Converge Media Group, the management, production and branded entertainment company founded last year by actor/writer/comedian Jb Smoove, Rick Dorfman, Conan Smith and Adam Benowitz, has signed a first-look reality TV deal with newly launched Storyville Entertainment. This is the first co-production deal for both companies and will give Storyville access to develop and produce unscripted and branded opportunities for Converge’s comedic clientele. That list includes Smoove, Rich Vos, Lynne Koplitz, Pete Dominic, Chris Distefano, Carly Aquillino as well as producers Ryan Ling (Guy Code, Girl Code) and P.J. Morrison (Impractical Jokers, Restaurant Stakeout), and writers such as Frank Santopadre (The Joy Behar Show, The View). Storyville’s Betsy Schechter and Converge’s Smoove, Dorfman, Smith and Benowitz will serve as executive producers for all sales. Since its launch last year Converge has produced Four Courses With Jb Smoove and utilized their talent in marketing campaigns for Pepsi,...
- 4/4/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Famed New York restaurateur Willie Degel of Uncle Jack's Steakhouse built his formidable reputation on a simple mantra: The customer is king.
That's an attitude we rarely run into these days, but Degel is helping to bring it back in "Restaurant Stakeout," which returns for its second season Wednesday, Aug. 29, on Food Network.
Using hidden cameras and covert surveillance, Degel casts his experienced eye over eateries of all types to help the owner identify and correct problems that may lead to customer dissatisfaction.
"I love Food Network, and I grew up watching this channel, ... but I always felt it needed to show people how to run the business end so people can be more successful and so many restaurants don't have to close their doors," Degel tells Zap2it. "A lot of people are running their restaurants and businesses, and they are so involved in the day to day that...
That's an attitude we rarely run into these days, but Degel is helping to bring it back in "Restaurant Stakeout," which returns for its second season Wednesday, Aug. 29, on Food Network.
Using hidden cameras and covert surveillance, Degel casts his experienced eye over eateries of all types to help the owner identify and correct problems that may lead to customer dissatisfaction.
"I love Food Network, and I grew up watching this channel, ... but I always felt it needed to show people how to run the business end so people can be more successful and so many restaurants don't have to close their doors," Degel tells Zap2it. "A lot of people are running their restaurants and businesses, and they are so involved in the day to day that...
- 8/29/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
On TV this Wednesday: Melissa & Joey, Necessary Roughness and two other series take a breather; a Supernatural repeat doubles your pleasure; Top Chef Masters the use of aphrodisiacs; and in Futurama’s mid-season finale, Bender proves that no good deed goes unpunished. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 10 programs to watch tonight.
8 pm So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) | Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson returns to the judges’ panel as the Top 8 give it their all.
8 pm Melissa & Joey (ABC Family) | Season 2 finale: When Joe proposes to Elena to avoid her deportation to Russia,...
8 pm So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) | Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson returns to the judges’ panel as the Top 8 give it their all.
8 pm Melissa & Joey (ABC Family) | Season 2 finale: When Joe proposes to Elena to avoid her deportation to Russia,...
- 8/29/2012
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Is "Restaurant Stakeout" (Wed., 10 p.m. Et on Food) a restaurant fake out? The premise of the show is that it follows New York restauranteur Willie Degel as he equips restaurants with hidden cameras to figure out what's going right and what's going wrong.
It's not uncommon to see aspiring performers working in service in New York, but that doesn't mean waiting tables is the best environment for cracking jokes. When one waiter was told the bread was a bit crusty, he responded with, "Like your boyfriend’s underwear."
Needless to say, the experience wasn't well received by the couple, who left a tip the waiter clearly didn't appreciate. So much so that he chased them out of the restaurant to yell at them. But was it all a bit too much?
According to Reality Blurred, much of the drama and hijinks was faked, with the show reportedly hiring actors to perform as terrible waiters,...
It's not uncommon to see aspiring performers working in service in New York, but that doesn't mean waiting tables is the best environment for cracking jokes. When one waiter was told the bread was a bit crusty, he responded with, "Like your boyfriend’s underwear."
Needless to say, the experience wasn't well received by the couple, who left a tip the waiter clearly didn't appreciate. So much so that he chased them out of the restaurant to yell at them. But was it all a bit too much?
According to Reality Blurred, much of the drama and hijinks was faked, with the show reportedly hiring actors to perform as terrible waiters,...
- 4/12/2012
- by Jason Hughes
- Huffington Post
Is "Restaurant Stakeout" (Wed., 10 p.m. Et on Food) a restaurant fake out? The premise of the show is that it follows New York restauranteur Willie Degel as he equips restaurants with hidden cameras to figure out what's going right and what's going wrong.
It's not uncommon to see aspiring performers working in service in New York, but that doesn't mean waiting tables is the best environment for cracking jokes. When one waiter was told the bread was a bit crusty, he responded with, "Like your boyfriend’s underwear."
Needless to say, the experience wasn't well received by the couple, who left a tip the waiter clearly didn't appreciate. So much so that he chased them out of the restaurant to yell at them. But was it all a bit too much?
According to Reality Blurred, much of the drama and hijinks was faked, with the show reportedly hiring actors to perform as terrible waiters,...
It's not uncommon to see aspiring performers working in service in New York, but that doesn't mean waiting tables is the best environment for cracking jokes. When one waiter was told the bread was a bit crusty, he responded with, "Like your boyfriend’s underwear."
Needless to say, the experience wasn't well received by the couple, who left a tip the waiter clearly didn't appreciate. So much so that he chased them out of the restaurant to yell at them. But was it all a bit too much?
According to Reality Blurred, much of the drama and hijinks was faked, with the show reportedly hiring actors to perform as terrible waiters,...
- 4/12/2012
- by Jason Hughes
- Aol TV.
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