Exclusive: Netflix has opted not to renew Buying Beverly Hills for a third season. The news comes months after the show’s second season premiered in March.
The unscripted series, which premiered in 2022, centered around Mauricio Umansky and his staff at The Agency, which included his daughters Farrah Brittany and Alexia Umansky.
Sources say the cancellation had to do with the viewing numbers versus the cost of production.
Although Buying Beverly Hills will not move forward, Netflix has similar shows on deck like Selling Sunset, Selling the Oc, and Owning Manhattan.
Season 2 of Buying Beverly Hills leaned into the real-life drama between Umansky and his marriage to Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards. Umansky openly discussed his marital troubles on camera, and the Netflix series also featured several appearances of Richards.
Another issue discussed during the second season was the rift between Umansky and his brother-in-law,...
The unscripted series, which premiered in 2022, centered around Mauricio Umansky and his staff at The Agency, which included his daughters Farrah Brittany and Alexia Umansky.
Sources say the cancellation had to do with the viewing numbers versus the cost of production.
Although Buying Beverly Hills will not move forward, Netflix has similar shows on deck like Selling Sunset, Selling the Oc, and Owning Manhattan.
Season 2 of Buying Beverly Hills leaned into the real-life drama between Umansky and his marriage to Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards. Umansky openly discussed his marital troubles on camera, and the Netflix series also featured several appearances of Richards.
Another issue discussed during the second season was the rift between Umansky and his brother-in-law,...
- 8/16/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Jimmy Kimmel is forging a new path with his production company.
Kimmel has divested his stake in Wheelhouse Entertainment, the production group founded by Pawn Stars producer Brent Montgomery, and Wheelhouse similarly no longer owns a stake in the late-night comedian’s production company Kimmelot.
The move comes after Alignment Growth, the investment vehicle run by Jeff Bewkes and Kevin Tsujihara, acquired a minority stake in Wheelhouse earlier this year, the first outside investment that Wheelhouse took since its launch.
Montgomery launched Wheelhouse Entertainment in January 2018 after he stepped down as CEO of ITV America, the U.S. arm of the company that acquired his group Leftfield Entertainment for $360M in 2014.
Kimmel came on board in November 2018 as a partner as he launched his own production company, Kimmelot, in partnership with Wheelhouse, taking an equity stake in the overall business at the time.
The two companies will continue to work...
Kimmel has divested his stake in Wheelhouse Entertainment, the production group founded by Pawn Stars producer Brent Montgomery, and Wheelhouse similarly no longer owns a stake in the late-night comedian’s production company Kimmelot.
The move comes after Alignment Growth, the investment vehicle run by Jeff Bewkes and Kevin Tsujihara, acquired a minority stake in Wheelhouse earlier this year, the first outside investment that Wheelhouse took since its launch.
Montgomery launched Wheelhouse Entertainment in January 2018 after he stepped down as CEO of ITV America, the U.S. arm of the company that acquired his group Leftfield Entertainment for $360M in 2014.
Kimmel came on board in November 2018 as a partner as he launched his own production company, Kimmelot, in partnership with Wheelhouse, taking an equity stake in the overall business at the time.
The two companies will continue to work...
- 8/16/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s become common for movies once trapped on VHS to make that great leap to Blu-ray. And thanks to boutiques like Culture Shock Releasing, hidden gems like The American Scream are available again after being nearly lost to time. Those uninitiated viewers could be hesitant as they try making sense of this 1988 movie’s poster. Is this a slasher? A holiday travelogue? A teen comedy? The simple answer is “yes to all of the above.” The American Scream is indeed a mélange of familiar beats and elements, but everything is put together so strangely that the final product comes across as unique.
Made with a budget of around $200,000 and shot in just ten days in Camp Nelson, California, The American Scream turned out better than expected. Especially since director and co-writer Mitchell Linden threw the script together in a hurry; he was set to go on his honeymoon when...
Made with a budget of around $200,000 and shot in just ten days in Camp Nelson, California, The American Scream turned out better than expected. Especially since director and co-writer Mitchell Linden threw the script together in a hurry; he was set to go on his honeymoon when...
- 12/13/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Hulu has ordered a new social experiment competition series “Got to Get Out” from Wheelhouse.
