Surprisingly, Vanity Fair’s terrific Oral History of Yolo, is Not exclusively a bunch of bros yelling “Yolo” before jumping into a coffee table at a frat party (full disclosure: I’ve never been to a frat party).
Using the Lonely Island’s Digital Short as a jumping-off point, the magazine detailed the rise (and death?) of the phrase (word?) that has populated so many hashtagging sprees and been the cause of so many minor injuries.
The biggest revelations from the piece were 1. basically everyone started saying Yolo accidentally 2. it’s still pretty fun to hear academics try to define the zeitgeist using terrible trends.
Using the Lonely Island’s Digital Short as a jumping-off point, the magazine detailed the rise (and death?) of the phrase (word?) that has populated so many hashtagging sprees and been the cause of so many minor injuries.
The biggest revelations from the piece were 1. basically everyone started saying Yolo accidentally 2. it’s still pretty fun to hear academics try to define the zeitgeist using terrible trends.
- 2/8/2013
- by Sarah Caldwell
- EW.com - PopWatch
Telepictures Prods. has brought in veteran reality producer Stuart Krasnow as Evp Creative Affairs. He will replace Lisa Hackner, who stepped down in March after a 22-year tenure to become a producer, and will report to Telepictures president Hilary Estey McLoughlin. Krasnow will oversee the creation of new programming for first-run syndication business, cable strips and digital. ”Stuart completely understands our business and brings a fresh perspective and entrepreneurial spirit from running his own production company,” Estey McLoughlin said. Krasnow has developed and produced series in almost every genre of unscripted television for broadcast and cable networks, including The Weakest Link, Average Joe, Dog Eat Dog and The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. Most recently, he has been running his own production company, Krasnow Prods., which had overall production deals with Fox 21 and FremantleMedia. In daytime, Krasnow executive produced Ricki Lake’s original syndicated talk show after identifying her as...
- 10/16/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Unscripted television veteran Michael Hazan has joined reality production company Juma Entertainment (The Singing Bee) as Head of Development/West Coast and Co-Executive Producer. Hazan will report to Juma founder and president Robert Horowitz. Development executives Alaina Killoch and Dionne Clifton will report to Hazan. Lewis Fenton, who had been based at the company’s West Coast headquarters, will move to Juma’s New Hope, Pa offices. He will continue to serve as Head of Production and Executive Producer and run productions on both coasts but will focus on East Coast operations. Hazan previously served as a supervising producer of unscripted television series at Krasnow Prods and Fremantle Media. His credits include Hole In the Wall and Average Joe and a pair of Juma projects, The Superstars (ABC) and Rules of the Game (CBS).
- 8/23/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Fox Look, a new unit of Fox Networks Group that specializes in unscripted projects, has inked distribution deals with four Emmy-winning U.S.-based format producers: Craig Piligian, Andrew Glassman, Scott Sternberg and Scott Satin. Under the agreements, Fox Look will rep selected formats on the international market, beginning with the upcoming Mipcom trade show in Cannes.
Piligian helped transform reality TV as executive producer of CBS' "Survivor" and went on to produce "Dirty Jobs," which has aired on Discovery for five seasons; "The Ultimate Fighter," now heading into season 12 on Spike TV; and the paranormal franchise "Ghost Hunters," now in its sixth season on Syfy.
Glassman's showreel includes NBC's "Average Joe," which attracted 25 million viewers to its first season finale, and "Three Wishes," named "the most family friendly show on broadcast television."
Since 1991, Sternberg has produced a slew of game, reality and talk show formats, including "Raw Nerve With William Shatner,...
Piligian helped transform reality TV as executive producer of CBS' "Survivor" and went on to produce "Dirty Jobs," which has aired on Discovery for five seasons; "The Ultimate Fighter," now heading into season 12 on Spike TV; and the paranormal franchise "Ghost Hunters," now in its sixth season on Syfy.
Glassman's showreel includes NBC's "Average Joe," which attracted 25 million viewers to its first season finale, and "Three Wishes," named "the most family friendly show on broadcast television."
