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‘The Road’ season 1 contestants

12 musicians have made the cut and will be competing on the first season of CBS’s The Road. The new music competition series will join the network’s primetime lineup this fall, occupying the Sundays at 9pm Et/Pt timeslot.

Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Lee Metzger, David Glasser, and Taylor Sheridan serve as executive producers. Gretchen Wilson is the “tour manager.”

“The docu-follow format trails a group of emerging musicians as they open for Urban at music venues across America, competing to win over local fanbases to secure a spot in the next city and remain on the tour. In the end, only one will walk away with the ultimate prize,” reads CBS’s synopsis. “The Road offers viewers a backstage pass into the gritty and unforgiving life of a touring musician. With exclusive access to behind-the-scenes workings of the music industry, viewers will see what...

The Road is coming to CBS this fall. The new singing competition comes from creators Blake Shelton and Taylor Sheridan. Keith Urban‘s involvement was confirmed on Tuesday, February 25. This is Shelton’s first TV singing competition since leaving The Voice in May 2023, but his role is in more of a behind-the-scenes aspect. While he will appear on-camera, Urban is the main musician on the show, along with the 12 contestants. Scroll down for everything we know about this soon-to-be televised search for the next big name in music that comes with a unique format. What is The Road about? From executive producers Shelton, Sheridan, Lee Metzger, and David Glasser, the docu-follow format trails a headlining superstar (Urban) on their journey to discover the next big artist. Earlier this year, Urban headlined special performances at music venues across America with emerging talents serving as his opening act. Audience members at the...

CBS’s 2025-2026 primetime lineup will look surprisingly different from the 2024-2025 version, considering that the network is bringing back l8 shows. The network’s primetime schedule will include one new comedy, four new dramas, and three unscripted series, along with its returning fare.

CBS’s schedule announcement revealed they’ve greenlit a Yellowstone spinoff starring Luke Grimes, reprising his role as Kayce Dutton. For now the drama is called Y: Marshals and is expected to premiere during the 2025-2026 midseason. The network’s also ordered a true crime series based on Harlan Coben’s Final Twist for midseason.

New fall dramas include the Blue Bloods spinoff Boston Blue, the Fire Country spinoff Sheriff Country, and CIA, a universe expansion of FBI. Dmv, the only new comedy, is described as a workplace comedy set at, obviously, the Department of Motor Vehicles. Taylor Sheridan Blake Shelton, and Keith Urban’s The Road...

CBS is building upon its existing reality TV trifecta with a trio of new unscripted series coming in the 2025-26 television season.

The network announced its upcoming primetime schedule on Wednesday, complete with unscripted series orders for Taylor Sheridan, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban’s singing competition “The Road,” Padma Lakshmi’s cooking competition “America’s Culinary Cup” and Harlan Coben’s first foray into true crime with “Final Twist.”

“Harlan Coben’s Final Twist” will air midseason on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Et between Season 49 and 50 of “Survivor.” Per the logline, “In each one-hour episode, Harlan will guide audiences through gripping tales of murder, high-profile crimes and life-altering surprises, each meticulously unraveled to reveal hidden truths, deceptions and lies. With exclusive interviews and never-before-seen archival materials, the series will provide an in-depth look at stories where nothing is as it seems.”

Coben will serve as host and executive producer alongside fellow EPs Jess Philipps,...

Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, and Blake Shelton of the CBS Original Series The Road, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Connie Chornuk/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Get ready, country music lovers! The force to be reckoned with that is Gretchen Wilson is stepping into a new role, and it’s a position that brings together her years of leadership experience along with her love for the genre. Wilson has signed on to appear in the upcoming CBS Original show, The Road in a position that isn’t performing, but as the tour manager! Wilson will be providing invaluable support and guidance to the emerging musicians handpicked to open for the series headlining superstar, Keith Urban. Imagine having Gretchen Wilson in your corner as you navigate the highs and lows of a nationwide tour! She’ll be sharing her own hard-earned expertise and offering a...

Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, and Blake Shelton star in ‘The Road’

Grammy winner Gretchen Wilson has joined Blake Shelton and Keith Urban on The Road. Wilson is on board the music competition series as “tour manager,” providing support and guidance to aspiring musicians as they hit the road for a tour across America.

