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‘Hand in Hand’ Hurricane Relief Telethon Raises Over $44 Million

The star-studded “Hand in Hand” hurricane-relief benefit raised more than $44 million for the victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Tuesday night, $14 million was raised during the hour-long live show ...

Relief Benefit Expands To Include Those Affected By Hurricane Irma

The broadcast will be produced by SB Projects and Den of Thieves with Braun, Bernard ‘Bun B’ Freeman, Allison Kaye, Jesse Ignjatovic and Evan Prager serving as Executive Producers ...

Beyonce, George Clooney Among Stars Set for Multi-Network Telethon

Julia Roberts, Barbra Streisand, Reese Witherspoon, and Oprah Winfrey are among the stars lined up to appear in a one-hour telethon set for Sept. 12 live at 8 p.m. ET across ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox ...

Lorde, Carly Rae Jepsen to Guest on Bleachers’ MTV Unplugged

The long-running franchise “MTV Unplugged” returns on Sept. 8 with a performance by Shawn Mendes. It will be followed a week later with Bleachers in the headlining slot ...

MTV Unplugged Plots Fall Return With Shawn Mendes

Popular MTV franchise “Unplugged” will return to the network this fall. Shawn Mendes will kick off the reboot with a performance from downtown Los Angeles’ Theater at Ace Hotel ...

ABC's Gong Show Reboot Taps Very Interesting Host

The Gong Show has found its host. Sony's reboot, which is being produced for ABC by Will Arnett’s Electric Avenue ...

MTV Video Music Awards Set to Return to L.A.

The annual music event will air live from the Forum in Inglewood, CA on Sunday, Aug. 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT ...

Rashida Jones Will Host This Year's Peabody Awards

PBS and Fusion will air the ceremony on Friday, June 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT ...

Will Arnett to Produce The Gong Show Reboot for ABC

Arnett will executive produce The Gong Show with Evan Prager, Jesse Ignjatovic ...

ABC Greenlights Revival of ‘The Gong Show’ From Exec Producer Will Arnett

Aside from Arnett, other exec producers on “The Gong Show” are Evan Prager, Jesse Ignjatovic and Peter Principato. Jared Morell, Jordan Barrow and Marc Forman are co-exec producers ...

ABC Orders ‘The Gong Show’ Revival Produced By Will Arnett

Taped in front of a live audience, The Gong Show will be produced by Electric Avenue Productions, Den of Thieves in association with Sony Pictures Television and Principato Young Entertainment ...

ABC Orders 'Gong Show' Revival From Will Arnett

Every episode will celebrate unconventionally talented, unique performers pulled from the internet and put on a primetime stage. A revolving panel of judges featuring Hollywood stars will praise ...

‘VH1 Divas’ Hitting The Stage With Holiday Special

The show will premiere December 5 from the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn. It will be produced by Den of Thieves, with Jesse Ignatovic and Evan Prager as executive producers ...

Jon Stewart Leaves the Farm to Accept Peabody Award

It’s been nearly a year since Jon Stewart hosted The Daily Show for the final time. Since the political comedian left the show, he’s spent most of his time raising animals with his wife... ...

VMAs: MTV Books Madison Square Garden For 2016 Moonman Ceremony

“The VMAs at MSG is a New York story too good to resist,” said MTV President Sean Atkins said. “The VMAs deliver some of pop culture’s most defining moments, and we’re grateful to our New York home ...

YouTube Star Mike Stud Docuseries Ordered By Esquire

Esquire Network has ordered eight episodes of The Mike Stud Project (working title) docuseries, which follows baseball player-turned-rapper and YouTube star Mike Stud for premiere this summer ...

Esquire Network to Roll Out Mike Stud Show This Summer

"I've learned these past four, five years, you have to push your boundaries," says Mike Stud in the new promo for his forthcoming Esquire Network show with the working title Mike Stud Project ...

iHeartRadio Music Awards 2016 Nominations

Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Adele, Walk The Moon and Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars Nominated for "Song of the Year" at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Sunday, April 3 ...

Disneyland Diamond Anniversary Special to Air in February on ABC

ABC will celebrate the inventiveness and inspiration of Walt Disney’s big, bold creation with a star-studded Diamond Anniversary event, both in the heart of Hollywood at the Dolby Theater ...