Since 1991, Sternberg has produced a slew of game, reality and talk show formats, including "Raw Nerve With William Shatner,...
- 9/15/2010
- by By Elizabeth Guider
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Josef Adalian
The CW and producer Andrew Glassman have found a real life gossip girl to headline a new reality show: Tinsley Mortimer.
The network has greenlit eight episodes of a half-hour docusoap revolving around the New York City socialite, with reality vet Glassman ("Average Joe") on board to produce. Glassman, Mortimer and Mike Aho are the creators of the project, while Glassman will also serve as executive producer.
Pre-production on the Mortimer series has already begun, with the show expected to launch early next year. Nothing's official. but t...
The CW and producer Andrew Glassman have found a real life gossip girl to headline a new reality show: Tinsley Mortimer.
The network has greenlit eight episodes of a half-hour docusoap revolving around the New York City socialite, with reality vet Glassman ("Average Joe") on board to produce. Glassman, Mortimer and Mike Aho are the creators of the project, while Glassman will also serve as executive producer.
Pre-production on the Mortimer series has already begun, with the show expected to launch early next year. Nothing's official. but t...
- 9/25/2009
- by Adalian
- The Wrap
IMG Global Media head Chris Albrecht has made a deal with Glassman Media to partner on producing and distributing unscripted television series.
As part of the agreement, Glassman Media (Average Joe, Three Wishes, Bingo America) will exclusively develop and produce original reality formats for IMG, which will distribute the resulting projects worldwide.
"Partnering with Chris, Rob [Lee], and their team at IMG has been like joining a dream-team for creative development and business execution," said Glassman Media head Andrew Glassman. "I am thrilled to be a part of Chris and Rob's vision and their focus on quality."
Glassman Media's previous deal was with Fox Television Studios. The company's latest production, Bingo America, recently launched a 40-episode run on GSN.
Albrecht was formerly chairman and CEO of HBO.
As part of the agreement, Glassman Media (Average Joe, Three Wishes, Bingo America) will exclusively develop and produce original reality formats for IMG, which will distribute the resulting projects worldwide.
"Partnering with Chris, Rob [Lee], and their team at IMG has been like joining a dream-team for creative development and business execution," said Glassman Media head Andrew Glassman. "I am thrilled to be a part of Chris and Rob's vision and their focus on quality."
Glassman Media's previous deal was with Fox Television Studios. The company's latest production, Bingo America, recently launched a 40-episode run on GSN.
Albrecht was formerly chairman and CEO of HBO.
- 4/15/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Juma Entertainment, the Los Angeles-based production banner recently launched by former IMG television chief Robert Horowitz, has tapped Lewis Fenton to oversee its production and development activities. Fenton, a producer whose recent credits include NBC's Three Wishes and Average Joe, has been named head of production and executive producer. Producer Danny Tepper has been appointed head of development for Juma's East Coast office.
- 2/16/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Reality TV veteran Stuart Krasnow has struck an overall production deal with FremantleMedia North America, home of American Idol and other popular program formats. Krasnow has been aligned with NBC for the past four years, executive producing such unscripted series as Average Joe, Dog Eat Dog and The Weakest Link for the peacock. Krasnow said he'd had an "incredible four years" at NBC but was anxious to begin his new association with FremantleMedia and the newly launched Krasnow Prods. banner because it will allow him to play the field as a free agent in setting up new projects at any broadcast or cable outlet. Plus, FremantleMedia has a large library of formats that Krasnow will be able to peruse for possible adaptations.
Attention all aspiring male supermodels: Bravo is on a Manhunt. The cable network has ordered eight one-hour episodes of Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model for the fall. Fifteen unsuspecting hunks will be plucked from obscurity to compete for a one-year contract from international modeling agency IMG. From IMG television arm TWI, the series will be produced by Stuart Krasnow (Average Joe). Similar in format to the UPN hit America's Next Top Model, Manhunt chronicles how the amateur models cope with the rigors of living life from the runways to the road. Bravo president Lauren Zalaznick sees Manhunt fitting in right alongside the network's other fashion-conscious shows, including Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Project Runway. "This explores the flip side of those laddie magazines," she said. "This is more in the GQ/Esquire territory. It's a competition for males that women will really love, too."...
