Exclusive: CNBC is building its own Dick Wolf block after ordering a new true-crime docuseries from the Law & Order creator.
The network has commissioned Blood & Money, a series that is produced by Wolf Entertainment, Universal Television Alternative Studio and Alfred Street Industries.
The series is a ripped from the headlines unscripted series that features real stories, real people and real investigations of greed and murder, told through Wolf’s lens.
Featuring a narrator and the iconic “Dun-Dun that Wolf often employs in his scripted series, the ten-part series spotlights the detectives and prosecutors as they follow the money and pursue justice. It explores the stories of the most infamous financial scandals that ended in bloodshed including billionaire Robert Durst, the Menendez brothers, notorious mother-son grifters Sante and Kenneth Kimes Jr. and con artist Clark Rockefeller.
The series will launch on March 7 at 10pm, after a new episode of Wolf’s own Cold Justice.
The network has commissioned Blood & Money, a series that is produced by Wolf Entertainment, Universal Television Alternative Studio and Alfred Street Industries.
The series is a ripped from the headlines unscripted series that features real stories, real people and real investigations of greed and murder, told through Wolf’s lens.
Featuring a narrator and the iconic “Dun-Dun that Wolf often employs in his scripted series, the ten-part series spotlights the detectives and prosecutors as they follow the money and pursue justice. It explores the stories of the most infamous financial scandals that ended in bloodshed including billionaire Robert Durst, the Menendez brothers, notorious mother-son grifters Sante and Kenneth Kimes Jr. and con artist Clark Rockefeller.
The series will launch on March 7 at 10pm, after a new episode of Wolf’s own Cold Justice.
- 2/16/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Money Court has heard its last case. CNBC has canceled the series, the news coming shortly after the cable network pulled the plug on Jay Leno’s Garage. The cancellations are part of a shift in strategy for CNBC. According to Deadline — which reported the demise of Money Court — CNBC is “moving out of original, primetime entertainment programming.” As another part of that shift, CNBC execs Denise Contis and Timothy Kuryak will exit the network, along with marketing execs and other higher-ups at the network. Contis was executive vice president and head of content for CNBC Primetime, while Kuryak was executive producer at CNBC Prime. Now CNBC will fill in the gaps in its schedule with repeats of Shark Tank, Undercover Boss, American Greed, and other shows, Deadline adds. CNBC announced Money Court in May 2021, bringing Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, trial attorney Katie Phang, and former judge Ada Pozo...
- 1/28/2023
- TV Insider
Exclusive: There was a lot of focus on the fact that Jay Leno’s Garage was canceled by CNBC on Thursday, but it turns out the rubber has met the road on the executive front as well.
The cancellation, which also included Money Court, hosted by Kevin O’Leary and Bethenny Frankel, is part of a swath of changes brought in by CNBC President Kc Sullivan.
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The news network is moving out of original, primetime entertainment programming and Deadline understands that the two execs that oversaw it — Denise Contis and Timothy Kuryak – will exit as part of the restructure, along with...
The cancellation, which also included Money Court, hosted by Kevin O’Leary and Bethenny Frankel, is part of a swath of changes brought in by CNBC President Kc Sullivan.
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The news network is moving out of original, primetime entertainment programming and Deadline understands that the two execs that oversaw it — Denise Contis and Timothy Kuryak – will exit as part of the restructure, along with...
- 1/28/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
CNBC today announced “Jay Leno’s Garage,” hosted by legendary comedian Jay Leno, returns for season seven on Wednesday, September 7th at 10Pm Et/Pt with eight all-new episodes that take a look at the future of cars. This season, Jay brings viewers into the groundbreaking world of electric vehicles and alternative fuel sources, while featuring new technology, exclusive rides, and celebrity car heads including Brie Larson, Post Malone, Gaten Matarazzo, Kelly Clarkson, Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Pitbull, James Marsden, Danica Patrick, Alfonso Ribeiro, Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, Tig Notaro, Reggie Watts, Tony Hawk, Mike Rowe, Jim Jefferies, Jeff Dunham, Diego Boneta and more. Jay also gets up close and personal with Elon Musk, as he gets unprecedented access to the SpaceX “Starbase” facility in Texas, and an exclusive look at the most advanced rocket engine ever made. “I am a huge believer in innovation,” said Leno. “This season I went...