“Stepping into the role of ‘tour manager’ for The Road has allowed me to take everything I’ve learned over all of my years of touring and pour it right back into these emerging musicians. Helping them sharpen their talents to capture the attention of these crowds across America, and guiding them through the real and raw grind of life on the road has been a highlight of my career,” stated Wilson. “Working with Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Taylor Sheridan, and the rest of the team and our incredible crew was absolutely amazing. It was an honor...

CBS is adding to the crew that take to The Road in its forthcoming music competition show.

Grammy winner Gretchen Wilson has joined the series, which comes from creators Taylor Sheridan and Blake Shelton and follows several up-and-coming musical acts going on tour as the openers for headliner Keith Urban. The Road is slated to premiere on CBS in the fall.

Wilson will be the show’s “tour manager,” giving advice and guidance to the opening acts as they make their way through the competition. She’ll also perform herself.

“Stepping into the role of ‘tour manager’ for The Road has allowed me to take everything I’ve learned over all of my years of touring and pour it right back into these emerging musicians,” Wilson said in a statement. “Helping them sharpen their talents to capture the attention of these crowds across America, and guiding them through the real...

Keith Urban performs on New Year’S Eve Live: Nashville’S Big Bash

Four-time Grammy winner Keith Urban has joined CBS’s upcoming music competition series The Road. The series, set to debut during the fall 2025 primetime season, comes from prolific producer Taylor Sheridan, Blake Shelton, David Glasser, and Lee Metzger.

“I spent a lot of my underage life playing in some seedy pubs, sometimes just for the bartender. So I love the idea of throwing artists into a real-world environment to find out if they are artists,” said Keith Urban. “Paying your dues sucks, but there are things in this business that can’t be taught, like how to put together a set list, whether to extend or cut a song during your performance or how to work the crowd. For me, touring has always been my first love. It’s where the rubber meets the road. But it...

CBS announced today that four-time Grammy Award winner Keith Urban will headline the CBS Original The Road, a new music competition series from executive producers Blake Shelton, Taylor Sheridan, Lee Metzger and David Glasser. The Road is set to premiere in the fall of 2025.

This series highlights Urban and Shelton’s journey to discover the next big musician, with emerging talents (to be announced) opening for him at music venues across America. The special performances featured in the series will be filmed in Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee, with the full schedule revealed today.

“I spent a lot of my underage life playing in some seedy pubs, sometimes just for the bartender. So I love the idea of throwing artists into a real-world environment to find out if they are artists,” says Urban.

“Paying your dues sucks, but there are things in this business that can’t be taught, like how...

Keith Urban has been announced as the headliner for CBS’ new series The Road!

From producers Blake Shelton, Taylor Sheridan, Lee Metzger and David Glasser, the show will highlight Keith‘s journey to discover the next big musician, with emerging talents (to be announced) opening for him at music venues across America. The full schedule of performances has also just been released, and will be happening soon.

Keep reading to find out more…

The series, however, will not air until the fall of 2025.

Keith said in a statement, “I spent a lot of my underage life playing in some seedy pubs, sometimes just for the bartender. So I love the idea of throwing artists into a real-world environment to find out if they are artists. Paying your dues sucks, but there are things in this business that can’t be taught, like how to put together a set list, whether...

Keith Urban will join the new music competition series “The Road” as the headliner. Not only will the county star grace the silver screen this fall, fans also have the chance to witness live tapings of the series for free.

The CBS series from the minds of Taylor Sheridan and Blake Shelton will discover the next rising music star as they open for the 4-time Grammy Award winner at venues across the country.

“I spent a lot of my underage life playing in some seedy pubs, sometimes just for the bartender. So I love the idea of throwing artists into a real-world environment to find out if they are artists,” Urban said in a press release.

“Paying your dues sucks, but there are things in this business that can’t be taught, like how to put together a set list, whether to extend or cut a song during your performance...

Keith Urban will join the new music competition series “The Road” as the headliner. Not only will the county star grace the silver screen this fall, fans also have the chance to witness live tapings of the series for free.

The CBS series from the minds of Taylor Sheridan and Blake Shelton will discover the next rising music star as they open for the 4-time Grammy Award winner at venues across the country.

“I spent a lot of my underage life playing in some seedy pubs, sometimes just for the bartender. So I love the idea of throwing artists into a real-world environment to find out if they are artists,” Urban said in a press release.

“Paying your dues sucks, but there are things in this business that can’t be taught, like how to put together a set list, whether to extend or cut a song during your performance...

Keith Urban is hitting The Road for CBS.

