Exclusive: Veteran unscripted producer Noah Bonnett has signed an exclusive first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television’s recently formed game show division.
Bonnett has been producing unscripted television with a focus on studio game and competition shows for over 20 years. His credits include NBC’s Ellen’s Game of Games and The Wheel; Syfy’s Total Blackout; ABC’s Bet On Your Baby and 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show; Fox’s Mental Samurai and the daily syndicated series Pictionary. Bonnett started his television career at Spt as an assistant at Columbia TriStar Television.
“Sony Pictures Television established our game show division to expand the company’s footprint in this growing category. Noah’s boundless creativity and prolific experience will help us as we further build on our offerings in the unscripted space,” said Suzanne Prete, EVP, Game Shows.
Bonnett’s deal comes on the heels of ABC’s series order for Jeopardy!
Bonnett has been producing unscripted television with a focus on studio game and competition shows for over 20 years. His credits include NBC’s Ellen’s Game of Games and The Wheel; Syfy’s Total Blackout; ABC’s Bet On Your Baby and 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show; Fox’s Mental Samurai and the daily syndicated series Pictionary. Bonnett started his television career at Spt as an assistant at Columbia TriStar Television.
“Sony Pictures Television established our game show division to expand the company’s footprint in this growing category. Noah’s boundless creativity and prolific experience will help us as we further build on our offerings in the unscripted space,” said Suzanne Prete, EVP, Game Shows.
Bonnett’s deal comes on the heels of ABC’s series order for Jeopardy!
- 1/13/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Apploff Entertainment, the unscripted production company behind series such as Fox’s Beat Shazam and NBC’s The Wheel, is promoting from within.
The company has upped Danielle Peress to VP, Current and Development. She was previously Director of Development.
Peress started as Jeff Apploff’s executive assistant before becoming responsible for creating, packaging, marketing and selling a number of series. She has worked on Beat Shazam, hosted by Jamie Foxx, Fox’s Don’t Forget the Lyrics reboot, hosted by Niecy Nash, and was a supervising producer on NBC’s The Wheel, an adaptation of the BBC gameshow.
She will report to Apploff and will now manage Zach Gelfand, who began as an intern before becoming Apploff’s executive assistant, who has been promoted to Development Coordinator.
“Both Danielle and Zach are invaluable to the company’s continued growth and success. Their phenomenal skills and creative ideas, coupled...
The company has upped Danielle Peress to VP, Current and Development. She was previously Director of Development.
Peress started as Jeff Apploff’s executive assistant before becoming responsible for creating, packaging, marketing and selling a number of series. She has worked on Beat Shazam, hosted by Jamie Foxx, Fox’s Don’t Forget the Lyrics reboot, hosted by Niecy Nash, and was a supervising producer on NBC’s The Wheel, an adaptation of the BBC gameshow.
She will report to Apploff and will now manage Zach Gelfand, who began as an intern before becoming Apploff’s executive assistant, who has been promoted to Development Coordinator.
“Both Danielle and Zach are invaluable to the company’s continued growth and success. Their phenomenal skills and creative ideas, coupled...
- 1/11/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s something a bit magical about television on Christmas. Maybe it’s the cold weather driving everyone indoors. The gluttonous, slowly digesting roast dinners pinning everyone to the sofa. The intra-family arguments that need drowning out with noise. For whatever reason, Christmas always seems to be the time when most everyone agrees to convene around the TV screen and watch whatever’s on – an ingrained, sacred ritual somewhat befitting a religious holiday. I’m not sure Christmas TV has ever been less nourishing, however, than this year.
With a few notable exceptions, the UK’s 2022 Christmas TV line-up may have been the worst on record – it’s certainly the worst I can remember. There were a few highlights dotted around the festive period, of course, such as I Hate Suzie Too and a festive Motherland special. Children were well serviced with BBC One’s charming animation The Boy, the Mole,...
With a few notable exceptions, the UK’s 2022 Christmas TV line-up may have been the worst on record – it’s certainly the worst I can remember. There were a few highlights dotted around the festive period, of course, such as I Hate Suzie Too and a festive Motherland special. Children were well serviced with BBC One’s charming animation The Boy, the Mole,...
- 12/30/2022
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
The Wheel — Pictured: Michael McIntyre — (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC) British comedian Michael McIntyre has been hosting the British version of The Wheel for three seasons, and now, both McIntyre and the show are about to invade America. McIntyre, who also created the game show’s format, will be hosting NBC’s new “domestic” version of the show when it premieres next week, and he explained to us the concepts that make the show interesting, unique, and funny. (Click on the media bar below to hear Michael McIntyre) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Michael_-McIntyre_The_Wheel_.mp3 The Wheel premieres next Monday on NBC, and episodes start streaming the following day on Peacock.
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- 12/13/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Exclusive: ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 has raided the BBC again — this time securing the services of The Repair Shop star Jay Blades for new returnable series The Streets Where I Lived.
Produced by Hungry Jay Media, Blades’ joint-venture with The Wheel producer Hungry Bear Media, the three-part series follows the presenter as he delves into his past, revisiting his previous homes in east London, exploring their history and the people who lived in them.
Jay Blades: The Streets Where I Lived will see Blades joined by old school friends as he remembers his upbringing as a happy child, then a troubled teenager, and a lost young man. “I can’t wait to go back to my old neighbourhood and discover the history on its doorstep. The places I visit are the buildings, streets and communities that made me the man I am today,” he said.
Daniel Pearl, Channel 5 commissioning editor,...
Produced by Hungry Jay Media, Blades’ joint-venture with The Wheel producer Hungry Bear Media, the three-part series follows the presenter as he delves into his past, revisiting his previous homes in east London, exploring their history and the people who lived in them.
Jay Blades: The Streets Where I Lived will see Blades joined by old school friends as he remembers his upbringing as a happy child, then a troubled teenager, and a lost young man. “I can’t wait to go back to my old neighbourhood and discover the history on its doorstep. The places I visit are the buildings, streets and communities that made me the man I am today,” he said.
Daniel Pearl, Channel 5 commissioning editor,...
- 6/24/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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