If you are currently an unemployed television producer in the industry, Ben Winston might be the reason why.
Winston is unquestionably one of the busiest, most versatile producers working today. A look at the Television Academy’s own Emmy Awards site is proof positive of that, listing 28 nominations and 10 wins…
It’s the Kardashians, like you’ve never seen them before.
In the wake of departing E! after 20 seasons with their signature reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians, the family took the concept of putting their personal lives on camera to the next level, and that is with Hulu in their revamped series The Kardashian…
When Friends went off the air in 2004 there was a definite feeling that, somehow, this would not be the end of it, an itch that was finally scratched some 17 years later when the HBO Max special Friends: The Reunion appeared in May. Directed by British documentary filmmaker Ben Winston, the Fullwell 73 and Warner Bros…
The Late Late Show star James Corden, and executive producer Ben Winston have set 2019 Emmy records. The Television Academy has updated the list of this year's Emmy nominations following producer credit vetting. It reveals Corden is the most nominated performer/producer/writer for the 71st Emmy Awards with seven…
The 2020 edition of Music’s Biggest Night will be a big one for Ken Ehrlich. CBS and the Recording Academy today set him to produce his 40th — and final — Grammy Awards. Ehrlich’s producing partner on the past three Grammycasts, The Late Late Show EP Ben Winston, also will produce the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in…
CBS’ new talent competition series The World’s Best is reality TV guru Mike Darnell’s response to NBC’s America's Got Talent, he says.
“When I was working at Fox, we did American Idol and a lot of singing shows came along,” Darnell told TV critics at TCA. The most successful, NBC’s The Voice added a “game show…
EXCLUSIVE: Valence Media has acquired a significant minority stake in Fulwell 73, the Emmy-winning British independent production company run by partners Ben Winston, Leo Pearlman, Gabe Turner, Ben Turner and James Corden. Valence Media paid around $60 million in cash and Valence equity for the stake. Based in London…
Happy Togethertells the story of a famous pop star that ends up living with a suburban couple in an effort to live an ordinary life. It may be just a wacky concept for a sitcom, but for executive producer Ben Winston the story hits close to home…very close to home.
During the CBS session at TCA Sunday, Winston was…
Drop The Mic, which TBS debuts in the fall, had a much faster path from Late Late Show segment to series than did CarpoolKaraoke, creators told TV critics at TCA.
It started as a tryout on a Tuesday in May 2016 when host James Corden faced off with Anne Hathaway. On YouTube, the rap smackdown clocked 6 million view…
TBS has ordered 16 episodes of Drop the Mic, a new unscripted series from executive producers James Corden and Ben Winston that combines comedy and music.
“Drop the Mic” is already a huge viral and digital success as an ongoing popular segment on The Late Late Show with James Corden. The series will pit four…
CBS Television Studios announced today a development deal with Fulwell 73, the UK-based independent production company founded by Ben Winston, Leo Pearlman, Ben Turner and Gabe Turner.
Executive producers of CBS' Emmy-nominated The Late Late Show with James Corden, Fulwell 73 and Winston will create scripted…