{"id":15483,"date":"2025-11-26T12:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/barry-poznick-steps-down-at-amazon-mgm-studios\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T13:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:53:25","slug":"barry-poznick-steps-down-at-amazon-mgm-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/barry-poznick-steps-down-at-amazon-mgm-studios\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry Poznick Steps Down at Amazon MGM Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Poznick is stepping down from his role as general manager of unscripted TV at Amazon MGM Studios and head of MGM Alternative to launch his own company, which will begin a three-year executive producer deal with the studio in January.<\/p>\n<p>Poznick will continue as an executive producer on various MGM reality franchises, including<em> The Voice<\/em>, <em>Shark Tank<\/em>, <em>American Gladiators<\/em>, <em>The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/em>, <em>The Real Housewives of Rhode Island<\/em>, <em>Vanderpump Rules<\/em> and more.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on social media, Poznick said, \u201cAfter nearly a decade leading one of the industry\u2019s most successful unscripted studios, I\u2019m excited to share that I\u2019m launching my own company\u2014returning to my entrepreneurial roots form the early days of ZOO Productions\/All3Media. But this time, I\u2019ve already got my first client\u2014Amazon MGM Studios.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a childhood dream come true to guide some of television\u2019s most popular and profitable franchises with shows on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, multiple streamers and cable networks,\u201d he added. \u201cI will continue producing the hits we\u2019ve built and can\u2019t wait to create new ones, too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Poznick is stepping down from his role as general manager of unscripted TV at Amazon MGM Studios and head of MGM Alternative to launch his own company, which will begin a three-year executive producer deal with the studio in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":15484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[3649,3724,3726],"class_list":["post-15483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-amazon-mgm-studios","tag-barry-poznick","tag-mgm-alternative","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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