The four-time Grammy Award winner has been tapped to headline the new country music competition series, which will see “emerging talents” load into a tour bus and open for Urban at special performances across the country.

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Blake Shelton has teamed up with some heavy hitters to complete his latest project. It was just announced that Shelton’s production company, Lucky Horseshoe Productions would be completing a documentary on famous country music Legend Keith Whitley. The project will include several never-before-seen archival reels as well as testimony from key players in Whitley’s life and career. Keep reading to find out more!

Blake Shelton Reveals His Latest Project

It was recently revealed that country music star Blake Shelton will be helping to co-produce a documentary on Country Music Hall of Famer and the late country music legend Keith Whitley. Shelton will be working with Lee Metzger to create the production on Whitley. Blake and Lee opened their production company Lucky Horseshoe Productions in 2023. Shelton and Metzger will be joined by director Zach Heinzerling to complete the project.

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Blake Shelton will utilize archival footage from Keith...

Once upon a Yellowstone time, Taylor Sheridan and Kevin Costner seemed like the ultimate duo, crafting TV gold in cowboy boots. Sheridan had promised Costner a drama that’d revolutionize the Western genre—and oh, did they deliver! But somewhere between the Emmy buzz and plot twists, that golden handshake got buried under creative clashes and scheduling woes.

Taylor Sheridan in Yellowstone | Credits: Paramount Pictures

Sheridan, the mastermind behind Yellowstone, appears to have forgotten a crucial vow he made to Costner. The rift? It’s legacy-altering, and there’s no easy way to rewrite this script.

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The ranch was quiet. Taylor Sheridan’s storytelling choices made the loudest noise. When Kevin Costner exited Yellowstone after a public fallout, Sheridan vowed not to tarnish John Dutton’s legacy with a cheap, explosive exit.

With Yellowstone finally returning to the Paramount Network to air its highly anticipated second half of the fifth season, the series' creator, Taylor Sheridan, has teamed up with the country music sensation Blake Shelton to launch The Road, a new singing competition for CBS. Set to premiere in the fall of 2025, it will be the network's first talent competition show since Come Dance With Me (2022), which has yet to be renewed.

Surprisingly, CBS has not produced a music-based competition program since 2001's Rock Star, which starred Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. Sheridan and Shelton will executive produce the new competition series, which will be produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios, and Lee Metzger's Lucky Horseshoe Productions.

The Road will reportedly feature several singers from across the country, on top of a prominent pop celebrity, who has yet to be announced. As they move from city to city, the...

Blake Shelton is returning to his roots of helping discover emerging artists on singing competition shows — but this time, he won’t be in a spinning chair. The country star and Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan have teamed up to search for the next music star in the CBS competition show The Road, expected to be released in Fall 2025.

On The Road, artists will join the headliner on tour, performing as opening acts at venues throughout the country. They will have to compete to win over local fanbases in order to...

Blake Shelton and Taylor Sheridan take on ‘The Road’ (Photo Credits: Warner Music Nashville / Emerson Miller)

Blake Shelton, Taylor Sheridan, Lee Metzger, and David Glasser have set up The Road singing competition series at CBS. The network’s given the unscripted series a fall 2025 series order, with details on who’s headlining the series still under wraps.

“I’m a big fan of Taylor’s incredible work, and I’m excited to team with him and my long-time collaborator, Lee, on The Road,” said Blake Shelton. “I know a thing or two about singing competitions and what it’s like to chase a music dream and live life on tour. I’m looking forward to discovering new talent and giving them this platform.”

Shelton, Sheridan, Metzger, and Glasser will be involved as executive producers. MTV Entertainment Studios, Glasser’s 101 Studios, and Shelton and Metzger’s Lucky Horseshoe Productions are producing.

“Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan has set a new singing competition series at CBS with former “The Voice” star, Blake Shelton.

The series, which is currently titled “The Road,” has received a series order from CBS to debut in fall 2025, the network announced on Monday. The docuseries will follow a headlining superstar (who is yet to be announced) on their journey to discover the next big artist.

“Singers will join the headliner on tour, performing as opening acts in venues across the country. They will compete to win over local fanbases to secure a spot in the next city and remain on the tour,” according to the official logline.

Sheridan and Shelton are set to executive produce the series alongside Lee Metzger and David Glasser. “The Road” is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, with Glasser’s 101 Studios and Shelton and Metzger’s Lucky Horseshoe Productions also producing.

“There is a...