The format will showcase participants living in a mansion for 10 days as they vie for a cash prize that increases by $1 each second they’re in the game. As contestants compete in physical and mental challenges, more money will be added to “the pot,” with up to $1 million at stake.
Upon completing the series, participants will be given the choice to take an equal share of prize money, or they can attempt to steal it all for themselves. To steal the pot, they’ll have to escape the mansion via its front gate — but in this game, getting out is easier said than done.
At random intervals, the gate will open and a getaway car will appear for contestants to attempt to leave with “the pot” while contestants will have opportunities to block others’ attempted exits.
The format will showcase participants living in a mansion for 10 days as they vie for a cash prize that increases by $1 each second they’re in the game. As contestants compete in physical and mental challenges, more money will be added to “the pot,” with up to $1 million at stake.
Upon completing the series, participants will be given the choice to take an equal share of prize money, or they can attempt to steal it all for themselves. To steal the pot, they’ll have to escape the mansion via its front gate — but in this game, getting out is easier said than done.
At random intervals, the gate will open and a getaway car will appear for contestants to attempt to leave with “the pot” while contestants will have opportunities to block others’ attempted exits.
- 9/28/2023
- by McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu has ordered Got to Get Out, a competition series from Wheelhouse that was created by Glenn Hugill, the president of Wheelhouse’s UK arm.
The Big Brother-like series will consist of 10, hour-long episodes and feature participants living together in a mansion for 10 days while they compete in physical and mental challenges. Participants can stick together and take an equal share of the prize money at the end of their stay, or they can choose to go rogue and attempt to steal the full pot of money for themselves.
To win the $1 million prize, contestants have to escape the mansion via a single exit: the front gate. However, in this game, getting out is easier said than done. At various times during the game, the gate will open and a getaway car will arrive, presenting an opportunity for cast members to betray their comrades...
The Big Brother-like series will consist of 10, hour-long episodes and feature participants living together in a mansion for 10 days while they compete in physical and mental challenges. Participants can stick together and take an equal share of the prize money at the end of their stay, or they can choose to go rogue and attempt to steal the full pot of money for themselves.
To win the $1 million prize, contestants have to escape the mansion via a single exit: the front gate. However, in this game, getting out is easier said than done. At various times during the game, the gate will open and a getaway car will arrive, presenting an opportunity for cast members to betray their comrades...
- 9/28/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Hulu is jumping into the competition-series game with a series that will put people in a house and pit them against one another for a big cash prize.
Big Brother? Nope. The Traitors? Also no. The Disney-run streamer has ordered Got to Get Out, a competition show/”social experiment” with echoes of the prisoner’s dilemma — the thought experiment where people can work together for mutual benefit or go solo for a potentially greater reward. The show comes from creator Glenn Hugill and the U.K. arm of Jimmy Kimmel and Brent Montgomery’s company, Wheelhouse. A premiere date hasn’t been set.
Got to Get Out will feature contestants living in a mansion for 10 days, with a pool of prize money rising by $1 every second (there are 864,000 seconds in 10 days). The players will also work together on challenges to increase the prize money up to $1 million. They can stick...
Big Brother? Nope. The Traitors? Also no. The Disney-run streamer has ordered Got to Get Out, a competition show/”social experiment” with echoes of the prisoner’s dilemma — the thought experiment where people can work together for mutual benefit or go solo for a potentially greater reward. The show comes from creator Glenn Hugill and the U.K. arm of Jimmy Kimmel and Brent Montgomery’s company, Wheelhouse. A premiere date hasn’t been set.
Got to Get Out will feature contestants living in a mansion for 10 days, with a pool of prize money rising by $1 every second (there are 864,000 seconds in 10 days). The players will also work together on challenges to increase the prize money up to $1 million. They can stick...
- 9/28/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hulu has ordered 10 episodes of a new social experiment series from Glenn Hugill, creator of “Deal or No Deal,” “The Mole” and “Puzzling.”
The competition series, currently titled “Got to Get Out,” will “test the loyalties of a group of strangers vying for a major payday,” according to the official logline. Participants will live in a mansion together for 10 days as they compete for a cash prize that increases by $1 per each second that the contestants are there. A total of $1 million is at stake as physical and mental challenges add even more cash to the prize.
