that has turned into a multibillion-dollar business as stars and athletes turn to Goldin to buy and sell rare collectibles.
In the exclusive first look at the series, featured below, Goldin works with athletes including Joe Montana, Peyton Manning (who also exec produces the show) and Mike Tyson. Viewers get a peek into the auction house that features incredible collectibles like a game-worn Jackie Robinson jersey and other high-end items, including Jim Morrison’s ID, the first Apple computer and a signed Michael Jordan uniform. Think of King of Collectibles...
Goldin and his team at Goldin Auctions will be the centerpiece of the newest transactional TV series, King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch, a six-episode, half-hour series that offers a first look into the hobby that has turned into a multibillion-dollar business as stars and athletes turn to Goldin to buy and sell rare collectibles.
In the exclusive first look at the series, featured below, Goldin works with athletes including Joe Montana, Peyton Manning (who also exec produces the show) and Mike Tyson. Viewers get a peek into the auction house that features incredible collectibles like a game-worn Jackie Robinson jersey and other high-end items, including Jim Morrison’s ID, the first Apple computer and a signed Michael Jordan uniform. Think of King of Collectibles...
- 3/31/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Gary Vaynerchuk, internet marketing expert and Resy founder, has teamed with former CAA agent and Wheelhouse exec Eric Wattenberg and Matt Higgins, who co-founded investment firm Rse Ventures with Miami Dolphins owner Stephen M. Ross, to launch a new production studio.
The trio are launching VaynerWatt.
The company will produce original long and short-form content for linear networks and streaming services.
It marks the first TV production company for Vaynerchuk, the founder of communications company VaynerX, who is best known for his work in digital marketing.
Wattenberg, who will be CEO of the new company, joins from Wheelhouse, the company set up by Brent Montgomery, where he was Chief Content Officer. Prior to joining Wheelhouse, he was Co-Head of Alternative Television at CAA, where he represented talents including Kelly Ripa, Andy Cohen, Nick Cannon and Billy Porter. It was via CAA that Wattenberg and Vaynerchuk met.
Higgins, who appeared...
The trio are launching VaynerWatt.
The company will produce original long and short-form content for linear networks and streaming services.
It marks the first TV production company for Vaynerchuk, the founder of communications company VaynerX, who is best known for his work in digital marketing.
Wattenberg, who will be CEO of the new company, joins from Wheelhouse, the company set up by Brent Montgomery, where he was Chief Content Officer. Prior to joining Wheelhouse, he was Co-Head of Alternative Television at CAA, where he represented talents including Kelly Ripa, Andy Cohen, Nick Cannon and Billy Porter. It was via CAA that Wattenberg and Vaynerchuk met.
Higgins, who appeared...
- 1/12/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix is cashing in on reality TV and renovation.
On Thursday, the streaming service announced that “Selling Sunset” has been renewed for Seasons 6 and 7, with production kicking off this summer.
Produced by Adam Divello’s Done and Done Productions and Lionsgate, “Selling Sunset” follows the real estate agents of the Oppenheim Group — run by Jason and Brett Oppenheim. The cast includes Chrishell Stause, Mary Fitzgerald, Heather Rae El Moussa, Davina Potratz, Emma Hernan, Amanza Smith and Maya Vander.
Christine Quinn appeared in the first five seasons of the show but did not attend the reunion and has not given a straight answer to whether she’ll be returning.
The spinoff, “Selling the Oc,” will debut on August 24, as a new group of Oppenheim Group realtors compete to establish themselves at the Orange County office. In addition to the Oppenheims, the cast includes Alex Hall, Alexandra Jarvis, Alexandra Rose, Austin Victoria,...
On Thursday, the streaming service announced that “Selling Sunset” has been renewed for Seasons 6 and 7, with production kicking off this summer.
Produced by Adam Divello’s Done and Done Productions and Lionsgate, “Selling Sunset” follows the real estate agents of the Oppenheim Group — run by Jason and Brett Oppenheim. The cast includes Chrishell Stause, Mary Fitzgerald, Heather Rae El Moussa, Davina Potratz, Emma Hernan, Amanza Smith and Maya Vander.
Christine Quinn appeared in the first five seasons of the show but did not attend the reunion and has not given a straight answer to whether she’ll be returning.
The spinoff, “Selling the Oc,” will debut on August 24, as a new group of Oppenheim Group realtors compete to establish themselves at the Orange County office. In addition to the Oppenheims, the cast includes Alex Hall, Alexandra Jarvis, Alexandra Rose, Austin Victoria,...
