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UPDATED with statement from Sharp Entertainment, 2:57 PM: New York’s Attorney General said today that the state has settled with Sharp Entertainment over the reality producer’s failure to pay overtime to dozens of workers. Eric Schneiderman said the company behind Man v. Food, 90 Day Fiancé and many other shows agreed…

EXCLUSIVE: It isn’t quite “could Batman beat up Superman?” but it’s close. English Rugby legend Clive Woodward is partnering with Sharp Entertainment to settle one of the all-time great hypothetical sports fights with Football V Rugby, a hybrid documentary series and global live event that will see…

A day after the WGA’s rank and file ratified the union’s new AMPTP contract, the East Coast branch has sealed a deal with the NYC producer of such nonfiction cable fare as Doomsday Preppers, Man vs. Food, and Bad Ink. The WGA East said today that it has reached a new collective bargaining pact with Sharp Entertainment…

Almost three months after 150 writers and producers from Sharp Entertainment filed for a National Labor Relations Board election to join the WGA East, they've become union members. Ballots for an election held last month were counted February 3, the guild said today. The now-members work or recently worked as staffers…

A group of 150 current and recent writers, producers, and associate producers working at reality TV producer Sharp Entertainment filed today for an National Labor Relations Board election to join the Writers Guild of America East. They seek to establish basic standards including health care, minimum rates, overtime…

Amelia Pulsford Tapped As Director Of Content at Sharp UK Amelia Pulsford has been named director of content for the newly formed London branch of Core Media‘s Sharp Entertainment. Reality producer Sharp, whose credits include Man V. Food, Extreme Couponing, Bad Ink and Doomsday Preppers, is launching Sharp UK to…

CORE Media Group (formerly CKx), the umbrella company whose portfolio includes reality series American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance, has acquired Sharp Entertainment, Matt Sharp’s New York-based reality television production company behind such programs as the Travel Channel's Man V. Food, TLC'S Extreme Couponin…