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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…

Cirque Du Soleil is opening its doors to the cameras as it prepares to get back on the Las Vegas stage. John Lewis: Good Trouble and The Way I See It director Dawn Porter has teamed up with MGM Television to produce a feature documentary about the live entertainment group. The doc will pull back the curtain to tell…

EXCLUSIVE: Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios has ordered We the People With Judge Lauren Lake, a daily/strip one-hour syndicated court series that will be available to broadcast TV and global cable, network and digital platforms in fall 2022. The series will be produced and distributed by Allen Media…

EXCLUSIVE: A month ago, Clarice was poised to move from CBS to Paramount+ with the promise of a long run for a premium version of the Silence of the Lambs sequel. Now, prospects for the series appear bleak as negotiations between the ViacomCBS streamer and co-producer MGM have reached a stalemate, I have…

EXCLUSIVE: MGM Television is cementing its move into premium factual programming with a new partnership with Imax documentary producer and distributor K2 Studios. The Hollywood studio will co-produce eight premium documentary TV series with K2, which specializes in producing nature, wildlife, science and adventure…

MGM Television is expanding its international unscripted division with the hire of The Bible showrunner Richard Bedser. Bedser joins the company, based out of London, as EVP of Factual Series, Documentaries and Specials, reporting to MGM's President of Unscripted & Alternative Television and Orion Television, Barry…

MGM Television, headed by Worldwide Chairman Mark Burnett, is making a push in scripted programming across all platforms and bolstering its development team with three key executive hires. Bradley Gardner has been named SVP of Orion Television, focusing on comedy and drama; Christopher Goble has been tapped as VP…

MGM Television has struck a first-look deal with British management and production company 42, the business behind the latest adaptation of Watership Down and Channel 4 and Netflix drama Traitors. The two companies have inked the multi-year production deal to identify and co-develop scripted series for the U.S…

MGM Television is planting a flag in the UK as it looks to ramp up production of non-scripted projects and has hired former Channel 4 exec Dom Bird to oversee the expansion. Bird, who was responsible for commissioning some of Channel 4's biggest unscripted hits in recent years including recent hits including…

MGM Television is expanding its footprint in the Middle Kingdom, inking a deal with China Star Omnimedia to co-produce and co-develop local language alternative programming for the Chinese market. As part of the deal, China Star Omnimedia will distribute formats in China with MGM overseeing distribution for the rest…

A Beautiful Mind writer Akiva Goldsman has struck a first-look deal with MGM Television to develop scripted drama. Goldsman and his production company Weed Road Pictures has signed a multi-year deal with The Handmaid's Tale and Fargo studio. Previously, Goldman had a two-year, non-exclusive first-look deal at Imagine…

A follow-up to the award-winning The Handmaid’s Tale is in the works. MGM Television and Hulu are developing The Testaments, Margaret Atwood's sequel to her best-selling dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale. MGM and Hulu are currently in talks with Handmaid's showrunner Bruce Miller about how the upcoming novel can…