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 Together tells 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 Carpool Karaoke, 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…