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The Masked Singer has found itself in the middle of political controversy during its current seventh season after Deadline revealed that Rudy Giuliani was one of the contestants. Donald Trump's lawyer was unmasked this week on the Fox reality competition series. But for executive producer Craig Plestis, who brought…

EXCLUSIVE: The CW is developing a U.S. remake of a genre-bending Korean drama W: Two Worlds. The project, which is known as Angel City in the U.S., has been handed a scripted development order from the youth-skewing network. Angel City is the story of Jules, a promising young surgeon whose stable life is upended when…

EXCLUSIVE: Craig Plestis knows a thing or two about Korean formats after finding success with The Masked Singer and I Can See Your Voice. He now has found his latest Asian format, but this one is a little different – it's scripted. The founder of Smart Dog Media and ex-NBC alternative chief has struck a deal with CBS S…

EXCLUSIVE: Craig Plestis, the man who brought Korean format The Masked Singer to the U.S., has struck a deal with Japan's Tokyo Broadcasting System Television to create unscripted formats for the U.S. and global markets. The deal will see Plestis, who runs production company Smart Dog Media and executive produces…

“Look, we’re getting the message out about wearing masks, guys,” quipped judge Ken Jeong during the TCA session for Fox’s The Masked Singer. “If you want to wear a mask out in public; if you want to wear a mask on television — I mean, how better than to get the message out and [make a profit] than to wear masks!” Dr…

Over the last three seasons of The Masked Singer, executive producer Craig Plestis has seen "the most bizarre pitch in television history" translate into one of TV's biggest hits—a show that is as challenging to produce as it is fun to watch. Based on a popular South Korean format, the reality singing competition…

The Masked Singer's latest season featured Sarah Palin as a bear, Rob Gronkowski as a white tiger and Lil Wayne as a robot. So, it's somewhat surprising to hear executive producer Craig Plestis say that he wants to ratchet up the weirdness of the Fox mystery signing competition. "I want to increase the bonkers level…

The Masked Singer exec producer Craig Plestis is bringing another Korean format to U.S. screens with Mayim Bialik fronting an adaptation of talent competition My Little Television for TBS. The cable network has greenlit the show, known as Celebrity Show-Off in the U.S., which sees celebrities compete to see who can…

Security for season 2 of Fox’s The Masked Singer will have to be increased a lot, now that it's a ratings success and a social media sensation, EP Craig Plestis acknowledged at TCA. He declined to say how they planned to keep the weekly reveal a secret, but joked they've already contacted the Pentagon for advice…