- 8/8/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
CNBC has greenlit a second season of primetime original series “Money Court” with entrepreneur and Skinnygirl founder and CEO Bethenny Frankel joining Kevin O’Leary (“Shark Tank”) as a new co-host.
Set to premiere in early 2023, the new season will feature the duo weighing in on and resolving a wide range of business disputes, money issues and dilemmas that every small and expanding business faces.
Whether it’s estranged partners battling over a deal gone sour, friends and business partners disagreeing over pricing strategy, or partners with different visions for their future, what all the cases have in common are real money and an agreement by the participants to abide by O’Leary and Frankel’s ruling.
“This has been my best television experience to date. The range in reviewing small businesses where everything is on the line to the riskiest hundred-million-dollar conflicts, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Kevin and...
Set to premiere in early 2023, the new season will feature the duo weighing in on and resolving a wide range of business disputes, money issues and dilemmas that every small and expanding business faces.
Whether it’s estranged partners battling over a deal gone sour, friends and business partners disagreeing over pricing strategy, or partners with different visions for their future, what all the cases have in common are real money and an agreement by the participants to abide by O’Leary and Frankel’s ruling.
“This has been my best television experience to date. The range in reviewing small businesses where everything is on the line to the riskiest hundred-million-dollar conflicts, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Kevin and...
- 7/11/2022
- by Brandon Katz
- The Wrap
MGM TV head Mark Burnett — the prolific producer behind reality show staples such as “The Apprentice,” “Shark Tank,” and “Survivor” — is teaming with CNBC for a new unscripted prime-time series aimed at anyone who dreams of owning their own business.
“Business Hunters,” set to debut this fall, features aspiring entrepreneurs who leave the comfort and safety of their day jobs to take a chance on themselves by buying a business. The MGM series arrives as American employers have seen unprecedented resignation levels throughout the pandemic as workers wrestle back the power from their bosses.
“I love this format. I’ve lived it! The idea of betting on yourself is the American dream,” said Burnett, who serves as chairman of worldwide television at MGM. “This will be unlike any show I’ve ever done in the business space, because for the first time, the buyers are everyday people, just like the viewer at home.
“Business Hunters,” set to debut this fall, features aspiring entrepreneurs who leave the comfort and safety of their day jobs to take a chance on themselves by buying a business. The MGM series arrives as American employers have seen unprecedented resignation levels throughout the pandemic as workers wrestle back the power from their bosses.
“I love this format. I’ve lived it! The idea of betting on yourself is the American dream,” said Burnett, who serves as chairman of worldwide television at MGM. “This will be unlike any show I’ve ever done in the business space, because for the first time, the buyers are everyday people, just like the viewer at home.
- 6/8/2022
- by Brandon Katz
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Money Court, a six-episode series featuring Shark Tank‘s Kevin O’Leary, will join CNBC’s primetime lineup on August 11.
The show, produced by Anvil 1893 Entertainment, will air Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Et/Pt. The 10pm hour has been a home for CNBC shows like Jay Leno’s Garage and American Greed.
O’Leary will lead the on-air panel of judges, which also will include trial attorney Katie Phang former Judge Ada Pozo,
A wide range of financial disputes involving business partners, family members and others will be sorted out on Money Court. Promotional materials for the show promise “high stakes and real money,” noting that participants have agreed to abide by O’Leary’s ruling.
“The pandemic created a massive backlog of unresolved financial disputes in the court system. It is going to take years to clear this log jam. In the meantime, nothing destroys intrinsic value and...
The show, produced by Anvil 1893 Entertainment, will air Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Et/Pt. The 10pm hour has been a home for CNBC shows like Jay Leno’s Garage and American Greed.
O’Leary will lead the on-air panel of judges, which also will include trial attorney Katie Phang former Judge Ada Pozo,
A wide range of financial disputes involving business partners, family members and others will be sorted out on Money Court. Promotional materials for the show promise “high stakes and real money,” noting that participants have agreed to abide by O’Leary’s ruling.
“The pandemic created a massive backlog of unresolved financial disputes in the court system. It is going to take years to clear this log jam. In the meantime, nothing destroys intrinsic value and...