Here's How Viacom’s Networks Will Try to Bounce Back in 2016

Greatest Party Story Ever premieres on MTV Jan. 14 - the network renewed the show for a second season even before the first one premiered, which "could be a first for MTV," said Lauren Dolgen ...

‘Chasing Destiny’ Teaches Female Singers To Sync Up

Kelly Rowland came to TCA to talk about BET’s new reality series Chasing Destiny. It’s a search for “the next big female superstar group to make their mark in a dog-eat-dog music industry” ...

Kelly Rowland Is 'Chasing Destiny' With BET

Chasing Destiny will premiere on April 5, 2016. Rowland also doubles as executive producer of the Den of Thieves production, together with Jesse Ignjatovic, Evan Prager ...

Pop Developing Comedy Series Starring Joey McIntyre, 2 Other Shows

Covering everything from “Housewives” to “Scandal,” I WATCH IT WITH MY GIRLFRIEND offers fresh and hilarious male perspectives on female-skewing TV favorites. Produced by Den of Thieves ...

Amy Shumer and Taraji P. Henson Will Be Honored at the Big In 2015 With Entertainment Weekly Bash

This year’s bash will feature quadruple threat Amy Schumer and Empire star Taraji P. Henson as they are honored by the people who know them best — their “squads” ...

Think It Up Broadcast: Scarlett Johannson, Mathew McConaughey, Stephen Colbert

Broadcasting from Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in front of a live audience that will include about 600 students and teachers from around the country. Produced by Den of Thieves ...

Taylor Lautner, J.K. Simmons Added To 'Think It Up' Live Telecast

“The entire Think It Up show is about creating energy,” said Evan Prager from Den of Thieves, the event’s producers. “We’ll have a large standing audience and our celebrity talent will be able to ...

EIF'S Think IT Up To Get Star-Studded Telecast On Major Networks

The one-hour broadcast will air live on ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC from the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport and will feature Kristen Bell, Stephen Colbert, Scarlett Johansson, Matthew McConaughey ...

Inside The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards

"I have a few things up in the air," downplays Jesse Ignjatovic, executive producer of the MTV Video Music Awards, two weeks ahead of the curtain rising at Los Angeles' Microsoft Theatre ...

Logo's Summer Programming, Food To Get You Laid

Anyone can cook a meal in an industrial kitchen with the support of a full staff, but “Food To Get You Laid” will find out who has the skills and the dedication to create a romantic meal in their own ...

MTV Orders "Greatest Party Story Ever"

This half-hour weekly show will showcase peoples’ most outrageous and epic tales covering everything from debauchery and friendship, to celebrity encounters all with a comedic tone ...

BET Announces Docu-Series, Chasing Destiny

“Chasing Destiny” takes us behind the scenes as Grammy Award singer Kelly Rowland, and member of one of the biggest female groups of all time, Destiny’s Child, goes on a quest to find the next big ...

Movie Awards Secrets Revealed

“That cat head is on a rotate so it turns and reveals the inner workings of the brain and the head, and that’s where we’ll have some presenters come out,” Ignjatovic explained ...

E! Sets Development Slate

A studio-based talk show, “Girls Guide to Sports” will cover all of the juicy topics at the intersection of sports and pop culture in terms of gossip, fashion, dating, entertainment and of course ...

Not Watching 'American Idol' This Season? You're Missing Out

Idol’s new team of producers, which includes veterans of the MTV Video Music Awards Jesse Ignjatovic and Evan Prager, have done a stellar job of getting rid of some pesky Idol annoyances - the process ...

New 'American Idol' Producers Vow To 'Freshen Thing Up'

When MTV veterans Jesse Ignjatovic and Evan Prager left New York in 2007 to start the production company Den of Thieves, they went full-on Hollywood -- producing such glitzy events as the VH1 Divas ...

MTV VMAS: Exec Producer Promises Love Letter To Brooklyn

“This is beyond what I envisioned,” says VMAs executive producer Jesse Ignjatovic from the arena floor -- three giant Moonmen (designed by Brooklyn artist KAWS) towering over him ...