CBS is going on The Road with country music star Blake Shelton and Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan.

Shelton and Sheridan will executive produce a singing competition titled The Road for the network, which plans to debut the show in fall 2025. The series will be CBS’ first talent competition of any kind since the short-lived Come Dance With Me in 2022, and its first music-based series since Rock Star back in the mid-2000s.

CBS’ announcement comes a day after Yellowstone returned to its corporate sibling Paramount Network for the long-awaited second half of its fifth season.

The Road will feature singers joining a to-be-announced music star on tour, serving as the headliner’s opening act. They’ll compete to win over local fanbases and secure a spot in the next city on the tour.

Yellowstone producers MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios will produce the series with Shelton and Lee Metzger’s Lucky Horseshoe Productions.

“Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan has teamed up with “The Voice” alum Blake Shelton on a new singing competition titled “The Road.”

The series will be launched by CBS as part of the network’s fall 2025 schedule.

“The Road” will follow a music superstar on a journey to discover the next big artist, with budding singers joining the headliner on tour, performing as opening acts in venues across the U.S. The singers will compete to win over local fan bases in order to secure a spot in the next city and remain on the tour. The headlining artist has not yet been revealed.

According to CBS, “‘The Road’ offers viewers a backstage pass into the gritty and unforgiving life of a touring artist. With exclusive access to the behind-the-scenes workings of the music industry, viewers will see what happens when some of the best up-and-coming performers pile into a tour...

Exclusive: Blake Shelton and Taylor Sheridan are herding musical superstars for their next act.

The Voice alum and Yellowstone creator have teamed up for The Road, a new singing competition that has been roped in by CBS.

The network will launch the series as part of its fall 2025 schedule.

It comes a day after that explosive Yellowstone season opener, which premiered on Paramount Network and went buck wild later in the evening on CBS.

The Road trails a headlining superstar on their journey to discover the next big artist with singers joining the headliner on tour, performing as opening acts in venues across the country. They will compete to win over local fanbases to secure a spot in the next city and remain on the tour. The headline superstar is not yet confirmed.

It will also give exclusive access to the behind-the-scenes workings of the music industry as up-and-coming performers...

Blake Shelton‘s Barmageddon aired its Season 2 finale on Monday, January 22, and fans are hoping it wasn’t the last episode ever of the bar-themed game show. The show, which was co-created by Shelton, Carson Daly, and Lee Metzger, first premiered on December 5, 2022, on the USA Network and returned for a second season on November 13, 2023. Daly serves behind the bar, Shelton provides musical accompaniment, and Nikki Garcia (formerly known as Nikki Bella in WWE) hosts the competition. Each episode, which takes place at Shelton’s Nashville bar, Ole Red, sees two celebrities (each paired with a viral internet sensation) face off in a series of classic bar games with a twist, including Keg Curling, Drunken Axe Hole, and Sharts (“Shelton Darts”). Shelton himself competed on Monday’s finale, where he battled it out with singer-songwriter and former American Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina. The former Voice coach was victorious and took...

Blake Shelton and showrunner Lee Metzger have joined forces to launch Lucky horseshoe Productions. The announcement comes after Shelton officially left his coaching post on “The Voice,” where he and Metzger first met (Metzger served as an executive producer on the singing competition for 13 seasons).

Most recently, the two collaborated on a new competition show, “Barmageddon,” which Shelton hosts from his bar Ole Red alongside Carson Daly and WWE Superstar Nikki Garcia. The series opened to 1.2 million total viewers and became USA Network’s most-watched series premiere in almost three years. Production on Season 2 has been completed.

“I’m excited to partner with my longtime friend and creative rainmaker Lee Metzger,” said Shelton. “He was one of the first people I met at ‘The Voice’ and working together currently on Barmageddon. We’ve always been in sync on ideas and projects that interest and excite us. So long as Lee doesn’t screw this up,...

Blake Shelton and Lee Metzger are beginning a new chapter in their business relationship with the launch of Lucky Horseshoe Productions. The announcement follows on the success of their collaboration on hit USA series Barmageddon and comes a day after Shelton’s final appearance on The Voice, the singing competition show he helped launch in 2011 and remained on for 23 seasons. In launching the prodco, the duo aims to bring their creative vision to a wider range of projects across various genres.