Throughout the competition, “participants can stick together and take an equal share of the prize money at the end of their stay – or they can choose to go rogue and attempt to steal the full pot of money for themselves,” per the logline.
To win the full pot, participants have to exit the...
The competition series, currently titled “Got to Get Out,” will “test the loyalties of a group of strangers vying for a major payday,” according to the official logline. Participants will live in a mansion together for 10 days as they compete for a cash prize that increases by $1 per each second that the contestants are there. A total of $1 million is at stake as physical and mental challenges add even more cash to the prize.
Throughout the competition, “participants can stick together and take an equal share of the prize money at the end of their stay – or they can choose to go rogue and attempt to steal the full pot of money for themselves,” per the logline.
To win the full pot, participants have to exit the...
- 9/28/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
It’s a wrap for Buying Beverly Hills Season 2 filming. The Netflix occu-series has concluded filming for the second season of the show that follows agents and clients within Mauricio Umansky’s real estate company The Agency in Beverly Hills.
Umansky’s daughter Alexia Umansky shared a post on Instagram Stories confirming the cast had finished the principal filming of the series.
“That’s a wrap!! Bbh S2,” read the caption.
In the photo, Alexia is seen in the far right next to her sister Sophia in red and her eldest sister Farrah Brittany posing with two other cast members.
Alexia Umansky shares Instagram Story
Buying Beverly Hills Season 1 premiered on November 4, 2022, with Netflix dropping all eight episodes all at once. Umansky leads the show working alongside his daughters Farrah and Alexia, who is dipping her toes in the family business proving she’s got the abilities to be the next realtor star.
Umansky’s daughter Alexia Umansky shared a post on Instagram Stories confirming the cast had finished the principal filming of the series.
“That’s a wrap!! Bbh S2,” read the caption.
In the photo, Alexia is seen in the far right next to her sister Sophia in red and her eldest sister Farrah Brittany posing with two other cast members.
Alexia Umansky shares Instagram Story
Buying Beverly Hills Season 1 premiered on November 4, 2022, with Netflix dropping all eight episodes all at once. Umansky leads the show working alongside his daughters Farrah and Alexia, who is dipping her toes in the family business proving she’s got the abilities to be the next realtor star.
- 7/15/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Launch
Jimmy Kimmel and Brent Montgomery’s media company Wheelhouse has launched London-headquartered Wheelhouse U.K. “Deal or No Deal” producer Glenn Hugill, formerly with ITV Studios’ Possessed TV, will serve as president of the U.K. entity and as chief content officer at Wheelhouse Entertainment, working closely with chief creative officer Scott Lonker and programming executive VP Will Nothacker, across Wheelhouse’s U.S.-based production entities, Spoke Studios, Kimmelot, Butternut, Campfire Studios and Portal A.
From Possessed, Hugill brings with him to Wheelhouse U.K. Nick Mather, who will serve as creative director, Matt Floyd as head of development and Jack Borgeat as development producer.
Wheelhouse U.K. and ITV Studios have inked a multi-year production and distribution deal through which all series developed by Hugill and commissioned in the U.K. will be produced by ITV Studios-housed labels. The team will work with ITV Studios’ director of unscripted Angela Jain on U.
Jimmy Kimmel and Brent Montgomery’s media company Wheelhouse has launched London-headquartered Wheelhouse U.K. “Deal or No Deal” producer Glenn Hugill, formerly with ITV Studios’ Possessed TV, will serve as president of the U.K. entity and as chief content officer at Wheelhouse Entertainment, working closely with chief creative officer Scott Lonker and programming executive VP Will Nothacker, across Wheelhouse’s U.S.-based production entities, Spoke Studios, Kimmelot, Butternut, Campfire Studios and Portal A.
From Possessed, Hugill brings with him to Wheelhouse U.K. Nick Mather, who will serve as creative director, Matt Floyd as head of development and Jack Borgeat as development producer.
Wheelhouse U.K. and ITV Studios have inked a multi-year production and distribution deal through which all series developed by Hugill and commissioned in the U.K. will be produced by ITV Studios-housed labels. The team will work with ITV Studios’ director of unscripted Angela Jain on U.
