Los Angeles – Entertainment One (eOne) has announced that it will be teaming up with rock legend Gene Simmons on a new reality series BUSTED. Simmons, who created the new series, was in attendance at MIPTV with eOne pitching the project to potential buyers. Simmons also interviewed eOne’s President and CEO Darren Throop for the Media Mastermind Keynote Series on April 8.
Hosted by Simmons, BUSTED takes audiences backstage with an all-access pass to the never before seen hysterical practical jokes pulled on tour with executive producers to include John Morayniss, Tara Long and Jeff Hevert on behalf of eOne and Gene Simmons. eOne will handle worldwide rights to the series in all media except for merchandise, which will be handled by Simmons.
In addition to BUSTED, eOne’s Factual and Alternative Programming Division’s credits include Mary Mary for WeTV, The Sheard’s for BET, Party Mamas for Slice in Canada and Wealth TV in the US, Perfect Storms: Disasters that Changed the World for History Television and Historia, Mega Builders for Discovery Channels and the recently announced reality series following Grammy award winner Michelle Williams, My Sister’s Keeper.