Scott Satin, a longtime producer for shows such as Funny You Should Ask and Most Outrageous Moments, has died. He was 64.
The Hollywood Reporter learned Satin died on Thursday following a years-long battle with progressive supranuclear palsy. Progressive supranuclear palsy is a rare neurodegenerative disorder that impacts certain parts of the brain.
The producer-writer-director began his entertainment career in the late ’80s with TV series such as Mathnet and Square One Television. Throughout the ’90s, he continued to work on projects like Hollywood Squares, The Byron Allen Show, Big Deal, The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show and Extreme Gong, a Game Show Network revival of The Gong Show.
As reality shows began to rise in popularity in the 2000s, Satin kept tapping into them by executive producing series like NBC’s Meet My Folks, Who Wants to Marry My Dad?, Who Wants to Be a Superhero? and Most Outrageous Moments – a...
The Hollywood Reporter learned Satin died on Thursday following a years-long battle with progressive supranuclear palsy. Progressive supranuclear palsy is a rare neurodegenerative disorder that impacts certain parts of the brain.
The producer-writer-director began his entertainment career in the late ’80s with TV series such as Mathnet and Square One Television. Throughout the ’90s, he continued to work on projects like Hollywood Squares, The Byron Allen Show, Big Deal, The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show and Extreme Gong, a Game Show Network revival of The Gong Show.
As reality shows began to rise in popularity in the 2000s, Satin kept tapping into them by executive producing series like NBC’s Meet My Folks, Who Wants to Marry My Dad?, Who Wants to Be a Superhero? and Most Outrageous Moments – a...
- 2/12/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Scott Satin, veteran television producer who recently worked on the comedy game show “Funny You Should Ask,” died on Thursday after a long battle with the neurogenerative disorder Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, according to a statement from Allen Media Group. He was 64 years old.
Satin began his TV producing career in the late 1980s with the PBS children’s TV series “Square One Television” and “Mathnet,” the latter being an educational parody of the ’60s police procedural “Dragnet.”
In the ’90s, Satin expanded to daytime TV with the Tom Bergeron-hosted revival of “Hollywood Squares,” “The Byron Allen Show” and “The Keenan Wayans Show.”
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Satin then made another genre shift to reality TV in the 2000s, producing shows like “Who Wants to Marry My Dad” and “Meet My Folks” for NBC, along with the Stan Lee-hosted “Who Wants to Be a Superhero?...
Satin began his TV producing career in the late 1980s with the PBS children’s TV series “Square One Television” and “Mathnet,” the latter being an educational parody of the ’60s police procedural “Dragnet.”
In the ’90s, Satin expanded to daytime TV with the Tom Bergeron-hosted revival of “Hollywood Squares,” “The Byron Allen Show” and “The Keenan Wayans Show.”
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Satin then made another genre shift to reality TV in the 2000s, producing shows like “Who Wants to Marry My Dad” and “Meet My Folks” for NBC, along with the Stan Lee-hosted “Who Wants to Be a Superhero?...
- 2/12/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Scott Satin, a television producer with credits on Funny You Should Ask and the NBC clip show Most Outrageous Moments, died Thursday after a long battle with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). He was 64 years old.
Satin also teamed with Byron Allen on the comedy series The First Family and Mr. Box Office, serving as a writer and EP. which he served as both writer and executive producer. His resume includes the shows World’s Funniest Weather.
Allen and Satin first teamed on The Byron Allen Show in the 1990s.
“The Gong Show, Let’s Make A Deal, Hollywood Squares… just a few icons of television Game Show history, and he touched them all,” read a Facebook post from Allen Media Group. “Scott’s creative talents will continue to make millions laugh, and that is how we’ll remember him.”
Survivors include his wife, Jaime, and his children, Ryan, Sam and Danielle.
Satin also teamed with Byron Allen on the comedy series The First Family and Mr. Box Office, serving as a writer and EP. which he served as both writer and executive producer. His resume includes the shows World’s Funniest Weather.
Allen and Satin first teamed on The Byron Allen Show in the 1990s.
“The Gong Show, Let’s Make A Deal, Hollywood Squares… just a few icons of television Game Show history, and he touched them all,” read a Facebook post from Allen Media Group. “Scott’s creative talents will continue to make millions laugh, and that is how we’ll remember him.”
Survivors include his wife, Jaime, and his children, Ryan, Sam and Danielle.
- 2/12/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Essence Atkins stars as Amara Hughes in Ambitions.Anticipation is building for the premiere of the Jamey Giddens-penned and Will Packer-produced primetime soap opera Ambitions, which debuts on Tuesday, June 18 at 10 p.m. Et on Own. Ambitions is a multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in the city. Essence Atkins stars as Amara Hughes, a lawyer in the U.S. Attorney's Office who has newly arrived in Atlanta with her husband, Titus (Kendrick Cross). Originally from Texas, she is quickly gaining attention from the U.S. Attorney’s Office as a diligent investigator and prosecutor.
The all-star cast also includes Robin Givens as Stephanie Carlisle, the wife of Atlanta Mayor Evan Lancaster (Brian J. White), whose true loyalty is to her own family's...
