{"id":9309,"date":"2019-02-12T11:59:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/mgm-television-extends-pact-tko-creators\/"},"modified":"2019-02-12T12:47:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T17:47:44","slug":"mgm-television-extends-pact-with-tko-creators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/mgm-television-extends-pact-with-tko-creators\/","title":{"rendered":"MGM Television Extends Pact with TKO Creators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MGM Television is extending its overall deal with executive producers Sean Kelly and Steve Hughes of Shaggy Entertainment through 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly and Hughes are the creators and executive producers of <em>TKO: Total Knock Out<\/em> with Kevin Hart for CBS. They have also set up projects at EPIX and Discovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSean and Steve are two incredible, creative and hard working executives with a keen eye for what works in today&#8217;s market place and we look forward to a long future together,\u201d said Mark Burnett, chairman of \u00a0of the worldwide television group at MGM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have built a tremendous working relationship in the short time we have worked together and we look forward to bigger things to come,&#8221; added Barry Poznick, president of unscripted television at MGM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMGM is a revolutionary powerhouse in all genres,\u201d said Kelly and Hughes. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more humbled to continue working with Mark, Barry and the incredible family here and look forward to uncovering the next great hit within their creative playground.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MGM Television is extending its overall deal with executive producers Sean Kelly and Steve Hughes of Shaggy Entertainment through 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":9310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[698],"class_list":["post-9309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-mgm-television"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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