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Adam Levine is doubling down on his producorial pursuits, signing an exclusive overall deal with Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Entertainment — one that will see the Maroon 5 frontman and his 222 Productions feeding both scripted and unscripted content for all platforms.

The singer-songwriter and multihyphenate, whose TV credits most significantly include a nine-year stint as a coach on NBC unscripted flagship The Voice, initially has already had some success as a producer. After founding 222 Productions in 2013, first with a first-look deal at NBC, Levine successfully launched singing competition Songland and YouTube series Sugar. With him, he brings 222 Productions president Josh Gummersall ...

Adam Levine is doubling down on his producorial pursuits, signing an exclusive overall deal with Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Entertainment — one that will see the Maroon 5 frontman and his 222 Productions feeding both scripted and unscripted content for all platforms.

The singer-songwriter and multihyphenate, whose TV credits most significantly include a nine-year stint as a coach on NBC unscripted flagship The Voice, initially has already had some success as a producer. After founding 222 Productions in 2013, first with a first-look deal at NBC, Levine successfully launched singing competition Songland and YouTube series Sugar. With him, he brings 222 Productions president Josh Gummersall ...

NBC has set the premiere dates for three of its returning unscripted series.

The “completely reimagined” Little Big Shots returns for Season 4 at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 1 — following a February 24 sneak preview — Season 3 The Wall goes up at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 15, and Songland tunes up for Season 2 at 10 p.m. Monday, April 13.

Emmy winner Melissa McCarthy is hosting Little Big Shots, where she’ll meet inspiring and funny kids from around the world. They will share their remarkable stories and show us the incredible talents that set them apart. It’s a celebration of how resilient, funny and inspiring kids can be when we allow them to be unabashedly themselves. They may be little, but their hearts are big.

Little Big Shots is executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres, McCarthy, Ben Falcone, Steve Harvey, Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin, Andy Lassner, Jeff Kleeman, and Alison Holloway. It is produced by Warner Horizon Unscripted Television...

NBC has renewed the unscripted series “Songland” for a second season.

The series takes an inside look at the creative process behind songwriting, and each episode provides one up-and-coming songwriter the opportunity to have their song recorded by a major artist and released immediately after the episode airs worldwide. The show features producer-mentors Ryan Tedder, lead singer of OneRepublic and a Grammy Award-winning producer, Ester Dean Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer, and Shane McAnally, Grammy-winning songwriter and producer. Season 1 guest recording artists have included the Jonas Brothers, John Legend, Meghan Trainor, Macklemore, Charlie Puth, Kelsea Ballerini, will.i.am, OneRepublic, Aloe Blacc, Old Dominion, and Leona Lewis.

Audrey Morrissey executive produces along with director Ivan Dudynsky, Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart, Chad Hines, and Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine. Josh Gummersall serves as producer along with Ryan Tedder. The concept was devised by Stewart, Morrissey and Dudynsky. “Songland” is produced by Live Animals...

Songwriters competing on the new NBC show “Songland,” which premieres tonight, will see their music released through BMG. The company announced a global recordings and publishing partnership with the show. BMG will serve as worldwide distributor for Songland Records and its publishing arm will administer the show’s publishing company, called Eligible Music.

Original music is created and recorded throughout the series, with one songwriter winning each episode of “Songland.” The victor sees his or her song recorded and released by a major recording artist that same episode. BMG has committed to releasing the winner’s composition along with two runners-up following each show.

The show had come under some fire for having an onerous contract which stipulated that potential participants waive all rights to their song(s) before appearing on the show. The contract was amended following a report in The Wrap which noted that the “Songland” casting website...

Eurythmics co-founder and producer Dave Stewart and The Voice executive producer Audrey Morrissey told Deadline that they’re glad they cleared up the legal issues around Songland after scoring an 11-episode order.

The pair are in Cannes to promote the format internationally with NBC Universal launching the show to global buyers at a live performance at Mipcom.

The show had a long and slightly bumpy road to the screen. They originally made a sizzle back in 2015 with Maroon 5’s Adam Levine and OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder but a year later, when it was in the casting stage, the project came under intense scrutiny after an intellectual property attorney posted a warning about the onerous contract applicants were asked to sign giving up copyright on any submitted song.

Stewart told Deadline, “The typical thing that everyone signs before they come on a TV show is a release but a lawyer thought...

NBC has ordered “Songland,” a new music competition aimed at discovering the greatest songwriters in the world.