- 5/24/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Cash Pad” hasn’t exactly been a cash cow for CNBC, which was banking on converting some “Bachelorette” viewers into fans of its JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers short-term rental renovation series.
Unfortunately, that hasn’t worked out in terms of Nielsen ratings.
In Live + Same Day numbers, “Cash Pad” has averaged an unimpressive 134,000 total viewers, with just 45,000 of those coming from the adults 18-49 demographic. Among those ages 25-54, the average is slightly higher at 51,000 viewers per episode.
Also Read: CNBC Sets Summer Slate: Here's Your First Look at JoJo Fletcher, Jordan Rodgers' 'Cash Pad' (Exclusive)
With the benefit of a week of DVR viewing, “Cash Pad” has averaged 230,000 total viewers per episode, with 73,000 of those coming from the 18-49 demo. That number is again slightly larger in the 25-54 demo, with 87,000 audience members existing in that older age range.
Those numbers are so bad… (“How bad are they?...
Unfortunately, that hasn’t worked out in terms of Nielsen ratings.
In Live + Same Day numbers, “Cash Pad” has averaged an unimpressive 134,000 total viewers, with just 45,000 of those coming from the adults 18-49 demographic. Among those ages 25-54, the average is slightly higher at 51,000 viewers per episode.
Also Read: CNBC Sets Summer Slate: Here's Your First Look at JoJo Fletcher, Jordan Rodgers' 'Cash Pad' (Exclusive)
With the benefit of a week of DVR viewing, “Cash Pad” has averaged 230,000 total viewers per episode, with 73,000 of those coming from the 18-49 demo. That number is again slightly larger in the 25-54 demo, with 87,000 audience members existing in that older age range.
Those numbers are so bad… (“How bad are they?...
- 9/25/2019
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix announced the premiere date for Arsenio Hall’s comedy special and a “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” duo (among others) will guest star on “Elena of Avalor.”
Casting
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” stars Rachel Brosnahan and Tony Shalhoub, as well as Auli’i Cravalho (“Moana”), John Leguizamo (“When They See Us”), Taye Diggs (“All American”), Eugenio Derbez (“Overboard”) and Jamie-Lynn Sigler (“The Sopranos”) have lent their voices to Season 3 of the animated“Elena of Avalor,” which premieres Oct. 7 on Disney Junior. Diggs and Derbez guest star in a dia de los Muertos-themed episode in October, while Sigler portrays a princess visiting from a Latino Jewish kingdom in an episode airing in December. A royal coronation special will also air next year.
Programming
DirecTV announced the service will air 4K Hdr versions of select “Thursday Night Football” games on Fox starting with the Sept. 26 Philadelphia Eagles at Green Bay Packers game.
Casting
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” stars Rachel Brosnahan and Tony Shalhoub, as well as Auli’i Cravalho (“Moana”), John Leguizamo (“When They See Us”), Taye Diggs (“All American”), Eugenio Derbez (“Overboard”) and Jamie-Lynn Sigler (“The Sopranos”) have lent their voices to Season 3 of the animated“Elena of Avalor,” which premieres Oct. 7 on Disney Junior. Diggs and Derbez guest star in a dia de los Muertos-themed episode in October, while Sigler portrays a princess visiting from a Latino Jewish kingdom in an episode airing in December. A royal coronation special will also air next year.
Programming
DirecTV announced the service will air 4K Hdr versions of select “Thursday Night Football” games on Fox starting with the Sept. 26 Philadelphia Eagles at Green Bay Packers game.
- 9/17/2019
- by Lorraine Wheat
- Variety Film + TV
CNBC has a new head of primetime programming: Denise Contis, who spent nearly a decade at Discovery.
Contis will have the title of Evp and Head of Content for Primetime. Christian Barcellos held the post on an interim basis and will stay on as Svp of Development & Production for the network’s primetime slate.
Contis will report to CNBC Chairman Mark Hoffman and report to the New York office on Tuesday. Hoffman informed the staff of the change in a memo on Monday. (Read it below.)
