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Mark Burnett, Chairman of MGM's Worldwide Television Group, is exiting after the company's $8.5B acquisition by Amazon. Burnett is leaving the company and will return to "independently creating and innovating" but will continue to oversee his legacy series, which include Survivor, Shark Tank and The V…

EXCLUSIVE: The process of integrating MGM into the broader Amazon universe is starting to gain momentum eight months after the $8.5B sale by the tech giant was completed. Deadline understands that employees across MGM's television and film business who have contracts have been offered one-year…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contain details about Maggie Haberman’s Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America, which was published today.  "Trump's not an actor," Maggie Haberman says of the man who once fronted The Apprentice and occupied the Oval Office. "He just happened…

Editor’s note: This post on the Jan 6 committee hearings by our TV critic Dominic Patten has been reclassified from a review to a commentary, and has been edited to better reflect the author’s point of view. In trying to opine that the presentation of evidence about a horrific day in American history did not rise to…

EXCLUSIVE: CNBC, which has long aired daily Shark Tank episodes in primetime, has greenlit a new variation on the entrepreneurial mainstay called Business Hunters. The new series, which focuses on everyday people deciding to take a risk and buy business as a departure from their 9-to-5 job, is from the same duo behind…

Generation Gap, the game show from Jimmy Kimmel and Mark Burnett, is finally getting a slot at ABC. Nearly three years after its order, the network will launch the series this July with Kelly Ripa as host. TV Cancellations Photo Gallery: Shows Ending In 2022 & Beyond The show, which is produced by Kimmel's Kimmelot…

Following the $8.5 billion sale of MGM to Amazon, two town hall meetings were held today, the first with MGM employees and the second with Amazon Studios and Prime Video staffers. Both led by Amazon Studios and Prime Video SVP Mike Hopkins detailed a new organization structure: MGM Motion Picture Group Chairman Micha…

EXCLUSIVE: Major League Soccer (MLS) is one of the fastest growing sports leagues in the U.S. and it's now getting its own reality TV treatment. Mark Burnett and MGM Television have teamed up with the booming soccer league and its newest expansion team Charlotte FC for reality competition series Welcome To The Team…

Much of the coverage of Amazon's $8.45 billion deal to acquire MGM has focused on the company's film attributes and the impact on theatrical distribution. The executive shuffle on the film side, featuring the likes of Michael De Luca, will get a lot of headlines, as will the importance of owning IP and a film library…

With the $8.75 billion Amazon-MGM deal wrapped, the question around Hollywood now is who will run it and whether MGM execs will cash big checks and head for the exits. The acquisition announced Wednesday morning will give the tech giant a vast library to feed its Prime Video streaming service, which is a motor for Amaz…

Resurrection, a film from The Bible producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett that follows the immediate aftermath of Jesus’ crucifixion, will premiere on Discovery+ on March 27. In Resurrection, Jesus' followers are hunted, leaderless and desperately searching for understanding, but when Jesus rises from death, they…

Reality TV vet and producer Bethenny Frankel is set to headline a new business competition series for HBO Max. The streamer has handed an eight-episode order to The Big Shot with Bethenny (working title), from MGM Television, Mark Burnett and Frankel’s B Real Productions. In each half-hour episode, the next generation…