- 1/20/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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Wheelhouse, a media, marketing and investment company founded by Brent Montgomery and Jimmy Kimmel, has just opened a new 10,496-square-foot production space on Sunset Boulevard that’s meant to be a haven for influencers and other talent who need a centralized hub to take meetings and create content.
The company has locations elsewhere in L.A. and in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood, but the new West Hollywood space will serve as headquarters for its digital and influencer branches, known as Wheelhouse DNA, which produce shows like Facebook Messenger’s Cookin’ With Brooklyn and Spotify’s Internet Urban Legends.
Ed Simpson, Wheelhouse’s chief strategy officer and the designer of the multiuse space, says the team was primarily focused on pushing the “boundaries of curiosity” when creating the space, adding: “We wanted to build something that has both the work element and the play element.
Wheelhouse, a media, marketing and investment company founded by Brent Montgomery and Jimmy Kimmel, has just opened a new 10,496-square-foot production space on Sunset Boulevard that’s meant to be a haven for influencers and other talent who need a centralized hub to take meetings and create content.
The company has locations elsewhere in L.A. and in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood, but the new West Hollywood space will serve as headquarters for its digital and influencer branches, known as Wheelhouse DNA, which produce shows like Facebook Messenger’s Cookin’ With Brooklyn and Spotify’s Internet Urban Legends.
Ed Simpson, Wheelhouse’s chief strategy officer and the designer of the multiuse space, says the team was primarily focused on pushing the “boundaries of curiosity” when creating the space, adding: “We wanted to build something that has both the work element and the play element.
- 7/30/2022
- by Evan Nicole Brown
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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
Newly-launched Wheelhouse DNA -- the digital and audio arm of multi-faceted entertainment company Wheelhouse -- has inked a deal with rapper and social media phenom 24kGoldn, whose real name is Golden Landis Von Jones.
The deal is roughly similar to the one Wheelhouse recently forged alongside the transgender beauty vlogger Nikita Dragun, and will see Wheelhouse DNA managing and creating all of the content for Jones' YouTube channel. On the advertising front, Wheelhouse’s marketing division, Wheelhouse Labs, will broker brand deals. Avi Gandhi, Wheelhouse's EVP of digital, will manage day-to-day operations of Jones' channel.
"Goldn is a breakout talent, transcending platforms and demos, and his universal appeal just keeps growing," Wheelhouse chief strategy officer Ed Simpson said in a statement. "That's the sweet spot that represents the mission of Wheelhouse as we look to collaborate with artists living at the center of entertainment and culture."
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The deal is roughly similar to the one Wheelhouse recently forged alongside the transgender beauty vlogger Nikita Dragun, and will see Wheelhouse DNA managing and creating all of the content for Jones' YouTube channel. On the advertising front, Wheelhouse’s marketing division, Wheelhouse Labs, will broker brand deals. Avi Gandhi, Wheelhouse's EVP of digital, will manage day-to-day operations of Jones' channel.
"Goldn is a breakout talent, transcending platforms and demos, and his universal appeal just keeps growing," Wheelhouse chief strategy officer Ed Simpson said in a statement. "That's the sweet spot that represents the mission of Wheelhouse as we look to collaborate with artists living at the center of entertainment and culture."
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- 5/6/2021
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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
Wheelhouse, the business set up by Brent Montgomery, founder of Pawn Stars producer Leftfield, has launched a division designed to develop content from digital influencers.
The company has launched Wheelhouse DNA to create original content for digital-native talent. It is teaming with TikTok and YouTube stars to develop original content for short-form platforms as well as linear networks and streamers.
It has projects in development at Netflix and Discovery+ and is working on scripted, unscripted, animation programming.
The company has also signed a 360-deal with influencer Nikita Dragun and her management firm, Slash Mgmt for longform programming, podcasts and YouTube content.
The beauty and apparel influencer has 12.6M followers on TikTok, 8.9M followers on Instagram and 3.7M subscribers on YouTube and also stars in Snapchat Discover original series Nikita Unfiltered.
Dragun joins the likes of social media star David Dobrik and Hype House, which Wheelhouse’s Spoke Studios is developing a long-form show with.