CNBC, whose daytime mission is to capture financial market movement as it happens, shifts gears in primetime. It has developed a small portfolio of unscripted shows connected with its overall business focus, both acquired staples like Shark Tank and originals like The Profit and the recently premiered Cash Pad.
Contis brings significant experience handling unscripted franchises. From 2008 to 2017, she held a range of positions at Discovery,...
Contis will have the title of Evp and Head of Content for Primetime. Christian Barcellos held the post on an interim basis and will stay on as Svp of Development & Production for the network’s primetime slate.
Contis will report to CNBC Chairman Mark Hoffman and report to the New York office on Tuesday. Hoffman informed the staff of the change in a memo on Monday. (Read it below.)
CNBC, whose daytime mission is to capture financial market movement as it happens, shifts gears in primetime. It has developed a small portfolio of unscripted shows connected with its overall business focus, both acquired staples like Shark Tank and originals like The Profit and the recently premiered Cash Pad.
Contis brings significant experience handling unscripted franchises. From 2008 to 2017, she held a range of positions at Discovery,...
- 9/16/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Denise Contis has been named executive vice president and head of primetime content at CNBC. Formerly Discovery Channel’s senior Evp of development and production, she will report directly to CNBC Chairman Mark Hoffman in her new role.
Contis will be responsible for CNBC’s primetime content, production and development. She starts working out of the CNBC’s New York office on Tuesday, and divide her time between New York and Los Angeles, where she resides.
“Denise has a demonstrated track record of building global brands and franchise hits,” Hoffman said in a memo to staff Monday. “She spent many years at Discovery Communications holding a number of leadership positions from 2008 to 2017. Most recently, Denise served as Senior Executive Vice President of Development & Production for the Us & UK managing the delivery of 500+ hours of original programming annually including such hits as ‘Gold Rush,’ ‘Deadliest Catch,’ ‘Fast N’ Loud,’ ‘Alaskan Bush People,...
Contis will be responsible for CNBC’s primetime content, production and development. She starts working out of the CNBC’s New York office on Tuesday, and divide her time between New York and Los Angeles, where she resides.
“Denise has a demonstrated track record of building global brands and franchise hits,” Hoffman said in a memo to staff Monday. “She spent many years at Discovery Communications holding a number of leadership positions from 2008 to 2017. Most recently, Denise served as Senior Executive Vice President of Development & Production for the Us & UK managing the delivery of 500+ hours of original programming annually including such hits as ‘Gold Rush,’ ‘Deadliest Catch,’ ‘Fast N’ Loud,’ ‘Alaskan Bush People,...
- 9/16/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Denise Contis is leaving Discovery Communications after almost nine years, first at TLC and then at Discovery Channel. She most recently headed programming for Discovery Channel as Senior Evp Development and Production. There is no immediate replacement. In the interim, Contis’ direct reports will report to Rich Ross, Group President of Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science Channel Contis, who joined Discovery Channel in 2012 as Svp Development and Production…...
- 6/19/2017
- Deadline TV
The Discovery Channel has hired veteran television executive Stephanie Angelides as vice president of Development. TheWrap exclusively learned of her addition on Friday. In the role, Angelides (pictured above) will help guide the network’s strategic planning and content direction. She’ll also execute programming strategies through the development process, per the cable channel. Based in New York, Angelides will report to Denise Contis, the network’s Evp of Production and Development. “I’m thrilled to have Stephanie as part of the Discovery team,” Contis told TheWrap. “She is incredibly talented and has deep development experience working on a wide...
- 10/28/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Discovery has ordered a survival reality series in which competitors attempt to survive inhospitable landscapes around the world. The Wheel is being produced by Pilgrim Media Group. With little preparation time, participants switch from freezing tundra to parched deserts, rugged mountains, steamy jungles and other gawdawful environments, each of which requires a very different skills set. Discovery Evp production and development Denise Contis described the project as a…...
- 3/30/2016
- Deadline TV
Discovery wants you to get more naked (and afraid). The cable channel has renewed its hit series “Naked and Afraid” for Season 3, TheWrap has learned exclusively. The April 19 Season 2 premiere of “Naked and Afraid” topped the series’ debut in the cable channel’s key demo. From Renegade 83, the show is the No. 1 survival series on cable. David Garfinkle, Jay Renfroe and Steve Rankin are executive producers from Renegade. For Discovery, Denise Contis and Joseph Boyle are executive producers. Also Read: 'Naked and Afraid Xl' Leads Discovery Channel's New Series Slate About a month ago, Discovery unveiled its newest slate of programming,...
