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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…

EXCLUSIVE: Chicago Fire‘s Joe Minoso has booked a recurring role opposite Chris O’Dowd and Ray Romano on the upcoming third season of Epix’s Get Shorty, from MGM Television. Get Shorty is based in part on Elmore Leonard's 1990 bestselling novel and created for television by Davey Holmes (Shameless, In Treatment). The…

MGM Television has struck an exclusive first-look deal with Escape Artists, the company behind Epix's original series Perpetual Grace LTD and box office hits such as The Equalizer 2 and The Upside. Under the agreement, the company founded by Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and David Bloomfield, will work…

Jimmy Kimmel has partnered with Mark Burnett on a new game show for ABC. The network has ordered Generation Gap from the pair. The show, which is produced by Kimmel's Kimmelot and MGM Television, is a comedy quiz show that groups family members of different generations who must work together to answer questions about…

EXCLUSIVE: MGM Television has optioned Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff’s bestselling YA sci-fi thriller Aurora Rising, to develop as a TV series. MGM Television will produce and MGM will internationally distribute the series. They are currently out to showrunners and writers. The novel, which was published on May 7, is…

MGM Television has hired three executives in its unscripted unit. Justin Dudek has joined as SVP Physical Production; Zena Van Ackeren as VP Talent & Casting, Unscripted Television Development; and Kitty Gambel as VP Unscripted Television Development. "We are thrilled to welcome Justin, Zena and Kitty to the MGM…