‘Hand in Hand’ Hurricane Relief Telethon Raises Over $44 Million

Relief Benefit Expands To Include Those Affected By Hurricane Irma

The broadcast will be produced by SB Projects and Den of Thieves with Braun, Bernard ‘Bun B’ Freeman, Allison Kaye, Jesse Ignjatovic and Evan Prager serving as Executive Producers ...

Beyonce, George Clooney Among Stars Set for Multi-Network Telethon

Julia Roberts, Barbra Streisand, Reese Witherspoon, and Oprah Winfrey are among the stars lined up to appear in a one-hour telethon set for Sept. 12 live at 8 p.m. ET across ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox ...

Lorde, Carly Rae Jepsen to Guest on Bleachers’ MTV Unplugged

The long-running franchise “MTV Unplugged” returns on Sept. 8 with a performance by Shawn Mendes. It will be followed a week later with Bleachers in the headlining slot ...

MTV Unplugged Plots Fall Return With Shawn Mendes

Popular MTV franchise “Unplugged” will return to the network this fall. Shawn Mendes will kick off the reboot with a performance from downtown Los Angeles’ Theater at Ace Hotel ...

ABC's Gong Show Reboot Taps Very Interesting Host

The Gong Show has found its host. Sony's reboot, which is being produced for ABC by Will Arnett’s Electric Avenue ...

MTV Video Music Awards Set to Return to L.A.

The annual music event will air live from the Forum in Inglewood, CA on Sunday, Aug. 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT ...

Rashida Jones Will Host This Year's Peabody Awards

PBS and Fusion will air the ceremony on Friday, June 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT ...

Will Arnett to Produce The Gong Show Reboot for ABC

Arnett will executive produce The Gong Show with Evan Prager, Jesse Ignjatovic ...

ABC Greenlights Revival of ‘The Gong Show’ From Exec Producer Will Arnett

Aside from Arnett, other exec producers on “The Gong Show” are Evan Prager, Jesse Ignjatovic and Peter Principato. Jared Morell, Jordan Barrow and Marc Forman are co-exec producers ...

ABC Orders ‘The Gong Show’ Revival Produced By Will Arnett

Taped in front of a live audience, The Gong Show will be produced by Electric Avenue Productions, Den of Thieves in association with Sony Pictures Television and Principato Young Entertainment ...

ABC Orders 'Gong Show' Revival From Will Arnett

Every episode will celebrate unconventionally talented, unique performers pulled from the internet and put on a primetime stage. A revolving panel of judges featuring Hollywood stars will praise ...

‘VH1 Divas’ Hitting The Stage With Holiday Special

The show will premiere December 5 from the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn. It will be produced by Den of Thieves, with Jesse Ignatovic and Evan Prager as executive producers ...

Jon Stewart Leaves the Farm to Accept Peabody Award

It’s been nearly a year since Jon Stewart hosted The Daily Show for the final time. Since the political comedian left the show, he’s spent most of his time raising animals with his wife... ...

VMAs: MTV Books Madison Square Garden For 2016 Moonman Ceremony

YouTube Star Mike Stud Docuseries Ordered By Esquire

Esquire Network has ordered eight episodes of The Mike Stud Project (working title) docuseries, which follows baseball player-turned-rapper and YouTube star Mike Stud for premiere this summer ...

Esquire Network to Roll Out Mike Stud Show This Summer

"I've learned these past four, five years, you have to push your boundaries," says Mike Stud in the new promo for his forthcoming Esquire Network show with the working title Mike Stud Project ...

iHeartRadio Music Awards 2016 Nominations

Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Adele, Walk The Moon and Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars Nominated for "Song of the Year" at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Sunday, April 3 ...

Disneyland Diamond Anniversary Special to Air in February on ABC

ABC will celebrate the inventiveness and inspiration of Walt Disney’s big, bold creation with a star-studded Diamond Anniversary event, both in the heart of Hollywood at the Dolby Theater ...

Here's How Viacom’s Networks Will Try to Bounce Back in 2016

Greatest Party Story Ever premieres on MTV Jan. 14 - the network renewed the show for a second season even before the first one premiered, which "could be a first for MTV," said Lauren Dolgen ...

‘Chasing Destiny’ Teaches Female Singers To Sync Up

Kelly Rowland Is 'Chasing Destiny' With BET

Chasing Destiny will premiere on April 5, 2016. Rowland also doubles as executive producer of the Den of Thieves production, together with Jesse Ignjatovic, Evan Prager ...