- 6/23/2022
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix is doubling down on property.
The streamer has handed breakout reality series Selling Sunset a two season order – taking it through seasons six and seven and ordered a slate of new property, real estate and renovation shows.
Production on season six of high-end real estate series Selling Sunset, which follows the likes of Chrishell Stause, Christine Quinn and Mary Fitzgerald and their colleagues at The Oppenheim Group, will start later this summer.
The series, which is produced by Lionsgate and Done and Done Productions, is exec produced by creator Adam Divello, Sundee Manusakis, Kristofer Lindquist, Skyler Wakil and Jason Oppenheim.
Elsewhere, the streamer has ordered four new shows and handed premiere dates to a slew of others in the property space.
Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse is behind two series: Designing Miami and Buying Beverly Hills.
Designing Miami, which premieres September 21, follows two of Miami’s two hottest designers who...
The streamer has handed breakout reality series Selling Sunset a two season order – taking it through seasons six and seven and ordered a slate of new property, real estate and renovation shows.
Production on season six of high-end real estate series Selling Sunset, which follows the likes of Chrishell Stause, Christine Quinn and Mary Fitzgerald and their colleagues at The Oppenheim Group, will start later this summer.
The series, which is produced by Lionsgate and Done and Done Productions, is exec produced by creator Adam Divello, Sundee Manusakis, Kristofer Lindquist, Skyler Wakil and Jason Oppenheim.
Elsewhere, the streamer has ordered four new shows and handed premiere dates to a slew of others in the property space.
Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse is behind two series: Designing Miami and Buying Beverly Hills.
Designing Miami, which premieres September 21, follows two of Miami’s two hottest designers who...
- 6/23/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Hulu has ordered four new food series from David Chang’s Majordomo Media and Vox Media Studios, including a drag queen-themed dinner party competition from Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, “Drag Me to Dinner,” as well as the shows “Secret Chef,” “Burning Men,” and “Chefs vs. Wild.”
These shows join Hulu’s other shows produced under its food-programming deal with Vox Media Studios, including Chang’s “The Next Thing You Eat” and “Eater’s Guide to the World,” narrated by Maya Rudolph, as well as the upcoming “Dinner Party” (working title) with Chang and Chrissy Teigen.
“We are thrilled to be expanding our relationship with David Chang, Majordomo, and Hulu with these brand new series that will leave Hulu’s audience hungry for more,” Chad Mumm, chief creative officer, Vox Media Studios, said. “With a mix of notable chefs, talent, and partners, these innovative series are a fresh take on culinary competitions.
These shows join Hulu’s other shows produced under its food-programming deal with Vox Media Studios, including Chang’s “The Next Thing You Eat” and “Eater’s Guide to the World,” narrated by Maya Rudolph, as well as the upcoming “Dinner Party” (working title) with Chang and Chrissy Teigen.
“We are thrilled to be expanding our relationship with David Chang, Majordomo, and Hulu with these brand new series that will leave Hulu’s audience hungry for more,” Chad Mumm, chief creative officer, Vox Media Studios, said. “With a mix of notable chefs, talent, and partners, these innovative series are a fresh take on culinary competitions.
- 6/9/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu Originals today announced four food series from Vox Media Studios and David Chang’s Majordomo Media, including one from Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka.
“We are thrilled to be expanding our relationship with David Chang, Majordomo, and Hulu with these brand new series that will leave Hulu’s audience hungry for more,” said Chad Mumm, Chief Creative Officer, Vox Media Studios in a statement. “With a mix of notable chefs, talent, and partners, these innovative series are a fresh take on culinary competitions.”
The series are:
Drag Me to Dinner. If you want a great party, hire a party planner. If you want an outrageous, unforgettable party, call in someone who makes something fabulous and supremely entertaining out of almost nothing… a Drag Queen! Created and executive produced by and featuring Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka and their celebrity friends, Drag Me to Dinner is the new...
“We are thrilled to be expanding our relationship with David Chang, Majordomo, and Hulu with these brand new series that will leave Hulu’s audience hungry for more,” said Chad Mumm, Chief Creative Officer, Vox Media Studios in a statement. “With a mix of notable chefs, talent, and partners, these innovative series are a fresh take on culinary competitions.”
The series are:
Drag Me to Dinner. If you want a great party, hire a party planner. If you want an outrageous, unforgettable party, call in someone who makes something fabulous and supremely entertaining out of almost nothing… a Drag Queen! Created and executive produced by and featuring Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka and their celebrity friends, Drag Me to Dinner is the new...