Shelton and Metzger met on The Voice where Metzger was an Executive Producer for 13 seasons and most recently collaborated on hit competition series Barmageddon, hosted by Shelton, Carson Daly and WWE’s Nikki Garcia. Barmageddon was USA Network’s most-viewed series premiere in nearly three years with 1.2M total viewers. Production recently wrapped on the second season.

“I’m excited to partner with my longtime friend and creative rainmaker Lee Metzger,...

USA Network is bringing back Barmageddon for a second season.

The renewal comes after the celebrity game show hosted by Nikki Bella and exec produced by Blake Shelton and Carson Daly became the cable network’s best series premiere in nearly three years.

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The series, which is filmed at Shelton’s Ole Red bar in Nashville, sees celebrities playing games such as Air Cannon Cornhole, Keg Curling and Drunken Axe Hole.

Season 1 featured Gwen Stefani, Sheryl Crow, Trace Adkins, Kane Brown, Lil Rel Howrey and Malin Ackerman, with Shelton and Daly heckling from the sides.

It launched in December and its eight episodes ran through January.

Barmageddon is produced by White Label Productions...

HBO Max’s cancelation of voguing competition series Legendary has not gone down well in the LGBTQ+ community.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) organization has slammed the move, which came last week as part of a swathe of cuts and cancelations at the embattled Warner Bros. Discovery streamer.

The series was fronted by Mc Dashaun Wesley with judges including Leiomy Maldonado, Jameela Jamil, Law Roach, Megan Thee Stallion and Keke Palmer and was one of the most inclusive non-scripted series on television.

“Legendary raised the bar for inclusivity on TV programming on so many different levels, especially when it comes to celebrating Black and queer culture,” GLAAD noted. “While Legendary is unfortunately just the latest LGBTQ-inclusive programming to get canceled by their network this year, the creative team and Scout Productions prioritized uplifting unheard talent and voices and we’re hopeful that these types of stories are able to be told again.

Exclusive: Blake Shelton and Carson Daly are brewing up impressive ratings at USA Network with their new game show, Barmageddon.

The series premiere, which aired on December 5, was the network’s most-viewed series premiere in nearly three years with 1.2M total viewers, according to live + 3-day Nielsen data.

That’s about an 81 increase from the same-day audience, which is a record delayed viewing lift for USA Network’s unscripted programming. The episode also scored the network’s best premiere rating among the 18-49 demographic in more than three years.

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Barmageddon features Shelton and Daly, as well as host Nikki Bella, as they...

Exclusive: After four years at Verve, veteran unscripted television agent Bill Thompson has joined Vital Artists Agency, reuniting with former colleague Phil Irven.

At Verve, Thompson launched an unscripted division in 2018 and oversaw that area for the agency. His departure followed the July hire of former ICM agent Andy Stabile as Verve Partner and Head of Unscripted. Thompson met with a couple of companies and went with upstart Vital, which was launched in late 2020 by Rebel Entertainment Partners’ Irven, April Yuan and Cal Boyington. They were joined by veteran unscripted executive Nicole Zien earlier this year.

During his Verve tenure, Thompson built a department that packaged and sold over 100 hours of programming including Pants on Fire (Disney +) American Dreams (Discovery +) and the upcoming USA series Barmageddon with Blake Shelton. On the talent side, Thompson brokered Leah Remini’s seven-figure People Puzzler game show deal and the reboot of Kat Von D’s LA Ink.

USA Network has ordered a slew of series including a bar competition series from Blake Shelton and Carson Daly, a social experiment fronted by former American Idol mentor Bobby Bones and an Alaska-set survival competition from the producers of Deadliest Catch.

Barmageddon sees Shelton and Daly head to Nashville to open the doors to Blake’s bar Ole Red. With Daly behind the bar and Shelton taking the stage with his house band for live music sing-alongs in front of a crowd, the series sees celebrity friends go head-to-head in a series of bar games with a fun twist, including Air Cannon Cornhole, Keg Curling, Drunken Axe Hole, Sharts aka Shelton Darts. It is hosted by WWE star Nikki Bella.

The series is produced by White Label Productions and Jlp Pictures with Blake Shelton, Carson Daly, Lee Metzger, and White Label’s Chris Wagner serving as executive producers.

Snake in...

Blake Shelton and Carson Daly are heading to Blake’s bar for a new celebrity game show. The longtime friends have teamed to star in and executive produce Barmageddon for USA Network, with Nikki Bella as host.

