Village Roadshow Entertainment Group is staying in business with Kevin Garnett.
The company has extended its first-look deal with Garnett’s Content Cartel. The move will see it join the partnership between Content Cartel and Bill Maher’s podcast network Club Random Studios to develop films and series from its podcast content.
Village Roadshow struck its first-look deal with NBA legend Garnett in 2021 to develop and produce feature films, scripted and unscripted TV, and digital content. Garnett set up the company with Brian Bennett and Mike Marangu.
The deal has already generated series including Goliath about Wilt Chamberlain, features such as Cinnamon with Pam Grier and Damon Wayans and Murder City starring Mike Colter.
Club Random Studios was founded by Maher, Chris Case, and Chuck Labella to house, finance, and develop celebrity-hosted podcasts. The company launched a partnership in March with Garnett for Kg Certified, the Content Cartel podcast hosted by Garnett,...
The company has extended its first-look deal with Garnett’s Content Cartel. The move will see it join the partnership between Content Cartel and Bill Maher’s podcast network Club Random Studios to develop films and series from its podcast content.
Village Roadshow struck its first-look deal with NBA legend Garnett in 2021 to develop and produce feature films, scripted and unscripted TV, and digital content. Garnett set up the company with Brian Bennett and Mike Marangu.
The deal has already generated series including Goliath about Wilt Chamberlain, features such as Cinnamon with Pam Grier and Damon Wayans and Murder City starring Mike Colter.
Club Random Studios was founded by Maher, Chris Case, and Chuck Labella to house, finance, and develop celebrity-hosted podcasts. The company launched a partnership in March with Garnett for Kg Certified, the Content Cartel podcast hosted by Garnett,...
- 4/25/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Maher has been a late night television fixture for decades, and entered the podcast world in March 2022 with Club Random. The podcast, recorded in his bar at home, has surged in popularity over the past two years, so much so that Maher is now able to form his own podcast network, The Club Random Studios network.
Announced Wednesday morning, Maher will run the new podcast network alongside his Club Random podcast co-creators and executive producers Chris Case and Chuck Labella.
The Real Time host told THR today that he seeks to host podcasts built on the idea of “freedom of expression.”
“I am looking for people who are not talking point people. I’m looking for people who don’t, before they speak, say, ‘what’s the right answer here?’” Maher said.
Historically perceived as liberal, Maher has gained an increasing amount of popularity among folks from the opposite...
Announced Wednesday morning, Maher will run the new podcast network alongside his Club Random podcast co-creators and executive producers Chris Case and Chuck Labella.
The Real Time host told THR today that he seeks to host podcasts built on the idea of “freedom of expression.”
“I am looking for people who are not talking point people. I’m looking for people who don’t, before they speak, say, ‘what’s the right answer here?’” Maher said.
Historically perceived as liberal, Maher has gained an increasing amount of popularity among folks from the opposite...
- 3/27/2024
- by A.J. Katz
- LateNighter
Bill Maher is expanding his Club Random podcast into a network, with plans to launch a new show with sports journalist Sage Steele.
Maher, host of HBO’s Real Time, is teaming with his co-creators and executive producer Chris Case and Chuck Labella in the venture, with plans to feature celebrity talent who want to “try something different and span a wide variety of personalities and interests,” according to an announcement.
Club Random Studios, as the venture is named, will debut The Sage Steele Show later today. In a statement, Maher said that the former ESPN anchor is “the perfect choice to be our first new host because, like me, she pissed off Disney. There’s a certain poetic symmetry to that.”
Maher said, “My lifelong goal has been to get the kind of conversation we have in life – utterly real, completely authentic, cleaned up for no one – on the air.
Maher, host of HBO’s Real Time, is teaming with his co-creators and executive producer Chris Case and Chuck Labella in the venture, with plans to feature celebrity talent who want to “try something different and span a wide variety of personalities and interests,” according to an announcement.
Club Random Studios, as the venture is named, will debut The Sage Steele Show later today. In a statement, Maher said that the former ESPN anchor is “the perfect choice to be our first new host because, like me, she pissed off Disney. There’s a certain poetic symmetry to that.”
Maher said, “My lifelong goal has been to get the kind of conversation we have in life – utterly real, completely authentic, cleaned up for no one – on the air.