- 6/9/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has swooped in to land a reality series about The Hype House, a group of digital influencers in LA that have more than 120M TikTok followers.
The streamer has ordered the series, which Deadline first revealed was in the works last August, from Wheelhouse Entertainment.
The show, which is part of a larger, overall content and brand alliance between Wheelhouse and Hype House, will feature the likes of founders Chase Hudson and Thomas Petrou as well as Nikita Dragun.
It will take viewers inside the group’s communal mansion in Los Angeles, offering an exclusive, fly-on-the-wall look into the glamorous, stressful and high-speed personal and professional antics of the young stars, as they live together and collaborate daily on new content.
Other influencers starring in the series include Kouvr Annon, Sienna Mae Gomez, Larri Merritt, Alex Warren and Jack Wright, which all combined have over 124M followers on TikTok.
The streamer has ordered the series, which Deadline first revealed was in the works last August, from Wheelhouse Entertainment.
The show, which is part of a larger, overall content and brand alliance between Wheelhouse and Hype House, will feature the likes of founders Chase Hudson and Thomas Petrou as well as Nikita Dragun.
It will take viewers inside the group’s communal mansion in Los Angeles, offering an exclusive, fly-on-the-wall look into the glamorous, stressful and high-speed personal and professional antics of the young stars, as they live together and collaborate daily on new content.
Other influencers starring in the series include Kouvr Annon, Sienna Mae Gomez, Larri Merritt, Alex Warren and Jack Wright, which all combined have over 124M followers on TikTok.
- 4/22/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Streaming giant Netflix announced a new collaboration with Hype House, to produce an unscripted series following social media influencers.
The currently untitled series, which is already in production, will follow the lives of “some of the world’s biggest social media stars,” per the streamer, including Kouvr Annon, Nikita Dragun, Sienna Mae Gomez, Chase Hudson, Larri Merritt, Thomas Petrou, Alex Warren and Jack Wright.
In a format akin to “The Real World,” the show will follow the lives of the members of the Hype House, a collaborative group that lives and creates content in a Los Angeles-based mansion of the same name. The show will document the members’ relationships, explore their fame and follow them as they try to tackle the next stage of their lives.
The Hype House was first founded in 2019 by Annon, Hudson, Petrou, Warren and Daisy Keech, but Keech left the group in March of last...
The currently untitled series, which is already in production, will follow the lives of “some of the world’s biggest social media stars,” per the streamer, including Kouvr Annon, Nikita Dragun, Sienna Mae Gomez, Chase Hudson, Larri Merritt, Thomas Petrou, Alex Warren and Jack Wright.
In a format akin to “The Real World,” the show will follow the lives of the members of the Hype House, a collaborative group that lives and creates content in a Los Angeles-based mansion of the same name. The show will document the members’ relationships, explore their fame and follow them as they try to tackle the next stage of their lives.
The Hype House was first founded in 2019 by Annon, Hudson, Petrou, Warren and Daisy Keech, but Keech left the group in March of last...
- 4/22/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
How do you turn the latest crop of social media influencers – many with tens of millions of followers – into traditional television stars? That’s been the question that networks and producers have been asking for years.
It’s also the question that Wheelhouse Entertainment, the business created by Leftfield Entertainment founder Brent Montgomery, thinks it has found the answer to via its recently launched digital DNA division.
The unit, overseen by Wheelhouse Chief Strategy Officer and Montgomery lieutenant Ed Simpson, is working with a slew of social media stars such as the kids behind Los Angeles’ Hype House, David Dobrik and beauty influencer Nikita Dragun.
It is working with these youngsters to build businesses outside of their phones and ultimately become household names.
Simpson told Deadline that five years ago it tried to bring a number of social stars into the linear ecosystem. “We did that really early on in cable and broadcasting.
It’s also the question that Wheelhouse Entertainment, the business created by Leftfield Entertainment founder Brent Montgomery, thinks it has found the answer to via its recently launched digital DNA division.
The unit, overseen by Wheelhouse Chief Strategy Officer and Montgomery lieutenant Ed Simpson, is working with a slew of social media stars such as the kids behind Los Angeles’ Hype House, David Dobrik and beauty influencer Nikita Dragun.
It is working with these youngsters to build businesses outside of their phones and ultimately become household names.
Simpson told Deadline that five years ago it tried to bring a number of social stars into the linear ecosystem. “We did that really early on in cable and broadcasting.