NBC on Monday unveiled a drama-heavy fall 2004 schedule that includes the launch of new programs on four nights next season plus the return of reality matchmaking vehicle Average Joe. The peacock's slate kicks of Monday at 8 p.m. with returning reality stalwart Fear Factor, followed by the sophomore season of action-drama Las Vegas and the debut of airport-based ensemble LAX at 10 p.m. On Tuesday, where NBC's freshman comedies were hammered this season by Fox's American Idol, the peacock will serve up a new installment of Average Joe at 8 p.m., followed from 9-10 p.m. by its highly touted new DreamWorks CG-animated comedy Father of the Pride and the fourth season of Scrubs. Law & Order: SVU stays put at 10 p.m.
- 5/17/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NBC on Monday unveiled a drama-heavy fall 2004 schedule that includes the launch of new programs on four nights next season plus the return of reality matchmaking vehicle Average Joe. The peacock's slate kicks of Monday at 8 p.m. with returning reality stalwart Fear Factor, followed by the sophomore season of action-drama Las Vegas and the debut of airport-based ensemble LAX at 10 p.m. On Tuesday, where NBC's freshman comedies were hammered this season by Fox's American Idol, the peacock will serve up a new installment of Average Joe at 8 p.m., followed from 9-10 p.m. by its highly touted new DreamWorks CG-animated comedy Father of the Pride and the fourth season of Scrubs. Law & Order: SVU stays put at 10 p.m.
- 5/17/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Don't expect NBC to blow up its entire primetime schedule next season just because it's saying goodbye to Friends in May. Jeff Zucker, president of the NBC Entertainment, News and Cable Group, told media buyers and reporters Thursday during an NBC development preview presentation that the network will keep much of its current primetime lineup intact next season. "No one's had a stronger second half of the season than us," Zucker said during the morning meeting held on the set of the peacock hit freshman drama Las Vegas in Culver City. "We are in a much stronger position than we were just two months ago. ... All of a sudden our (development) needs are much less than we thought they'd be." Zucker credited NBC's rebound in recent months to the strength of its new Thursday reality hit, the Donald Trump-hosted The Apprentice; its Monday 10 p.m. matchmaking franchise Average Joe, now in its third incarnation; and the James Caan starrer Las Vegas, which blossomed into a significant, male-skewing hit for NBC on Mondays after ABC's Monday Night Football ended its season in December.
- 3/26/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On a busy Monday in primetime, Fox popped again with an 8 p.m. American Idol special and the third week of My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance to take the night by a comfortable margin, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. Despite the heat of Idol, Fear Factor, Las Vegas and Average Joe pushed NBC into a tie for second place for the night (5.6 rating/13 share) with CBS, the incumbent leader on Monday. Fox's American Idol: Road to Hollywood special (21.1 million, 9.7/24) narrowly topped CBS' 10 p.m. stalwart CSI: Miami (20.5 million, 7.3/18) as the most-watched program of the night. NBC's Fear Factor (14.3 million, 6.0/15) did solid business opposite Idol at 8 p.m., as did 9 p.m.'s Las Vegas against Raymond (18.8 million, 6.1/14) and another strong showing from the eye network's freshman comedy Two and a Half Men (16.6 million, 5.4/12). ABC trailed its Big Four rivals for the night with its 8-11 p.m. telecast of the 2000 Oscar winner Gladiator (7.8 million, 2.9/7). Fox led for the night with an average of 18.6 million viewers, followed by CBS (16.7 million) and NBC (12.7 million).
Average Joe was anything but average for NBC in its two-hour finale Monday. The climax of the matchmaking reality show posted stellar numbers for the peacock in the 9-11 p.m. block, far outpacing ABC's Monday Night Football telecast and CBS' rerun lineup of sitcoms and CSI: Miami. Average Joe finished its six-week run by bringing in an average of 17.4 million viewers and an 8.8 rating/21 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to Nielsen Media Research. Not surprisingly, viewership peaked in the final half-hour (19.3 million, 9.7/24), when comely former NFL cheerleader Melana Scantlin made her final selection from the group of ordinary-looking guys who courted her during the series.