- 5/1/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
“Gold Rush's” wildly popular teenage millionaire Parker Schnabel will host a two-hour special of Discovery Channel's top rated series, TheWrap has learned. Also read: Discovery Channel Taps Denise Contis as Production and Development Evp The 19-year-old mined over 1,000 ounces of gold in the show's most recent season, which earned him 1.4 million dollars in the process. His two hour episode, called “Gold Rush: Parker's Take,” will be both a look back at his recent successes and also a behind-the-scenes examination of his life as a gold miner. The ambitious young entrepreneur hopes to unearth even more gold in the upcoming fifth season,...
- 8/13/2014
- by Travis Reilly and Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
Imagine if American Pickers and Duck Dynasty had a love child. You’d have Dukes Of Haggle – the latest iteration of the still-going-strong “found money” reality TV genre. Discovery Channel has ordered 12 episodes of Dukes Of Haggle, to debut tomorrow night. It’s about four rival teams of barterers working in the “barter economy that exists along the backroads of the American South,” the network explained. These teams scour the south to barter-up at barns, swap meets and other, less likely places. Apparently the bartering business is becoming more competitive there. Once they’ve collected their Prohibition-era kegerators, Civil War swords, Colonel Sanders windvanes and giant faux corn ears, they take them to auction Friday night at Neal’s Auction House which is apparently a community ritual second only to Sunday church going. Dukes Of Haggle is produced by Mak Pictures for Discovery Channel. Mark Kadin, Will Ehbrecht, Ed Cunningham,...
- 9/30/2013
- by LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist
- Deadline TV
Discovery Channel has promoted Denise Contis to executive vice president, production and development, Discovery & TLC group president Eileen O’Neill said Thursday. Contis, who previously served a senior vice president, production and development, is replacing Nancy Daniels, who’s been promoted to general manager of TLC. Contis will assume her new position Monday. Also read: Sam Shepard Starring in ‘Klondike’ for Discovery Channel In her previous position, Contis, who joined Discovery Communications in 2008, oversaw the execution of Discovery Channel’s programming, including the popular special “Skywire Live With Nik Wallenda” and the new series “Naked and Afraid.” “Denise is a perfect fit for this.
- 9/5/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Denise Contis has been promoted to Evp Production and Development at Discovery Channel — West Coast. She’s replacing Nancy Daniels, who earlier this week was named Gm of TLC network, replacing Amy Winter, who stepped down from the post last month for personal reasons but remains with the network as Evp Brand Marketing. Contis most recently served as Svp Production and Development at Discovery, overseeing all execution for the channel’s programming. She oversaw its highly rated white-knuckle special Skywire Live With Nik Wallenda, which was the No. 1 program on all of TV in overall audience and key demos the weekend of June 22. Contis also spearheaded Discovery’s much discussed clothing-challenged survivalist series Naked And Afraid. During her tenure, she helped launch such Discovery staples as Fast ‘N Loud, Alaska: The Last Frontier, and Yukon Men and kept tabs on Deadliest Catch. Contis joined Discovery Communications in 2008 as West...
- 9/5/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Discovery Channel said today that the All The President’s Men documentary from Robert Redford’s Sundance Productions and Partisan Pictures will premiere April 21 at 8 Pm. First publicized last April when Redford opened his new company with producing partner Laura Michalchyshyn, the Peter Schnall-directed and -produced All The President’s Men Revisited examines the wide-ranging Watergate scandal that crippled and killed Richard Nixon’s presidency. Andrew Lack, Michalchyshyn and Redford are executive producers. Nancy Daniels and Denise Contis are executive producers for Discovery. Redford of course starred with Dustin Hoffman in the 1976 feature All The President’s Men. That film was based on Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward’s bestselling book on the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee’s DC HQ at the Watergate complex and the deep corruption in the 37th President’s administration. Nixon eventually became the first president to resign from...
- 3/13/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
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