- 3/27/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
After two years of hosting his own podcast, Bill Maher will help others do the same with Club Random Studios, a podcast network and entertainment hub aiming to champion “authenticity from unfiltered celebrity voices.”
Besides Maher’s own “Club Random,” the network’s first show is “The Sage Steele Show,” hosted by Sage Steele, dropping March 27. Steele joined ESPN as an anchor in 2007 and climbed the ranks at the network until she was suspended without pay over controversial comments she made on another podcast. She sued ESPN and settled last year. Upcoming guests on “The Sage Steele Show” include Dana White, Howie Mandel, Sharon Osbourne, Jillian Michaels, Drea DeMatteo, Adam Carolla, Reggie Watts and Steve Garvey.
In a statement announcing the new venture, Maher said, “Dance like no one’s watching? We talk like no one can cancel us.”
Maher collaborated with “Club Random” co-creators and executive producers Chris Case...
Besides Maher’s own “Club Random,” the network’s first show is “The Sage Steele Show,” hosted by Sage Steele, dropping March 27. Steele joined ESPN as an anchor in 2007 and climbed the ranks at the network until she was suspended without pay over controversial comments she made on another podcast. She sued ESPN and settled last year. Upcoming guests on “The Sage Steele Show” include Dana White, Howie Mandel, Sharon Osbourne, Jillian Michaels, Drea DeMatteo, Adam Carolla, Reggie Watts and Steve Garvey.
In a statement announcing the new venture, Maher said, “Dance like no one’s watching? We talk like no one can cancel us.”
Maher collaborated with “Club Random” co-creators and executive producers Chris Case...
- 3/27/2024
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
HBO Real Time host Bill Maher is launching a podcast network.
The Club Random Studios network (the name is derived from Maher’s Club Random podcast), will seek to host podcasts built on an idea of “freedom of expression,” the late night host tells The Hollywood Reporter.
“I am looking for people who are not talking point people. I’m looking for people who don’t, before they speak, say, ‘what’s the right answer here?'” Maher added.
The first podcast on the network, which Maher is backing alongside co-creators Chris Case and Chuck Labella, will be hosted by Sage Steele, the former ESPN SportsCenter anchor who parted ways with the channel last year after settling a free speech lawsuit. Steele filed the suit alleging retaliation after she made controversial comments about the Covid-19 vaccine mandates on a podcast hosted by Jay Cutler.
“She’s the perfect choice to...
The Club Random Studios network (the name is derived from Maher’s Club Random podcast), will seek to host podcasts built on an idea of “freedom of expression,” the late night host tells The Hollywood Reporter.
“I am looking for people who are not talking point people. I’m looking for people who don’t, before they speak, say, ‘what’s the right answer here?'” Maher added.
The first podcast on the network, which Maher is backing alongside co-creators Chris Case and Chuck Labella, will be hosted by Sage Steele, the former ESPN SportsCenter anchor who parted ways with the channel last year after settling a free speech lawsuit. Steele filed the suit alleging retaliation after she made controversial comments about the Covid-19 vaccine mandates on a podcast hosted by Jay Cutler.
“She’s the perfect choice to...
- 3/27/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Bill Maher is getting into the podcasting game.
The host of HBO’s Real Time is launching Club Random, a series that will see him host hourlong, one-on-one interviews with a range of eclectic guests, where they talk about anything and everything, except politics. The series will launch March 21 with episodes every Monday.
Maher is recording the show at his home in his bar, which is known as Club Random.
While Real Time with Bill Maher is released as a weekly podcast, it is just a simulcast of Maher’s Friday night talk show. This marks Maher’s first move proper into the audio space.
The podcast will see him reunited with Politically Incorrect writer Chris Case and former Politically Incorrect producer Chuck Labella, both of whom will exec produce alongside Maher.
Guests will include William Shatner, Quentin Tarantino, rap artist Freddie Gibbs, YouTuber Hannah Stocking, Bella Thorne, Adam Carolla,...
The host of HBO’s Real Time is launching Club Random, a series that will see him host hourlong, one-on-one interviews with a range of eclectic guests, where they talk about anything and everything, except politics. The series will launch March 21 with episodes every Monday.
Maher is recording the show at his home in his bar, which is known as Club Random.