The company has launched Wheelhouse DNA to create original content for digital-native talent. It is teaming with TikTok and YouTube stars to develop original content for short-form platforms as well as linear networks and streamers.
It has projects in development at Netflix and Discovery+ and is working on scripted, unscripted, animation programming.
The company has also signed a 360-deal with influencer Nikita Dragun and her management firm, Slash Mgmt for longform programming, podcasts and YouTube content.
The beauty and apparel influencer has 12.6M followers on TikTok, 8.9M followers on Instagram and 3.7M subscribers on YouTube and also stars in Snapchat Discover original series Nikita Unfiltered.
Dragun joins the likes of social media star David Dobrik and Hype House, which Wheelhouse’s Spoke Studios is developing a long-form show with.
- 2/2/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Wheelhouse, the multi-faceted entertainment business founded in 2018 by producer-entrepreneur Brent Montgomery and the late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, has launched a brand new division today dedicated to digital and audio pursuits.
Wheelhouse DNA (which stands for digital 'n' audio) is an influencer-first content company, which will be led by chief strategy officer Ed Simpson. DNA will work with digital-native celebs on long-form storytelling in TV, streaming, and film, the company said, with to-be-announced projects already set at Netflix and Discovery+. Wheelhouse tells Tubefilter that DNA is eyeing future releases in the scripted, unscripted, and animated spaces for release on YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok -- as well as top streaming services and linear networks.
Wheelhouse’s EVP of digital, Avi Gandhi, will run DNA's day-to-day operations, reporting to Simpson.
“As Wheelhouse has continued emerging as a destination for some of the world’s most entrepreneurial talent," Simpson said, "we saw the...
Wheelhouse DNA (which stands for digital 'n' audio) is an influencer-first content company, which will be led by chief strategy officer Ed Simpson. DNA will work with digital-native celebs on long-form storytelling in TV, streaming, and film, the company said, with to-be-announced projects already set at Netflix and Discovery+. Wheelhouse tells Tubefilter that DNA is eyeing future releases in the scripted, unscripted, and animated spaces for release on YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok -- as well as top streaming services and linear networks.
Wheelhouse’s EVP of digital, Avi Gandhi, will run DNA's day-to-day operations, reporting to Simpson.
“As Wheelhouse has continued emerging as a destination for some of the world’s most entrepreneurial talent," Simpson said, "we saw the...
- 2/2/2021
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Home Improvement star Tim Allen is to star in and exec produce a non-scripted building series for History.
The actor who played Tool Time star Tim Taylor on the ABC sitcom for eight seasons, will be joined by his Home Improvement co-star Richard Karn in Assembly Required (w/t).
The ten-part series will spotlight the best and brightest builders from across the country, at their home workshops, as they compete to breathe new life into everyday household items in desperate need of fixing. In each episode, Allen and Karn will also dive into the history around these items to celebrate the men and women who crafted them, and the techniques used.
The series is produced by Wheelhouse Entertainment’s Spoke Studios, ITV America and Boxing Cat Entertainment. Exec producers include Allen, Karn, Brent Montgomery, Ed Simpson, Joe Weinstock, Will Nothacker, Simon Thomas, Vince Cariati, Katherine D. Fox, Eli Lehrer, Mary E.
The actor who played Tool Time star Tim Taylor on the ABC sitcom for eight seasons, will be joined by his Home Improvement co-star Richard Karn in Assembly Required (w/t).
The ten-part series will spotlight the best and brightest builders from across the country, at their home workshops, as they compete to breathe new life into everyday household items in desperate need of fixing. In each episode, Allen and Karn will also dive into the history around these items to celebrate the men and women who crafted them, and the techniques used.
The series is produced by Wheelhouse Entertainment’s Spoke Studios, ITV America and Boxing Cat Entertainment. Exec producers include Allen, Karn, Brent Montgomery, Ed Simpson, Joe Weinstock, Will Nothacker, Simon Thomas, Vince Cariati, Katherine D. Fox, Eli Lehrer, Mary E.
- 8/25/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s a “Home Improvement” reunion on the cards at History.
The network has issued a 10-episode order for an unscripted series called “Assembly Required” (working title) which will star Tim Allen and be hosted by Richard Karn.