The show will take place at Shelton’s Nashville bar Ole Red, with Daly behind the bar and Shelton taking the stage with his house band for live music sing-alongs. Led by WWE Hall of Famer Bella, celebrity friends will go head-to-head in a series of classic bar games with a fun twist, including Air Cannon Cornhole, Keg Curling, Drunken Axe Hole, Sharts (“Shelton Darts”) and more.

Per the official description: In each episode, two celebrities will play a unique set of five games in the bar to win a much-needed prize for a viral Internet sensation each has chosen to support. Plucked from obscurity following their epic misadventures on the Internet, these...

Exclusive: Four-time Emmy winning producer, writer and showrunner Lee Metzger has signed with Verve for representation. The move comes as Metzger expands further into the scripted space following last week’s release of Strawberry Spring, the first-ever podcast adaptation based on a short story by Stephen King.

Written, directed, and produced by Metzger, Strawberry Spring stars Milo Ventimiglia, Garrett Hedlund, Herizen F. Gaurdiola and Sydney Sweeney. Based on one short story from King’s Night Shift collection, it follows the story of a journalist (Hedlund) in his relentless pursuit of a serial killer known as “Springheel Jack”. In addition to Metzger, producers are Emmy winner Philip Alberstat, Audio Up Media and iHeartMedia. Strawberry Spring debuted at #1 on Apple’s Fiction and Drama Podcast charts upon release in over 32 countries.

Next up, Metzger will be adapting the life story of an iconic American singer, songwriter and rock icon. Details are being kept under wraps for now.

It didn’t take that much convincing to get actor Garrett Hedlund to star in Stephen King’s very first podcast adaptation: “Strawberry Spring,” a short story from 1978’s creepy collection Night Shift.

Jared Gutstadt, of podcast network Audio Up, first approached the Mudbound actor about the concept. “He said, ‘I want you to come over to chat about something. We got this project, this Strawberry Spring, which is going to be Stephen King’s first-ever podcast,'” Hedlund tells Rolling Stone. “‘And it deals with a journalist who’s...

The Stephen King multimedia renaissance shows no signs of letting up. We’ve seen plenty of film, television, and comic book adaptations of King’s novels and short stories, not to mention audiobooks read by notable acting alumni from some of those adaptations. Now, Audio Up Media, iHeartMedia, and producer Lee Metzger are about to fill your ears with […]

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Constant readers are about to become constant listeners as Stephen King enters the final frontier of storytelling: the podcast.

King has partnered with Audio Up Media, iHeart Media, and producer Lee Metzger (The Voice) to create Strawberry Spring, a new show based on a tale from his 1978 short story collection Night Shift.

The series follows a journalist as he hunts for a serial killer named Springheel Jack. Metzger will write and direct, while the show will star Garrett Hedlund, Milo Ventimiglia, Herizen F. Guardiola, Sydney Sweeney, Ken Marino, and Al Madrigal.

Network: CBS.

Episodes: 10 (hour).

Seasons: One.

TV show dates: March 26, 2019 — August 3, 2019.

Series status: Cancelled.

Performers include: Tim Tebow (host); Maria Taylor and Matt Smith (reporters); Emma Chapman, Max Fennell, Rebecca Hammond, Veejay Jones, Robert Killian, Hunter McIntyre, Erik Mukhametshin, Faye Stenning, Isaiah Vidal, and Orla Walsh (defenders).

TV show description:

From executive producers Allison Grodner, Rich Meehan, Lee Metzger, LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Jamal Henderson, and Philip Byron, the Million Dollar Mile TV show is a high-stakes obstacle course competitive reality series. NFL vet Tim Tebow hosts the program, with LA Chargers play-by-play announcer Matt “Money” Smith and ESPN reporter Maria Taylor serving up color commentary.

Each...

The world of Film Twitter is expanding. One Perfect Shot, the popular Twitter account that doles out cinematic beauty one still at a time, is becoming a TV series at HBO Max. Executive produced by Ava DuVernay along with Lee Metzger and Neil Miller––whose site Film School Rejects acquired One Perfect Shot back in 2016––one may wonder how precisely their feed of stills will translate to a TV series format. Well, the answer is a bit more interesting than your standard documentary approach––and will focus on an entire scene rather than a single image.

Each episode arms one acclaimed director with an arsenal of visual tools to pull back the curtain on their most iconic shots. Using state of the art technology, the directors will literally enter each shot, walking through the scene in 360 moments that allow viewers to join an immersive exploration of moviemaking. Filmmakers will share their obstacles,...