- 4/8/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: As TikTok continues to make headlines with President Trump’s threat to shutdown the social media service if a U.S. suitor such as Microsoft doesn’t buy it by mid-September, some of its key creators are heading to television.
Wheelhouse Entertainment has struck a deal with Hype House, whose members have more than 150M TikTok followers, to develop and produce docuseries, The Hype Life.
The show is part of a larger, overall content and brand alliance between Wheelhouse and Hype House.
The Hype Life will feature the likes of founders Chase Hudson, Thomas Petrou as well as Nikita Dragun and Avani Gregg.
It will take viewers inside the group’s communal mansion in Los Angeles, offering an exclusive, fly-on-the-wall look into the glamorous, stressful and high-speed personal and professional antics of the young stars, as they live together and collaborate daily on new content.
The group, which all...
Wheelhouse Entertainment has struck a deal with Hype House, whose members have more than 150M TikTok followers, to develop and produce docuseries, The Hype Life.
The show is part of a larger, overall content and brand alliance between Wheelhouse and Hype House.
The Hype Life will feature the likes of founders Chase Hudson, Thomas Petrou as well as Nikita Dragun and Avani Gregg.
It will take viewers inside the group’s communal mansion in Los Angeles, offering an exclusive, fly-on-the-wall look into the glamorous, stressful and high-speed personal and professional antics of the young stars, as they live together and collaborate daily on new content.
The group, which all...
- 8/4/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Tiger Woods scripted mini-series based on Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyiann’s biography of the controversial golf champion, has moved a step closer to a hole in one after finding its writer and a production partner.
Rodney Barnes, who recently wrote on Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga and is penning HBO’s Untitled Lakers Project, will write the drama, while Entertainment 360, the joint venture between Management 360 and Media Rights Capital (Mrc), has teamed up with Wheelhouse Entertainment’s Spoke Studios to produce the project.
The project came after Wheelhouse Entertainment struck a partnership with Benedict, who co-wrote the book with Armen Keteyian, a former 60 Minutes correspondent.
The book, which was published in 2018 year, became a New York Times best seller and tells the story of one of the greatest career comebacks in sports history.
Published by CBS Corp-owned Simon & Schuster, the book opens with...
Rodney Barnes, who recently wrote on Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga and is penning HBO’s Untitled Lakers Project, will write the drama, while Entertainment 360, the joint venture between Management 360 and Media Rights Capital (Mrc), has teamed up with Wheelhouse Entertainment’s Spoke Studios to produce the project.
The project came after Wheelhouse Entertainment struck a partnership with Benedict, who co-wrote the book with Armen Keteyian, a former 60 Minutes correspondent.
The book, which was published in 2018 year, became a New York Times best seller and tells the story of one of the greatest career comebacks in sports history.
Published by CBS Corp-owned Simon & Schuster, the book opens with...
- 6/29/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Creative Artists Agency will replace its management structure with a new 11-member group called the CAA Board, it announced on Tuesday. The CAA Board will oversee the day-to-day management of the global talent agency.
The board’s members consist of leadership members in multiple CAA divisions, all of whom will continue in their previous roles while serving on the board. The members are Michael Levine and Paul Danforth from CAA Sports, Maha Dakhil and Joel Lubin from the Motion Pictures division, Emma Banks and Rick Roskin from the Music division, Joe Cohen and Tiffany Ward from the Television division, and the agency’s Chief Innovation Officer Michelle Kydd Lee.
Also Read: CAA's Eric Wattenberg Joins Wheelhouse Entertainment as Chief Content Officer
The board will report to CAA co-chairmen Richard Lovett, Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane and oversee several ventures including CAA Sports, CAA China, and the agency’s investment bank Evolution Media Capital.
The board’s members consist of leadership members in multiple CAA divisions, all of whom will continue in their previous roles while serving on the board. The members are Michael Levine and Paul Danforth from CAA Sports, Maha Dakhil and Joel Lubin from the Motion Pictures division, Emma Banks and Rick Roskin from the Music division, Joe Cohen and Tiffany Ward from the Television division, and the agency’s Chief Innovation Officer Michelle Kydd Lee.
Also Read: CAA's Eric Wattenberg Joins Wheelhouse Entertainment as Chief Content Officer
The board will report to CAA co-chairmen Richard Lovett, Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane and oversee several ventures including CAA Sports, CAA China, and the agency’s investment bank Evolution Media Capital.
- 1/21/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Longtime CAA agent Eric Wattenberg is set to leave the agency after ten years to join Wheelhouse Group.