In each episode, five songwriters will perform their original tracks in front of three top music producers and a major recording artist on an intimate soundstage. Each song’s lyrics, arrangements, beats, melody, and story will be considered by the panel as producers engage in a discussion about ways to creatively adapt them to better fit the style and sensibility of the recording artist of the week. The first episode features three-time Grammy nominee Charlie Puth as the mega-recording artist along with a panel of producer-songwriters that includes OneRepublic’s RyanTedder, singer and Grammy-nominated songwriter Ester Dean, and Grammy-winning country singer-songwriter Shane McAnally.

After the performances, the recording artist will choose three songwriters to move forward to the studio and pair them each with the producer best suited to perfect their song. In the end,...

NBC’s long-gestating songwriting competition reality series Songland has received an 11-episode series order. The project hails from The Voice executive producer Audrey Morrissey, Eurythmics co-founder and producer Dave Stewart, Maroon 5’s Adam Levine and his 222 Productions and OneRepublic’s RyaStewart hn Tedder.

Songland, produced by Universal Alternative Television Studio, aims at giving talented up-and-coming songwriters the opportunity to collaborate with three music producers per episode who are responsible for today’s biggest hits.

Songland had a long and slightly bumpy road to the screen. It was originally ordered to a pilot, with Stewart, Levine, Morrissey and director Ivan Dudynsky attached, in March 2015. A year later, as it was in the casting stage, the project came under intense scrutiny after an intellectual property attorney posted a warning about the onerous contract applicants were asked to sign giving up copyright on any submitted song. The issue was quickly addressed by...

NBC has picked up 11 episodes of the songwriting competition series “Songland,” produced by “The Voice” executive producer Audrey Morrissey and one of the show’s coaches, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine.

Each episode will pit five songwriters against one another as they perform original songs before a panel of three producers and a major recording artist. The top three performers will then be paired with one of the producers to flesh out the track in the studio, with the recording artist left to choose one winner.

The panel lined up for the first episode includes Charlie Puth, OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, “Pitch Perfect” star Ester Dean and country singer-songwriter Shane McAnally.

The concept for the show was devised by Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart, who will also executive produce, along with Morrissey and director Ivan Dudynsky. Tedder and Josh Gummersall are producers on the project, which hails from Morrissey’s Live Animals...

Sugar, an original series executive produced by Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, will premiere August 15 on YouTube Premium.

Guest stars, including Maroon 5, Blake Shelton, Snoop Dogg, Charlie Puth, Kelly Clarkson, A$AP Ferg, 5th Harmony and Bad Bunny, will appear in the new series inspired by Maroon 5’s music video Sugar that has seen 2.5 billion views worldwide.

The eight-episode series features a new artist in each episode as they surprise fans who have given back to their communities in empowering ways. During a pivotal personal moment in their life, each fan is given a surprise of a lifetime as their heroes gatecrash their special events and give exclusive pop-up performances that pay-it-back in extraordinary style.

Sugar hails from Levine’s 222 Productions and Renegade 83, an eOne Company. The series is executive produced by David Dobkin, director of Maroon 5’s Sugar music video and the film Wedding Crashers. Alex Van Wagner directs. In addition to Levine and Dobkin,...

Adam Levine is stepping behind the camera. The Voice judge and Maroon 5 frontman is developing a comedy inspired by his childhood for NBC, EW has confirmed.

Kids in America, which was given a script commitment, will follow a teenager at the center of an unconventional family who has aspirations of becoming a rock star.

Family Guy’s Aaron Blitzstein will write and executive-produce with Levine, Jordan Feldstein and Josh Gummersall.

Exclusive: The Voice coach Adam Levine continues his producing efforts with a single-camera comedy in development at NBC. The project, from Universal TV and Levine’s 222 Prods, is based on the real-life relationship between the Maroon 5 frontman and late-bloomer writer-producer Gene Hong (Community), who have been best friends and roommates since before they found success. Hong will write the pilot and executive produce with Levine, along with Levine’s childhood friend and longtime manager/producing partner Jordan Feldstein of 222 Prods. The project, whose development team includes Josh Gummersall, stems from the first-look deal Levine inked with NBC Entertainment in May. Feldstein is the brother of Jonah Hill, on whose Fox animated series, Allen Gregory, Hong worked before joining Community. Levine and Hong previously teamed for another comedy project inspired by their relationship. In 2011, they developed a karaoke bar comedy for NBC, also written by Hong, which drew from the...