The all-star cast also includes Robin Givens as Stephanie Carlisle, the wife of Atlanta Mayor Evan Lancaster (Brian J. White), whose true loyalty is to her own family's...
- 6/18/2019
- by Shruti Sadana
- We Love Soaps
They say if you can make it there, as in New York City, you’ll make it anywhere. For young filmmakers looking to get their work seen, New York-based 30UNDER30 Film Festival is accepting submissions now through June 30 with a July 15 late deadline. For consideration, submit a director’s bio, a synopsis of the film, as well as a link or DVD of the project. You must be under 30 years old to be eligible. Previous year’s films included “Writer’s Block” starring Bryan Cranston, “Lone Prophet,” starring Davi Santos (“Mr. Box Office”), and others from around the world. Inspired by this post? Check out our film audition listings!
- 6/10/2015
- backstage.com
Peter Dinklage is set to star in period crime drama The Thicket, based on Joe Lansdale’s novel. He plays Shorty, a crafty bounty hunter enlisted to find a woman who has been kidnapped by a violent killer at the turn of the 20th century. He and his fellow trackers venture into the deadly no-man’s land known as the Big Thicket, a place where blood and chaos reign. Gianni Nunnari’s Hollywood Gang is producing with Dinklage and the actor’s manager David Ginsberg. Dinklage stars on HBO’s Game Of Thrones and next appears in the comedy features Taxi and Pixels. He is repped by CAA, attorney Karl Austen and Ginsberg.
John Magaro has been cast in Disney’s The Finest Hours. The Craig Gillespie-directed film chronicles the massive rescue mission that’s launched when a pair of oil tankers split in two off the coast of...
John Magaro has been cast in Disney’s The Finest Hours. The Craig Gillespie-directed film chronicles the massive rescue mission that’s launched when a pair of oil tankers split in two off the coast of...
- 9/23/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
Bill Bellamy has signed with Resolution in all areas. He stars in and executive produces the syndicated comedy Mr. Box Office and toplined the Showtime specials Crazy Sexy Dirty and Bill Bellamy’s Ladies Night Out and exec produced and hosted last month’s Centric Comedy All Stars. Bellamy also is a recurring co-host on The Rachael Ray Show and appeared in the 2013 feature 10 Rules For Sleeping Around. He is managed by Barry Katz. Jonny Campbell has inked with Verve. The UK-based TV director also has signed to helm the BBC/HBO adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy. The Warner Bros-produced project will premiere on the BBC before airing on HBO. Campbell directed last year’s BBC Three miniseries In The Flesh and has helmed multiple episodes of UK series including Doctor Who, Shameless, Ashes And Ashes and Phoenix Nights. He is repped in the UK by 42.
- 4/21/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
It's one week until the season finale of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," and all of the major continuing story lines seem to be reaching a boil. Interestingly, though, only one of them seems to involve a conflict between two of the ladies. No, the rest of the gang has bigger problems, like foreclosures, clothing lines, and a dead dog. Even that one interpersonal conflict isn't just a silly argument about who said what and whose feelings were hurt. If I didn't know better, I might think our Housewives were all grown up! Kandi has nothing personal against Porsha, but is irritated with her the way a manager at McDonald's might be upset with a perpetually tardy employee who keeps giving people fries when they want side salads. Actually, I'm not even sure Porsha could get it together to work in fast food. Or maybe I should be saying that about her sister/assistant Lauren,...
- 4/7/2014
- by Liane Bonin Starr
- Hitfix
Gimme a B! I! T! C!… Well, you get the idea.
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Erinn Westbrook — whose TV credits include the syndicated sitcom Mr. Box Office, Nick at Nite’s See Dad Run and episodes of Switched at Birth and Twisted — has been cast in the recurring role of a mean girl pom-pom-shaker named Bree, our sister site Deadline reports.
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There’s a new Cheerio in town for Glee Season 5, and she’ll be armed with more jeers and sneers than cheers.
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Erinn Westbrook — whose TV credits include the syndicated sitcom Mr. Box Office, Nick at Nite’s See Dad Run and episodes of Switched at Birth and Twisted — has been cast in the recurring role of a mean girl pom-pom-shaker named Bree, our sister site Deadline reports.
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- 9/12/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
A new mean girl is coming to McKinley High. Erinn Westbrook has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming fifth season of Fox‘s Glee. She will play Bree, a new student and member of the Cheerios, a mean girl who’s going to shake things up. Harvard graduate Westbrook, repped by the Osbrink Agency, Tina Treadwell and Steve Younger, recurred on Byron Allen’s syndicated series Mr. Box Office and recently made her film debut in Lake Bell’s In A World … . Lela Loren (The Shield, Lost) has landed a major recurring role on Fox’s new drama series Gang Related, about Ryan Lopez (Ramon Rodriguez), a gang member sent in to infiltrate the San Francisco Police Department. Loren, repped by Sdb Partners and Inspire Entertainment, will play Sylvia who is caught between her ex-boyfriend, Ryan, and her current fiance, Dante Acosta (Jay Hernandez), gang lord Javier...