While Real Time with Bill Maher is released as a weekly podcast, it is just a simulcast of Maher’s Friday night talk show. This marks Maher’s first move proper into the audio space.
The podcast will see him reunited with Politically Incorrect writer Chris Case and former Politically Incorrect producer Chuck Labella, both of whom will exec produce alongside Maher.
Guests will include William Shatner, Quentin Tarantino, rap artist Freddie Gibbs, YouTuber Hannah Stocking, Bella Thorne, Adam Carolla,...
- 3/9/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Former NBC Exec & ‘The Apprentice’ Producer Chuck Labella Joins Ireland’s ShinAwiL To Lead U.S. Push
Exclusive: Chuck Labella, former talent executive at NBC, who worked on Donald Trump reality series The Apprentice, has joined Irish producer ShinAwiL as it looks to break into the U.S.
Labella has joined the company as its LA-based executive producer and has been tasked with packaging new shows for U.S. broadcasters and platforms as well as building partnerships with producers and talent.
ShinAwiL is best known for producing Irish versions of international formats such as The Voice, MasterChef, Dragon’s Den and The Apprentice and recently moved in to scripted, overseeing Miss Scarlett and the Duke.
Labella, who exec produced by the Republican National Convention in 2020, spent six years at NBCUniversal, working on shows such as Hollywood Game Night, The Voice, America’s Got Talent and Running Wild with Bear Grylls. After leaving in 2017, he worked on shows such as ABC’s Holey Moley and Fox’s The Masked Singer and before NBC,...
Labella has joined the company as its LA-based executive producer and has been tasked with packaging new shows for U.S. broadcasters and platforms as well as building partnerships with producers and talent.
ShinAwiL is best known for producing Irish versions of international formats such as The Voice, MasterChef, Dragon’s Den and The Apprentice and recently moved in to scripted, overseeing Miss Scarlett and the Duke.
Labella, who exec produced by the Republican National Convention in 2020, spent six years at NBCUniversal, working on shows such as Hollywood Game Night, The Voice, America’s Got Talent and Running Wild with Bear Grylls. After leaving in 2017, he worked on shows such as ABC’s Holey Moley and Fox’s The Masked Singer and before NBC,...
- 8/3/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Intellivision Entertainment has hired Chuck Labella to lead its entertainment acquisition efforts, TheWrap has learned. Yes, the video gaming pioneer company is still around and has a new system coming called Amico — more on that below.
The vice president will work with marketing and business development and will be responsible for generating new intellectual property for Intellivision to develop into video games.
Think “E.T.” to Atari back in the day. Wait. Definitely Don’T think that.
“We are so honored and excited to welcome Chuck to our Intellivision family,” Tommy Tallarico, CEO of Intellivision Entertainment, told TheWrap. “His knowledge and experience will go a long way for adding even more incredible partnerships, licenses, influencers and relationships to our ever-growing line of products for Amico. And the best part… like me… he had an original Intellivision growing up!”
“I was one of the lucky ones who had the Original Mattel...
The vice president will work with marketing and business development and will be responsible for generating new intellectual property for Intellivision to develop into video games.
Think “E.T.” to Atari back in the day. Wait. Definitely Don’T think that.
“We are so honored and excited to welcome Chuck to our Intellivision family,” Tommy Tallarico, CEO of Intellivision Entertainment, told TheWrap. “His knowledge and experience will go a long way for adding even more incredible partnerships, licenses, influencers and relationships to our ever-growing line of products for Amico. And the best part… like me… he had an original Intellivision growing up!”
“I was one of the lucky ones who had the Original Mattel...
- 6/9/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
It looks like Donald Trump is really leaning into his past as a reality TV show host. Two producers of The Apprentice are involved with the planning of the Republican National Convention which is set to start August 24 and continue through August 27.
According to the New York Times, Sadoux Kim, who worked on The Apprentice and once was a judge on the Miss Universe pageant, has assumed the position as lead consultant on the production of the Rnc while former NBC exec Chuck Labella, who produced The Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump is also set to work on the event which will be somewhat of a hybrid affair. It’s no surprise that the pair working on the Rnc both worked on projects that help amplify Trump’s brand.
Trump is set to speak all four days of the convention. The Rnc is going to be a family affair as Melania,...
