The Wrap claims that Amazon MGM is considering selling its unscripted division, which is interesting considering that Amazon Prime and Freevee are upping their reality and game show catalog, which already includes their joint venture with Fox and the BBC's for profit division "The 1% Club" and upcoming shows like the already-controversial reality comp from YouTuber MrBeast and a reboot of "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" called "Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?", fronted by Travis Kelce:
https://www.thewrap.com/amazon-weighs-sale-mgm-alternative-studio/ The catalog of shows started to come together when MGM bought Mark Burnett's companies and hired him to run the full TV division to very little success (he left when Amazon bought MGM). The division includes the companies that produce shows like "Vanderpump Rules" and some of the Bravo "Real Housewives" franchise and Burnett's shows like "Survivor," "Shark Tank" and "The Voice," most of them co-produced with other entities (CBS for "Survivor," Sony for "Shark Tank"--they own the Japanese "Dragon's Den" format that the show is based on--and Warners and ITV for "The Voice"--ITV owns the format). They also own the catalog of game show formats from Heatter-Quigley from the 60s and 70s, which they haven't touched for development because the big one, "Hollywood Squares," is owned by Paramount through CBS. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6869c407-ac18-4c25-8f1e-b810475bb071n%40googlegroups.com.