Pop Developing Comedy Series Starring Joey McIntyre, 2 Other Shows

Covering everything from “Housewives” to “Scandal,” I WATCH IT WITH MY GIRLFRIEND offers fresh and hilarious male perspectives on female-skewing TV favorites. Produced by Den of Thieves ...

Amy Shumer and Taraji P. Henson Will Be Honored at the Big In 2015 With Entertainment Weekly Bash

This year’s bash will feature quadruple threat Amy Schumer and Empire star Taraji P. Henson as they are honored by the people who know them best — their “squads” ...

Think It Up Broadcast: Scarlett Johannson, Mathew McConaughey, Stephen Colbert

Broadcasting from Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in front of a live audience that will include about 600 students and teachers from around the country. Produced by Den of Thieves ...

Taylor Lautner, J.K. Simmons Added To 'Think It Up' Live Telecast

EIF'S Think IT Up To Get Star-Studded Telecast On Major Networks

Inside The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards

"I have a few things up in the air," downplays Jesse Ignjatovic, executive producer of the MTV Video Music Awards, two weeks ahead of the curtain rising at Los Angeles' Microsoft Theatre ...

Logo's Summer Programming, Food To Get You Laid

MTV Orders "Greatest Party Story Ever"

This half-hour weekly show will showcase peoples’ most outrageous and epic tales covering everything from debauchery and friendship, to celebrity encounters all with a comedic tone ...

BET Announces Docu-Series, Chasing Destiny

Movie Awards Secrets Revealed

“That cat head is on a rotate so it turns and reveals the inner workings of the brain and the head, and that’s where we’ll have some presenters come out,” Ignjatovic explained ...

E! Sets Development Slate

Not Watching 'American Idol' This Season? You're Missing Out

New 'American Idol' Producers Vow To 'Freshen Thing Up'

MTV VMAS: Exec Producer Promises Love Letter To Brooklyn

“This is beyond what I envisioned,” says VMAs executive producer Jesse Ignjatovic from the arena floor -- three giant Moonmen (designed by Brooklyn artist KAWS) towering over him ...

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Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief

Demi Lovato, Brad Paisley, CeCe Winans & Darius Rucker

The Gong Show

ABC

iHeartRadio Music Awards 2017

The Chainsmokers & Chris Martin

iHeartRadio Music Awards 2017

Bruno Mars

VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night

Mariah Carey

MTV VMAs 2016

Beyonce

MTV VMAs 2016

Rihanna

iHeart Summer Pool Party 2016

DNCE

Radio Disney Music Awards 2016

Flo Rida

Chasing Destiny

BET

iHeartRadio Music Awards 2016

Demi Lovato & Brad Paisley

iHeartRadio Music Awards 2016

G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha

The Gong Show

ABC

iHeartRadio Music Awards 2017

The Chainsmokers & Chris Martin

iHeartRadio Music Awards 2017

Bruno Mars

MTV VMAs 2016

Beyonce

iHeart Summer Pool Party 2016

DNCE

Radio Disney Music Awards 2016

Flo Rida

iHeartRadio Music Awards 2016

Demi Lovato & Brad Paisley

iHeartRadio Music Awards 2016

G-Eazy & Bebe Rexha

Disneyland 60th Anniversary Special

Disney Dance Melody

Disneyland 60th Anniversary Special

Elton John

MTV VMAs 2015

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

MTV VMAs 2015

Twenty One Pilots & A$AP Rocky

Chasing Destiny

BET

This is Mike Stud

Esquire Network

Greatest Party Story Ever, Season 1

MTV

Food To Get You Laid

Logo

Jennifer Lopez. Her Life. Her Journey.

NuvoTV

Start-Ups: Silicon Valley

Bravo

Kid Rock Born Free

Kid Rock

The T.O. Show

VH1

Key & Peele Super Bowl Special

Comedy Central

MTV Movie Awards 2014

Conan O'Brien

VH1 DIVAS

Adam Lambert

CMT Music Awards 2011

Taylor Swift and Shania Twain

MTV VMAs 2012

Kevin Hart and 2 Chainz

VH1 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards 2011

Jackass

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‘Hand in Hand’ Hurricane Relief Telethon Raises Over $44 Million