{"id":6953,"date":"2016-04-22T12:10:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T16:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/mtv-commits-to-greater-focus-on-music\/"},"modified":"2016-04-22T13:29:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T17:29:34","slug":"mtv-commits-to-greater-focus-on-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/mtv-commits-to-greater-focus-on-music\/","title":{"rendered":"MTV Commits to Greater Focus on Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: As part of its upfront presentation, MTV announced its first weekly live music performance series in nearly 20 years, <em>Wonderland<\/em>, debuting this fall, along with an all-new, rebooted <em>MTV Unplugged<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>MTV committed to bringing more live music and music-inspired programming to the network, with greenlights for <em>Wonderland<\/em>, a new L.A.-based weekly music series featuring live performances from three different acts; a yet-untitled music competition series from executive producer Mark Burnett; and a newly reimagined version of <em>MTV Unplugged<\/em>. The network also announced a deal with Scooter Braun Films to develop <em>Studio 24<\/em>, in which a famous artist and mystery talent are paired to create a new song in 24 hours. MTV is also in development on the new music documentary series <em>Year One<\/em>, which will draw on archival footage to explore the breakthrough year in a superstar&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n<p>Greenlights were also given to <em>Sweet\/Vicious<\/em>, a dark one-hour dramedy about odd couple vigilantes avenging sexual assault victims on a college campus; <em>The Outsiders<\/em> (working title), a docuseries following families living on the fringes of society; <em>Acting Out<\/em>, a new format in which stand-up routines are reenacted; <em>Mary + Jane<\/em>, a comedy about enterprising weed dealers navigating L.A. hipster culture; <em>Shinesty<\/em> (working title), a docuseries on the upstart Millennial fashion brand; <em>MTV&#8217;s The Investigation<\/em> (working title), a reality series in which Ryan Ferguson, who spent ten years wrongly imprisoned, digs into cases of the wrongfully convicted; <em>Stranded with a Million Bucks<\/em>, a reality competition that uses drone camera technology to follow contestants fighting brutal conditions on a remote island while armed with a suitcase full of a million dollars; <em>Loosely Exactly Nicole<\/em>, a scripted comedy starring and adapted from the life of <em>Girl Code<\/em> alum Nicole Byer; <em>Going Off<\/em> (working title), a dance docuseries set in the studio of choreographer Tricia Miranda; and <em>The Almost Impossible Game Show<\/em>, a new competition format adopted from the hit U.K. version.<\/p>\n<p>MTV also greenlit a documentary special from executive producer and host Zac Efron, who will explore the role of food and the culinary arts in Millennial culture. The network announced newly signed deals with a host of new creative partners, including Burnett to develop comedic reality half-hour <em>First World Problems<\/em> (working title); rapper Pitbull to executive produce the Miami-based drama <em>305<\/em> (working title); Drew Barrymore to executive produce the coming-of-age twin drama <em>Blooms<\/em> (working title); <em>It&#8217;s The Real<\/em> (working title), a comedic half-hour from the Jewish hip-hop duo of the same name produced by John Legend&#8217;s Get Lifted; and <em>Greatest Movie Show of All Time, This Week<\/em> (working title), a weekly half-hour comedy\/talk show executive produced by Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia&#8217;s Seven Bucks Productions.<\/p>\n<p>There are also projects in development, including\u00a0<em>Pick Me Up<\/em> (working title), a scripted comedy with executive producer Dave Becky (<em>Broad City<\/em>, <em>Louie<\/em>), and an adaptation of the best seller<em> 99 Days<\/em> (working title) with Alloy Entertainment (<em>Vampire Diaries<\/em>, <em>Pretty Little Liars<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re on a mission to reignite MTV with everything that makes it one of the world&#8217;s most iconic brands\u2014its soul of music, its love of pop culture, and its unexpected, groundbreaking creative,&#8221; said Sean Atkins, president of MTV. &#8220;What we share today is just the beginning, but it&#8217;s a strong first step in the journey and shows how aggressively we are moving to energize the extraordinary promise of this great brand.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: As part of its upfront presentation, MTV announced its first weekly live music performance series in nearly 20 years, Wonderland, debuting this fall, along with an all-new, rebooted MTV Unplugged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[452],"class_list":["post-6953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-mtv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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