According to the New York Times, Sadoux Kim, who worked on The Apprentice and once was a judge on the Miss Universe pageant, has assumed the position as lead consultant on the production of the Rnc while former NBC exec Chuck Labella, who produced The Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump is also set to work on the event which will be somewhat of a hybrid affair. It’s no surprise that the pair working on the Rnc both worked on projects that help amplify Trump’s brand.
Trump is set to speak all four days of the convention. The Rnc is going to be a family affair as Melania,...
- 8/24/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Two former producers from NBC’s “The Apprentice” are helping plan the 2020 Republican National Convention.
According to The New York Times, Sadoux Kim and Chuck Labella are both former “Apprentice” producers who have joined the team planning the Rnc for next week.
The two producers have consulted on the video production for the convention, the use of both live speeches and pre-taped videos and its focus on non-politicians, according to Politico. “The goal was to make it a gripping TV show,” Politico reports.
Kim served as a longtime deputy to “Apprentice” creator Mark Burnett and is credited as a co-executive producer on one episode on iMDb. Kim also once served as a judge at the Miss Universe pageant when Trump owned it, and he is now a lead consultant for the Rnc, according to The New York Times.
Labella is a former NBC entertainment executive and worked as a producer...
According to The New York Times, Sadoux Kim and Chuck Labella are both former “Apprentice” producers who have joined the team planning the Rnc for next week.
The two producers have consulted on the video production for the convention, the use of both live speeches and pre-taped videos and its focus on non-politicians, according to Politico. “The goal was to make it a gripping TV show,” Politico reports.
Kim served as a longtime deputy to “Apprentice” creator Mark Burnett and is credited as a co-executive producer on one episode on iMDb. Kim also once served as a judge at the Miss Universe pageant when Trump owned it, and he is now a lead consultant for the Rnc, according to The New York Times.
Labella is a former NBC entertainment executive and worked as a producer...
- 8/23/2020
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
NBC has promoted Jenny Groom, Lesley Cerwin and Shelby Shaftel amid the network’s ongoing Alternative department restructuring. Groom was previously a senior vice president of the Alternative Programming and Development group, but she’ll now oversee the department. Shaftel (pictured above, right) has been promoted to vice president of the same division; Cerwin (left) is being brought over from the Publicity department to the Programming side. Both will report to Groom (middle); she’ll report to NBC Entertainment’s Alternative and Reality Group president Paul Telegdy. As TheWrap exclusively reported on Thursday, former talent wrangler and executive Chuck Labella...
- 3/27/2017
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
NBC vice president of Talent Relations/Alternative, Late-Night and Specials Chuck Labella has been let go, TheWrap has learned. “He’s moving on … he wants to explore other options,” a person close to the network told us, adding that the split was “amicable.” A second source on Labella’s side echoed the same sentiment, saying that his contract was not picked up. This person added that Chuck simply accomplished what he set out to achieve at NBC, and is looking for a new challenge. Labella has a lot of friends in the business, the source explained, and also has the luxury of taking some.
- 3/23/2017
- by Itay Hod and Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Purveyors of Pop, the production company of Matt Anderson and Nate Green, executive producers and showrunners of four Real Housewives series – The Real Housewives of New York, New Jersey, Atlanta as well as spinoff Bethenny Ever After – has signed an overall deal with FremantleMedia North America to develop and produce unscripted programming. Additionally, Cooper Green has joined the Purveyors of Pop as VP of Development. Chuck Labella has been named VP of Talent Development, Alternative Programming, NBC. He previously served as a talent consultant for NBC’s Alternative Series and Specials department and as the Executive in Charge of Talent for the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants. He also was a talent producer for five seasons of NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice and Last Comic Standing.
- 1/27/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Chuck Labella is settling down at NBC. The producer and longtime NBC consultant has joined the network’s alternative department as vp of talent development. The position, more common in cable, is designed to focus on luring celebrities and handling talent relations. In making the announcement, NBC stressed Labella’s expertise in bringing key talent to series and specials, ticking off past accomplishments such as talent producing for Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect and booking musical guests for Craig Kilborn’s late night show. "We are excited to make this announcement official since we have worked with Chuck for so many years where he has
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- 1/27/2012
- by Lacey Rose
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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