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…

MGM Television is teaming with Emmy-nominated creator/showrunners Will Scheffer and Mark V. Olsen (HBO's Big Love, Getting On) to adapt T.C. Boyle's PEN/Faulkner Award winning, landmark immigration-themed novel The Tortilla Curtain as a premium series, from HertzbergMedia and Nice Media Studios. Written by Scheffer…

MGM Television is developing a television series based on Richard Dominguez's Latino comic book series, El Gato Negro: Nocturnal Warrior. Diego Boneta (Luis Miguel: La Serie, Rock of Ages) is attached to star in the series as the titular hero and also will executive produce under his production company, Three Amigos…

MGM Television has extended its overall deal with Sean Kelly and Steve Hughes and their Shaggy Entertainment through 2020. It renews the pact they inked in 2017. Since then they created and executive produced CBS’ competition series TKO: Total Knock Out with Kevin Hart and have set up projects at both Epix and…

EXCLUSIVE: History’s flagship scripted series Vikings will be ending its run after the upcoming 20-episode sixth season. As the hit drama is wrapping, History, Vikings creator Michael Hirst and studio MGM Television, are looking to extend the Vikings franchise with a new series. I’ve learned that the network is in…

Amazon is bringing back Mark Burnett's endurance race competition format Eco-Challenge with a ten-episode order. The SVOD platform has commissioned Eco-Challenge 2019, to be hosted by Man Vs Wild and Running Wild star Bear Grylls and produced by MGM Television. The announcement comes three months after Burnett and…

Epix is giving some rising comics a new stage. The premium cabler has greenlighted Unprotected Sets, a weekly late-night docuseries that follows stand-ups and counts Wanda Sykes among its executive producers. Produced by MGM Television, the 12-episode first season launches at 11 PM Friday, October 5. “We’re excited…

Adventure TV staples Mark Burnett and Bear Grylls are partnering to bring back Eco-Challenge, the endurance race series that launched Burnett’s reality TV career and served as a precursor to his hit Survivor. The plan is for the new incarnation from Burnett-led MGM Television to select a TV partner and location with…

MGM-owned Epix has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to Pennyworth, a Batman prequel from Gotham showrunner Bruno Heller, executive producer/director Danny Cannon and Warner Horizon Scripted TV. Written by Heller, based on DC characters created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, Pennyworth follows Bruce Wayne's…

The Handmaid’s Tale creator, executive producer and showrunner Bruce Miller has signed a major multi-year overall development deal with Hulu and MGM Television, which co-produce the Hulu drama based on the novel by Margaret Atwood. Under the pact, Miller will continue at the helm of the Emmy, Golden Globe and Peabody…

MGM Television (Fargo, The Handmaid's Tale) has optioned Hiding In Time, an Image Comics miniseries written by Christopher E. Long and illustrated by Ryan Winn, to develop as a television series. Richard Smith (In Her Name/White Horse Pictures) is attached to pen the adaptation. Published under the ShadowLine Comics…