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EXCLUSIVE: Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers creator Thom Beers is planting his latest seed in TV ground with a reality series about CBD. Beers is producing Kings of Kush for Vice TV. The series, which launches on the cable network on March 9, follows Anthony "Sully" Sullivan, a celebrity TV pitchman best known as…

Gold Rush creator and star Todd Hoffman has partnered with Bering Sea Gold executive producers Thom Beers and Jeff Conroy on another series set in the world of amateur gold mining, this time in the competition reality space. Hoffman and Jose Behar’s Züm Media has signed a development deal with Beers and Conroy’s new…

Prolific reality producer Thom Beers (Deadliest Catch, Storage Wars) has a producing mantra he borrowed from Ted Turner during Beers' 11 years with Turner Broadcasting. "You look at a television show like a cow," Beers tells Deadline. "Our job is to make money on every piece of that cow, including the moo." Turner's…

Thom Beers will be stepping down as CEO of FremantleMedia North America at the end of his contract this summer. Beers, founder of one of the most prolific unscripted production companies, FMNA-owned Original Prods., became FMNA CEO in September 2012, succeeding Cecile Frot-Coutaz, who left to become CEO of…

EXCLUSIVE: FremantleMedia North America COO Donna Redier Linsk has opted not to renew her contract. Redier Linsk will exit the company in July and segue into a new role as a consultant at FMNA’s Fox series American Idol until December. Chief Operating Officer was a new position established by FMNA in 2009 when Redier…

EXCLUSIVE: Original Productions, the FremantleMedia-owned company founded by prolific reality producer Thom Beers, has returned to WME. Beers moved his company from WME to CAA last June. Two months later, he was named CEO of FremantleMedia North America. As a result, Original underwent executive restructuring, with…

It’s a done deal. I’ve learned that FremantleMedia this week will announce the long-rumored appointment of Thom Beers as CEO of FremantleMedia North America. The prolific producer will succeed longtime FMNA CEO Cécile Frot-Coutaz who on July 1st assumed her new position as CEO of the entire FremantleMedia company…

EXCLUSIVE: Original Prods, the FremantleMedia-owned company of prolific reality producer Thom Beers, has signed with CAA. Beers has produced more than 1,400 hours of original programming. Original’s portfolio includes unscripted cable series The Deadliest Catch, Bering Sea Gold, Ice Road Truckers, Ax Men, Wild Justice…

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline Hollywood‘s TCA coverage. At first at Monday's TCA, the theme seemed to be high hopes for traditional comedies aimed at mainstream, heartland Americans:  TV Land's tribute to the mores of the Midwest, Hot in Cleveland and the network's new Retired at 35, as well as the CMT's…

IFC just announced a development slate featuring eight original series — scripted and non-fiction from such auspices as Thom Beers (Ice Road Truckers, Deadliest Catch); Reveille Prods. (The Biggest Loser); Alan Spencer (Sledge Hammer!) and David Wain (Role Models), among others. “This development slate represents our…

Spike TV is recalibrating its male demo focus with a new scripted slate catering to the older portion of the 18-49 demographic. The cable network’s development slate features 6 comedies from such auspices as  veteran SNL and 30 Rock director Beth McCarthy Miller, top reality producer Thom Beers, and Wild Hogs director…

Before the miraculous rescue of the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for more than 2 months, there was the tragedy of the 29 West Virginia coal miners who died in an underground explosion in April. Spike TV this morning announced a new docu-reality series from The Deadliest Catch producer Thom Beers that explores…