- 12/10/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
An all-original lineup bookended by dominating showings of reality hits Fear Factor and Average Joe led NBC to a towering demo win Monday, according to early Nielsen estimates. NBC averaged a 6.3 rating/16 share among adults 18-49 and 13.8 million viewers overall, with the second-to-last episode of Average Joe at 10 p.m. soaring to 7.8/20 in 18-49 in its second half-hour. Reliable ratings data for ABC, the only other network to air originals Monday, will be available later Tuesday, after the numbers for its live football coverage are processed, but it appeared that the network would finish second for the night in adults 18-49 behind NBC with a preliminary estimate of 5.3/13 and in a virtual tie in total viewers with CBS' regular lineup in repeats, which netted 14.2 million viewers and a 4.5/11 in 18-49.
- 12/2/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A 90-minute edition of Fear Factor propelled NBC to a rare nightly win on the final Monday of the November sweep, which ends Wednesday. A family-themed edition of the gross-out reality show even topped CBS' 9 p.m. tentpole Everybody Loves Raymond in the key adults 18-49 demo, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. The finale of Fox's The Next Joe Millionaire delivered that show's highest marks yet, but it was still a distant fourth in its time slot. Fear Factor brought in 15.2 million viewers and 6.5 rating/16 share for NBC from 8-9:30 p.m., peaking in the final half-hour (15.7 million, 6.8/16) against CBS' Raymond (19 million, 5.8/14). CBS was back on top from 9:30-11 p.m. with sitcom Two and a Half Men (17.1 million, 5.6/13) and the night's most-watched program, CSI: Miami (19.8 million, 6.7/17). An elongated 9:30-11 p.m. edition of NBC's new matchmaking reality show Average Joe (10 million, 5.0/12) did respectable numbers against its Big Three competition.
- 11/26/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CBS easily took the third Monday of the November sweep on the strength of the night's two most-watched programs, Everybody Loves Raymond and CSI: Miami. But NBC continued to dramatically improve its overall Monday performance compared to recent seasons with a competitive showing by 9 p.m. freshman drama Las Vegas (11.2 million viewers, 4.9/11 in adults 18-49) against the heat of Raymond (19.5 million, 6.2/14). Vegas was bookended by the time-slot leading Fear Factor(12.1 million, 5.3/14) which easily dominated ABC's 8 p.m. Britney Spears: In the Zone special (10 million, 3.7/10) and NBC's latest matchmaking reality series Average Joe (9.9 million, 5.2/13), which did respectable 10 p.m. business against CSI: Miami (18.9 million, 6.8/17).
- 11/18/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Average Joe is proving to be an overachiever for NBC. The peacock enjoyed solid numbers for the Monday debut of its latest matchmaking reality series, helping the network nose ahead of CBS for the nightly win in the adults 18-49 demographic on the first Monday of the November sweep (Oct. 30-Nov. 26), according to Nielsen Media Research. Average bowed at 10 p.m. to an average of 11.2 million viewers and a 5.8 rating/15 share in adults 18-49, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. That was a strong showing in the face of CBS' time-slot leader, CSI: Miami (19.5 million, 6.9/17), and a 45% improvement on what NBC had been doing in the time slot with its drama Third Watch.
- 11/5/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NBC's latest scheduling moves are raising doubts about the future of the sophomore drama Boomtown. The peacock said Friday that the cops-and-paramedics drama Third Watch will switch to the 10 p.m. Friday slot starting Oct. 31. In Boomtown's old 10 p.m. Monday period, NBC will debut Average Joe, a new reality romance hosted by Kathy Griffin, for at least six episodes starting Nov. 3. Preceding Third Watch on the Friday schedule will be Dateline followed by the Alicia Silverstone dramedy Miss Match.
- 10/20/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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