- 9/12/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
He doesn't get as much press as Tyler Perry does, but Byron Allen is seemingly quietly building a TV entertainment empire. Bet Networks recently licensed over 100 episodes each of two new sitcoms, The First Family and Mr. Box Office, from Allen's Entertainment Studios to air on Centric starting this month. And now Allen and his Entertainment Studios announced earlier this week, the lease of 75,000 square feet of production space in Culver City, CA, where the company's third and fourth brand new scripted series will be housed. The half-hour syndicated shows will be funded by Entertainment Studios - 104 episodes of each, at a cost...
- 4/19/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Bet has announced that they've picked up The First Family and Mr. Box Office. The sitcoms had been airing in first run syndication and there are 104 episodes of each series. Both will start airing on Bet's Centric channel beginning Friday, April 19th.
Here's the press release:
Bet Networks Acquires Sitcoms "The First Family" And "Mr. Box Office" From Entertainment Studios To Premiere On Centric
Basic Cable Deal Features Two Series that Star Award-Winning Entertainers Such As Bill Bellamy, Gladys Knight, Jackée, John Witherspoon, Jon Lovitz, and Vivica A. Fox
April 4, 2013 - Bet Networks announced today it has licensed over 100 episodes each of two hit sitcoms, The First Family and Mr. Box Office, from Entertainment Studios to air on Centric starting April, 2013. Both first-run original series feature recognized and award-winning actors such as Bill Bellamy,...
Here's the press release:
Bet Networks Acquires Sitcoms "The First Family" And "Mr. Box Office" From Entertainment Studios To Premiere On Centric
Basic Cable Deal Features Two Series that Star Award-Winning Entertainers Such As Bill Bellamy, Gladys Knight, Jackée, John Witherspoon, Jon Lovitz, and Vivica A. Fox
April 4, 2013 - Bet Networks announced today it has licensed over 100 episodes each of two hit sitcoms, The First Family and Mr. Box Office, from Entertainment Studios to air on Centric starting April, 2013. Both first-run original series feature recognized and award-winning actors such as Bill Bellamy,...
- 4/4/2013
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
April 4, 2013—Bet Networks announced today it has licensed over 100 episodes each of two hit sitcoms, The First Family and Mr. Box Office, from Entertainment Studios to air on Centric starting April, 2013. Both first-run original series feature recognized and award-winning actors such as Bill Bellamy, Gary Busey, Gladys Knight, Christopher B. Duncan, Kellita Smith, Jackée, Marla Gibbs, John Witherspoon, Jon Lovitz, Rick Fox, Tim Meadows, Essence Atkins and Vivica A. Fox, and are scheduled to premiere in primetime on Centric weeknights beginning Friday April 19, 2013. “We’re thrilled to partner with Entertainment Studios and add these two incredible series to our growing comedy programming slate on Centric,” said Paxton K. Baker, Evp and General Manager of Centric. “The First Family and Mr. Box Office star African American talent that resonate with our audience.” “This is an historic deal,” said Byron Allen, Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Entertainment Studios. “We have...
- 4/4/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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Little has been known about Malik thus far, so meeting his parents should provide a much clearer picture on the Medium aficionado. It fits in with the rest of the current storylines focusing on identity in relation to parents, as season one left off with Lisa finding out that Ryan is adopted and Tessa ready to embrace her mother's side of the family after being torn...
Little has been known about Malik thus far, so meeting his parents should provide a much clearer picture on the Medium aficionado. It fits in with the rest of the current storylines focusing on identity in relation to parents, as season one left off with Lisa finding out that Ryan is adopted and Tessa ready to embrace her mother's side of the family after being torn...
- 10/8/2012
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios production/distribution companyhas sold its 2 new scripted primetime series to Tribune, Weigel and CBS TV station groups, says Deadline, as part of a 2-hour weekend primetime comedy block, that will be available to over 85% of the Us TV market. Those 2 series (both already covered on S&A) include The First Family, a sitcom about an African American family that resides in The White House, and Mr. Box Office, a sitcom about the biggest movie star in the world who is sentenced to community service, teaching English at the "toughest" high school in America... The First Family cast...
- 5/21/2012
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, an independent producer and distributor of first-run syndicated TV programming, has sold its sitcoms The First Family and Mr. Box Office to Tribune, Weigel and CBS Television Station Groups as part of a two-hour primetime weekend comedy block. It has been cleared in more than 85% of the U.S. Entertainment Studios first shot pilots for the sitcoms, which are getting initial orders of 104 episodes each. They will run two half-hours each, back-to-back, to create a two-hour primetime block. Related: Comedy Series Starring Bill Bellamy Eying 100-Episode Order, Fall Launch The First Family is about an African-American family that resides in the White House. Its cast includes Christopher B. Duncan, Kellita Smith, Gladys Knight, Jackee Harry, John Witherspoon, Marla Gibbs, and Michael D. Roberts. Mr. Box Office is about one of the world’s biggest movie stars, who is sentenced to community service teaching English at...
- 5/21/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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