CMT has picked up one of its highest-rated series, The Singing Bee, for a fourth season on the cable network and fifth overall as the reality shows started off on NBC before moving to CMT. The karaoke singing competition, from Juma Entertainment and the Gurin Co., is hosted by Melissa Peterman. Local versions of The Singing Bee have been [...]
CW Orders Competition Show ‘Oh Sit!’
The reality series will join “L.A. Complex” as the youth-skewing network continues to bulk up on original summer programming. The CW continues to bulk up its summer offerings, adding competition series Oh Sit! Dubbed “musical chairs for adults,” the 10-episode series will debut later this season and feature 20 contestants as they race through an [...]
The Singing Bee casting call
The Singing Bee is currently casting a new season on CMT. We will be planing audition stops in Dallas (Feb 11th) , Atlanta (Feb 4th) , Nashville, Los Angeles and possibly Chicago. If you are interested in auditioning please send out your name, phone number, and city/state to casting@thesingingbee.com
Gurin takes Irish kids’ format
MIPCOM NEWS: The Gurin Company of LA and Vision Independent Productions (VIP) have closed a deal for children’s format Who Are You Kidding? The series, which has run for two seasons on Ireland’s RTÉ, features kids who nominate friends and relatives to sing, dance and act on their behalf. “Who Are You Kidding? is about [...]
Cartoon Network orders two pilots for live-action gameshows
Gurin gamers to Cartoon Cartoon Network has ordered two pilots from Phil Gurin. Both are live-action gameshows based on international formats. “Stuck!,” a reworking of French series “The Hand,” is co-created by Gurin and Coyote Conseil, while Gurin will team with Fuji Creative Corp. on a Stateside version of Japanese series “NEP League.” “Stuck!” [...]
The Gurin Company hits the Bullseye
Andrew Wood, creator and owner of the iconic family entertainment television game show, Bullseye has signed an agreement with, The Gurin Company, a major independent television production company based in Studio City, Los Angeles, California. The President of The Gurin Company, Phil Gurin who was behind the NBC version of the Weakest Link, met with [...]
CW preps ‘Musical Chairs’
Gurin reality entry goes to ‘Extreme’ By Andrew Wallenstein Gurin The CW is developing unscripted format “Extreme Musical Chairs” from the Gurin Co. and 405 Prods.Series would transform the popular children’s game into a physically demanding competition with multiple rounds of elimination set in an indoor obstacle course. Format was created by Phil Gurin, Richard [...]
Gurin, Goldman team for new series
Gurin, Goldman team for new series
Pair collaborate in development of reality shows
By Stuart Levine
Gurin
Phil Gurin is pacting with illustrator Todd Goldman to develop and produce four unscripted TV series.
An exec producer on “The Singing Bee” and “Shark Tank” and a veteran of many previous reality efforts, Gurin is looking to expand his reality reach — including the creation of a new gameshow — with Goldman, who runs the $90 million merchandise company David & Goliath.
No network is currently attached, but Gurin will immediately begin pitching the projects around town.
“Todd is a unique creative who has endless ideas for pretty much everything, including TV shows. We’ve had a lot of fun coming up with these concepts, resulting in fresh new approaches to classic formats,” Gurin said.
Gurin and Goldman are both represented by CAA.
Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com
TNT’s Unscripted Upfront Promises ‘Bourne Identity Meets Truman Show’
U.S. networks TNT and TBS have unveiled a slate of Upfront unscripted development projects, including a mystery-solving reality project billed as combining “The Bourne Identity with the voyeurism of The Truman Show,” in which competitors are dropped in a fictional town. Each self-contained episode of the as-yet-untitled Joel Silver project will see two contestants dropped [...]