Wattenberg, who was Co-Head of Alternative Television at CAA, becomes Chief Content Officer at Brent Montgomery’s media, marketing and investment company.
He will run all of the company’s entertainment endeavors, packaging long and short-form TV and streaming series, advancing scripted and feature projects and working across its talent and content arm.
The latter includes Kimmelot, Jimmy Kimmel’s production company, which produces ABC’s Live in Front of a Studio Audience and Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers, Campfire, which produces Netflix’s The Innocent Man, Den of Thieves, Portal A and Spoke Studios.
He will also work with Wheelhouse Group’s media and talent partnerships including NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and Star Trek’s Zachary Quinto as well as its investments including activewear firm Rhone, live outdoor rower Hydrow,...
Wattenberg, who was Co-Head of Alternative Television at CAA, becomes Chief Content Officer at Brent Montgomery’s media, marketing and investment company.
He will run all of the company’s entertainment endeavors, packaging long and short-form TV and streaming series, advancing scripted and feature projects and working across its talent and content arm.
The latter includes Kimmelot, Jimmy Kimmel’s production company, which produces ABC’s Live in Front of a Studio Audience and Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers, Campfire, which produces Netflix’s The Innocent Man, Den of Thieves, Portal A and Spoke Studios.
He will also work with Wheelhouse Group’s media and talent partnerships including NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and Star Trek’s Zachary Quinto as well as its investments including activewear firm Rhone, live outdoor rower Hydrow,...
- 1/21/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
CAA agent Eric Wattenberg has joined Brent Montergomery’s Wheelhouse Entertainment as chief content officer.
Wattenberg, who most recently served as co-head of alternative television at CAA, will now Wheelhouse’s entertainment endeavors across all areas of the company.
“Eric was in my first ever agency meeting and has been a colleague and friend ever since; he is one of the most respected agents in the history of unscripted and I’m thrilled, both professionally and personally, to be working with him now as my partner,” Montgomery said. “He joins us at an exciting and pivotal time, and represents a major step in building out our overall content business as we work to grow Wheelhouse Group into a home for five-star talent looking to match our ambition and momentum with the expansion of their own brands.”
Also Read: 'Braveheart' Writer Randall Wallace Sues Brent Montgomery's Wheelhouse Entertainment...
Wattenberg, who most recently served as co-head of alternative television at CAA, will now Wheelhouse’s entertainment endeavors across all areas of the company.
“Eric was in my first ever agency meeting and has been a colleague and friend ever since; he is one of the most respected agents in the history of unscripted and I’m thrilled, both professionally and personally, to be working with him now as my partner,” Montgomery said. “He joins us at an exciting and pivotal time, and represents a major step in building out our overall content business as we work to grow Wheelhouse Group into a home for five-star talent looking to match our ambition and momentum with the expansion of their own brands.”
Also Read: 'Braveheart' Writer Randall Wallace Sues Brent Montgomery's Wheelhouse Entertainment...
- 1/21/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Eric Wattenberg, longtime CAA agent and co-head of its alternative television department, has joined producer Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Group as chief content officer.
Wattenberg will spearhead content development across Wheelhouse’s TV, film and digital operations, as well as its Wheelhouse Labs branded entertainment wing. The deal is a coup for the company, launched by “Pawn Stars” creator Montgomery in January 2018 after getting his final payout on the $360 million sale of his previous Leftfield Entertainment banner to ITV Studios.
Over the past two years, Wheelhouse has set up creative pacts with Jimmy Kimmel’s Kimmelot, actor-producer Zachary Quinto and athletes such as Steph Curry, Carmelo Anthony and Odell Beckham Jr. Wheelhouse owns a majority interest in Den of Thieves, the live event production company, and it has a range of interests in production banners including Campfire, Spoke Studios and Portal A.
Montgomery, CEO of Wheelhouse, recruited Wattenberg to oversee...
Wattenberg will spearhead content development across Wheelhouse’s TV, film and digital operations, as well as its Wheelhouse Labs branded entertainment wing. The deal is a coup for the company, launched by “Pawn Stars” creator Montgomery in January 2018 after getting his final payout on the $360 million sale of his previous Leftfield Entertainment banner to ITV Studios.
Over the past two years, Wheelhouse has set up creative pacts with Jimmy Kimmel’s Kimmelot, actor-producer Zachary Quinto and athletes such as Steph Curry, Carmelo Anthony and Odell Beckham Jr. Wheelhouse owns a majority interest in Den of Thieves, the live event production company, and it has a range of interests in production banners including Campfire, Spoke Studios and Portal A.