HBO Max has greenlighted One Perfect Shot, a docuseries that celebrates some of the most iconic moments in filmmaking, narrated and executive produced by Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Ava DuVernay. Inspired by the popular Twitter account of the same name, the docuseries is produced by Warner Horizon Unscripted Television with DuVernay’s Array Filmworks.

Each episode will feature one acclaimed director who will pull back the curtain on their most iconic shots. “Using state of the art technology, the directors will literally enter each shot, walking through the scene in 360 moments that allow viewers to join an immersive exploration of moviemaking. Filmmakers will share their obstacles, challenges, lessons and triumphs as they detail how they created their crowning cinematic achievements,” according to HBO Max.

“There is nothing more fascinating than witnessing the passion and creativity of a filmmaker discussing their craft and dissecting how they pulled off that jaw-dropping shot,...

Ava DuVernay will executive produce and narrate a new documentary series called “One Perfect Shot,” inspired by the popular Film Twitter account, for HBO Max.

The “One Perfect Shot” series will be a half-hour, unscripted show produced by Warner Horizon Unscripted Television with DuVernay’s production company, Array Filmworks. It will celebrate iconic movie moments as guided by big-name Hollywood directors and stars.

Each episode arms one acclaimed director with an arsenal of visual tools to pull back the curtain on their most iconic shots. The directors will then break down each shot and walk viewers through a scene in 360 moments for an immersive way into better understand movie making.

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Filmmakers will share their obstacles, challenges, lessons and triumphs about how they accomplished each shot, and then each director will also present another shot from an auteur filmmaker who deeply influenced...

Fans of the popular Twitter account @OnePerfectShot and its eponymous website are in for a treat, as HBO Max has announced a new “One Perfect Shot” documentary series from Ava DuVernay. The “Selma” and “When They See Us” director is set to narrate the series and executive produce it through her Array Filmworks production company. Warner Horizon Unscripted Television is also producing, while One Perfect Shot and Film School Rejects owner Neil Miller is joining DuVernay and Lee Metzger as an executive producer.

HBO Max’s synopsis for “One Perfect Shot” states that “each episode arms one acclaimed director with an arsenal of visual tools to pull back the curtain on their most iconic shots. Using state of the art technology, the directors will literally enter each shot, walking through the scene in 360 moments that allow viewers to join an immersive exploration of moviemaking. Filmmakers will share their obstacles, challenges,...

Ava DuVernay is exploring what makes that one shot in your favorite film or TV show so perfect.

The prolific filmmaker and her Array Filmworks banner are teaming with Warner Horizon Unscripted Television to create a docuseries called “One Perfect Shot” for HBO Max.

Each episode of “One Perfect Shot,” inspired by the Twitter account of the same name and narrated by DuVernay, will see a director given an array of visual tools to pull back the curtain on their most iconic shots.

The directors will literally enter each shot, walking through the scene in 360 moments that allow viewers to join an immersive exploration of moviemaking. Each filmmaker will share their obstacles, challenges, lessons and triumphs as they detail how they created their cinematic achievements. They will also present one shot from an auteur who deeply influenced them, outlining the inspiration that catalyzed their own imagination.

“One Perfect Shot” marks...

NBC is preparing to launch their Celebrity Escape Room special, starring Jack Black as the Game Master from hell. Black is all set to torture Ben Stiller, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, and Adam Scott in the network's take on the popular escape room phenomenon. The show begins this evening, May 21st at 8/7c, exclusively on NBC, and from the clips, it looks like a lot of fun. The celebrities have all teamed up to earn some much-needed funds for Red Nose Day.

Ben Stiller is the brains behind the idea to bring the phenomenon of escape rooms to television. From the promotional material, we can see that Celebrity Escape Room is a spectacularly over-the-top special for this year's Red Nose Day event. It's also very easy to see that Jack Black is truly enjoying his role as Game Master, while Ben Stiller, Friends co-stars Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow, and...

Exclusive: Prolific TV director-producer Brad Silberling has signed with ICM Partners.

Silberling serves as an executive producer and director on the CW’s drama series Dynasty, currently in its third season and renewed for a fourth for 2020-2021. He also is directing and executive producing the first two episodes of the upcoming Netflix series Dash & Lilly.

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Silberling directed the CW/CBS Studios pilots Charmed, Reign, Jane the Virgin and No Tomorrow, all of which went to series. His company, Reveal, is under a deal with CBS TV Studios.