“Assembly Required” is described as a competition series which is sounding the call for those with a can-do attitude to take back their sense of purpose and awaken their inner builder.
Its aim is to spotlight the best and brightest builders from across the country, at their home workshops, as they compete to breathe new life into everyday household items in desperate need of fixing. In each episode, Allen and Karn will also dive into the unique history around these items to celebrate the men and women who crafted them.
The show is slated to launch on History sometime in 2021.
“Let’s face it, we’re living in a throwaway society,” said Allen in a statement.
The network has issued a 10-episode order for an unscripted series called “Assembly Required” (working title) which will star Tim Allen and be hosted by Richard Karn.
“Assembly Required” is described as a competition series which is sounding the call for those with a can-do attitude to take back their sense of purpose and awaken their inner builder.
Its aim is to spotlight the best and brightest builders from across the country, at their home workshops, as they compete to breathe new life into everyday household items in desperate need of fixing. In each episode, Allen and Karn will also dive into the unique history around these items to celebrate the men and women who crafted them.
The show is slated to launch on History sometime in 2021.
“Let’s face it, we’re living in a throwaway society,” said Allen in a statement.
- 8/25/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Tim Allen is reuniting with his “Tool Time” co-star Richard Karn for a new home builder competition series at History, the network announced Tuesday.
The 10-episode series, tentatively titled “Assembly Required,” will “spotlight the best and brightest builders from across the country, at their home workshops, as they compete to breathe new life into everyday household items in desperate need of fixing.”
Allen and Karn will host and executive produce the series, which is set to premiere in 2021. The project reunites the duo more than two decades after they co-hosted the fictional show-within-a-show on ABC’s “Home Improvement.”
Also Read: Disney and 'Home Improvement' Creators Settle Profit-Sharing Lawsuit
“Let’s face it — we’re living in a throwaway society,” Allen said in a statement. “We buy, break, replace… rinse and repeat. Whatever happened to repair and rebuild?! There are some people who unfriend, unfollow and dispose of anything that offends,...
The 10-episode series, tentatively titled “Assembly Required,” will “spotlight the best and brightest builders from across the country, at their home workshops, as they compete to breathe new life into everyday household items in desperate need of fixing.”
Allen and Karn will host and executive produce the series, which is set to premiere in 2021. The project reunites the duo more than two decades after they co-hosted the fictional show-within-a-show on ABC’s “Home Improvement.”
Also Read: Disney and 'Home Improvement' Creators Settle Profit-Sharing Lawsuit
“Let’s face it — we’re living in a throwaway society,” Allen said in a statement. “We buy, break, replace… rinse and repeat. Whatever happened to repair and rebuild?! There are some people who unfriend, unfollow and dispose of anything that offends,...
- 8/25/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Discovery Channel is launching new business format I Quit, with a slew of entrepreneurs risking it by giving up their jobs to follow their passions.
However, the business model behind the show, which launches Tuesday August 18, may be the real point of interest for producers.
The show comes from Shopify Studios, the television production and financing arm of the global online commerce service, and Wheelhouse Entertainment’s Spoke Studios. It was financed and produced by these companies before being picked up by the factual broadcaster, which unusually has just taken U.S. rights rather than full global rights to the format.
I Quit follows six sets of hopeful entrepreneurs as they leave their steady incomes and retirement plans behind, going all in on their dreams of launching their own businesses. Along the way, they will be mentored by three successful business leaders – Harley Finkelstein, COO of Shopify, Debbie Sterling,...
However, the business model behind the show, which launches Tuesday August 18, may be the real point of interest for producers.
The show comes from Shopify Studios, the television production and financing arm of the global online commerce service, and Wheelhouse Entertainment’s Spoke Studios. It was financed and produced by these companies before being picked up by the factual broadcaster, which unusually has just taken U.S. rights rather than full global rights to the format.
I Quit follows six sets of hopeful entrepreneurs as they leave their steady incomes and retirement plans behind, going all in on their dreams of launching their own businesses. Along the way, they will be mentored by three successful business leaders – Harley Finkelstein, COO of Shopify, Debbie Sterling,...
- 7/28/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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