Montgomery, CEO of Wheelhouse, recruited Wattenberg to oversee...
- 1/21/2020
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Wheelhouse Group is adding a chief creative officer to its executive ranks, bringing CAA vet Eric Wattenberg aboard.
The agency's former co-head of alternative television will run entertainment efforts across all areas of Brent Montgomery's media, marketing and investment company.
“Eric was in my first ever agency meeting and has been a colleague and friend ever since," said Montgomery. "He is one of the most respected agents in the history of unscripted, and I’m thrilled, both professionally and personally, to be working with him now as my partner. He joins us at an exciting ...
The agency's former co-head of alternative television will run entertainment efforts across all areas of Brent Montgomery's media, marketing and investment company.
“Eric was in my first ever agency meeting and has been a colleague and friend ever since," said Montgomery. "He is one of the most respected agents in the history of unscripted, and I’m thrilled, both professionally and personally, to be working with him now as my partner. He joins us at an exciting ...
- 1/21/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
N.S. Bienstock is looking to hire a reality TV agent and is calling every midlevel-and-above rep in that specialty to defect. Just one problem: no one wants to work for that nightmare Richard Leibner. The agency still hasn't recovered from the 2009 loss of alternative TV stand-out Eric Wattenberg to CAA. And, by the way, Paradigm recently was talking to Bienstock about joining forces but there's nothing concrete to report yet.
- 4/6/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
New York-based reality agent nm2230518 autoEric Wattenberg[/link] has joined CAA as a senior agent in the agency's expanding New York TV department.
Wattenberg comes from N.S. Bienstock, where he spent the past eight years building a well-regarded unscripted department.
He did Tom Forman's original deal for "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and Morgan Spurlock's pact for "30 Days."
Current reality and scripted clients he will bring to CAA include Charlie Corwin's Original Media ("Storm Chasers"), Zoo Prods. ("Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?"), Sharp Entertainment ("Man Vs. Food"), Mark Mark Prods. ("Z Rock"), My Entertainment ("Pros Vs. Joes"), Departure Films ("Flip This House"), Eyeboogie ("Pop-Up Video") and Red Line Films ("Timeless").
"Now I can take the business that I've built from scratch over the years and move it into the infrastructure of a full-service agency," Wattenberg said.
Wattenberg, who was featured on THR's Next Generation list in 2004, started off at Wma,...
Wattenberg comes from N.S. Bienstock, where he spent the past eight years building a well-regarded unscripted department.
He did Tom Forman's original deal for "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and Morgan Spurlock's pact for "30 Days."
Current reality and scripted clients he will bring to CAA include Charlie Corwin's Original Media ("Storm Chasers"), Zoo Prods. ("Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?"), Sharp Entertainment ("Man Vs. Food"), Mark Mark Prods. ("Z Rock"), My Entertainment ("Pros Vs. Joes"), Departure Films ("Flip This House"), Eyeboogie ("Pop-Up Video") and Red Line Films ("Timeless").
"Now I can take the business that I've built from scratch over the years and move it into the infrastructure of a full-service agency," Wattenberg said.
Wattenberg, who was featured on THR's Next Generation list in 2004, started off at Wma,...
- 10/30/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
That clock around Flavor Flav's neck says it's time to return to reality TV.
The original basic-cable ladies man is teaming with producer Eric Ortner to shop a new series to networks in which he returns to high school to receive his diploma.
Flav (or as he was known in school, William Drayton) says he dropped out in the 10th grade.
"I just want to show the world it's never too late to get your diploma, and show kids they should stay in school and not wait until you're old to get it," Flav said. "Everybody sees me as this big love mogul. Now I got a baby girl, I've been there and done that and now it's time for the next episode."
Flav starred in VH1's "The Surreal Life," "Strange Love" and in three seasons on the popular dating show "Flavor of Love" that set ratings records for the network.
The original basic-cable ladies man is teaming with producer Eric Ortner to shop a new series to networks in which he returns to high school to receive his diploma.
Flav (or as he was known in school, William Drayton) says he dropped out in the 10th grade.
"I just want to show the world it's never too late to get your diploma, and show kids they should stay in school and not wait until you're old to get it," Flav said. "Everybody sees me as this big love mogul. Now I got a baby girl, I've been there and done that and now it's time for the next episode."
Flav starred in VH1's "The Surreal Life," "Strange Love" and in three seasons on the popular dating show "Flavor of Love" that set ratings records for the network.
- 9/30/2009
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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