On the film side, Silberling is known for directing such features as Casper, City of Angels, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events and Moonlight Mile, based on...

Exclusive: Top reality producer Lee Metzger, best known for his work on 14 seasons of NBC’s The Voice, has signed with ICM Partners.

Lee, who works in both unscripted and scripted television, joined The Voice as co-executive producer in Season 1. He was upped to executive producer at the start of the second season. Lee remained on the hit NBC show as Ep through season 14 in 2018, sharing in The Voice‘s four Emmy awards for reality-competition series.

Lee most recently executive produced the Celebrity Escape Room Red Nose Day special for NBC starring Jack Black and Ben Stiller. Before that, he was executive producer/showrunne on the CBS competition series Million Dollar Mile from LeBron James.

Lee’s extensive resume also includes stints as executive producer/showrunner of Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp, and Your Own Show: Oprah’s Search for the Next TV Star. In addition, he has worked on series such as Big Brother,...

Exclusive: Red Nose Day, the national fundraising campaign to end child poverty, returns to NBC for the annual three-hour primetime charity special on Thursday, May 21.

In partnership with Comic Relief, NBC will kick off the night at 8 Pm with Celebrity Escape Room, sort of a show within a show, executive produced by Ben Stiller and hosted by Jack Black, featuring comedy stars Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Adam Scott. It will be followed by the two-hour Red Nose Day Special.

As the all-knowing “Game Master” host, Black puts his celebrity friends to the test as they work together under intense pressure to beat the clock, unlocking a series of surprising puzzle rooms to ultimately engineer their great escape.

Celebrity Escape Room “combines the drama and tension of a real-life video game with the side-splitting allure of the ultimate party game,” says NBC. Stiller, Cox, Kudrow and Scott will work together...

The Voice is getting its next band together. NBC said today that Grammy winners Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson will return to the singing competition as coaches for Season 15 in the fall.

Original American Idol winner Clarkson joined the show for the current season, and 2004 Idol finalist Hudson returns after serving as a coach during Season 13 last fall. Their teams will square off against those of Blake Shelton and Adam Levine, both of whom have been with the show since its 2011 launch.

“We are so excited to welcome back Kelly and Jennifer, two dynamic forces who bring undeniable soul, passion and inspiration as coaches” said Paul Telegdy, President of Alternative and Reality Group at NBC Entertainment. “They each have a unique understanding of what it’s like to be in the artists’ shoes.”

Rookie coach Clarkson, who will host the Billboard Music Awards on NBC next week, currently is guiding...

Last night, the Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced this year's winning motion picture, television, and new media productions at the 28th Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Closing the evening, the film La La Land and its producers Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, and Marc Platt won the PGA's Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. This category is one of the most eagerly anticipated of season and is widely considered a strong prognosticator for the Oscars, as the Zanuck Award has matched the win for Best Picture 19 times in its 28-year history.

The Netflix television series Stranger Things (Season 1) and its producers Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, and Iain Paterson won the PGA's Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama. The Jerry Seinfeld-created web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Season...

Musical cements status as Oscar frontrunner.

Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt performed what looked very much like a rehearsal for another awards show at Saturday’s 28th annual Producers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills.

The La La Land producers beat out a strong field that included Arrival, Moonlight, Fences, Manchester By The Sea and Lion to claim the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.

Given the track record of the PGA Awards as a bellwether of Academy Awards success, Berg, Horowitz and Platt have three hands on the biggest prize of them all heading into Oscar night on February 26.

While the best picture Oscar winner and the PGA’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award winner are often one and the same, last year’s PGA champion The Big Short lost to Spotlight on Oscar night.

In other key theatrical awards, the Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures award went to...

Country music sweetheart superstars Faith Hill and Tim McGraw join the eleventh season of The Voice TV show on NBC, as "key advisers" for the knockout rounds. Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton are coaching season 11 of The Voice.The singing competition series was created by John de Mol, who executive produces with Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Jay Bienstock, Lee Metzger, and Chad Hines. Get the details from this NBC press release.Read More…...

NBC has ordered business competition series Funded (working title), a show built around an investment fund that gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to compete for $1 million cash. Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Rob Dyrdek, businesswoman and model Tyra Banks and marketing guru and investor Rohan Oza will serve as mentors. Dyrdek and Banks executive produce with Kris Curry and Lee Metzger (The Voice). Funded is the first series ordered from NBC’s newly formed Universal…...