{"id":11795,"date":"2018-10-26T10:57:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T14:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/endemol-shine-north-america-pacts-craig-plestis\/"},"modified":"2018-10-26T12:53:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T16:53:04","slug":"endemol-shine-north-america-pacts-with-craig-plestis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/endemol-shine-north-america-pacts-with-craig-plestis\/","title":{"rendered":"Endemol Shine North America Pacts with Craig Plestis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Endemol Shine North America has entered into an overall development deal with unscripted TV executive Craig Plestis and his Smart Dog Media production company.<\/p>\n<p>Plestis previously helped develop and launch such series as <em>America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>, <em>The Biggest Loser<\/em> and <em>Deal or No Deal<\/em> as the former executive VP of alternative programming, development and specials at NBC. He is set to launch his latest series, <em>Masked Singer<\/em>, with Endemol Shine North America on FOX in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCraig has a remarkable track record in both identifying and developing unscripted hits and we\u2019re thrilled he is now housed with our team at Endemol Shine North America,\u201d said Sharon Levy, president of unscripted and scripted television at Endemol Shine North America. \u201cAnd his latest discovery, <em>Masked Singer<\/em>, is unlike anything we\u2019ve seen here in the U.S. and is sure to make a lot of noise for FOX early next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plestis added, \u201cAfter meeting with Sharon and her team, it was clear to me that joining forces made a lot of sense given Endemol Shine\u2019s global sensibility and reach. When I originally made <em>America&#8217;s Got Talent<\/em> at NBC, no one was doing variety and I was first to the field with the idea. Our joint goal is the same: to develop new and groundbreaking series and we can\u2019t wait to share the trailblazing and worldwide hit series <em>Masked Singer<\/em> with American viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Endemol Shine North America has entered into an overall development deal with unscripted TV executive Craig Plestis and his Smart Dog Media production company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":11796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[3243,1134],"class_list":["post-11795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-craig-plestis","tag-endemol-shine-north-america","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Endemol Shine North America Pacts with Craig Plestis - 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