Exclusive: TV producer/executive Jonathan Berry has joined 3 Arts Entertainment as a manager and producer based out of the company's Los Angeles office. "Jon is excellent at identifying talent and developing material, and we feel he'll be just as strong advancing careers," said partner David Miner who has known Berry for awhile. Berry spent ten years at DreamWorks Television working on such series such as Spin City, Father of the Pride and Oliver Beene. For the past 2 years, he ran television for Bob Yari, developing shows for network and cable. He will continue to do so at 3 Arts where he will focus on the TV lit side. Berry said that, as an executive and producer, he always enjoyed working with writers. "In the back of my mind, I have always had a desire to work in management so I could work more closely with these talented individuals and be involved in their careers long-term,...
- 11/19/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
DreamWorks Television is revving up the most ambitious slate in its five-year history as a pod, fielding 21 projects set up at seven different networks.
"We were able to focus on development, and we made a concerted effort to spread our projects over all networks to have the best show for each network," said Darryl Frank, who runs DreamWorks TV with Justin Falvey.
The company's slate includes three projects based on ideas from DreamWorks co-founder Steven Spielberg as well as shows from such writers as Bruce McCulloch, Cheryl Holliday, Danny Jacobson, Rod Lurie, Walter Parkes, Wesley Strick and Gardner Stern.
"It's a mix of old friends we really respect and new writers whom (DreamWorks TV executive) Jonathan Berry identified," Falvey said.
DWTV's development skews toward comedy, a genre where the company found early success with Spin City and launched one of the first single-camera comedies, The Job.
In addition to previously announced Generations, a pilot for CBS that is now casting, DWTV has another project from Holliday -- an ensemble female comedy focusing on a return to old-fashioned parenting -- set up at NBC.
The two Holliday projects are among the six comedies in development that DWTV is co-producing with NBC Universal TV Studios, where the company is in the last year of a multiyear overall deal.
The other four are:
An untitled comedy from Jason Mulgrew and Eric Weinberg for NBC about a twentysomething New York man who decides to retire while he is still young and can enjoy life.
Big Ed, about a larger-than-life car dealer who must surrender control of his automotive empire to a Japanese businessman, also for NBC. It was created by Jeff Martin.
An untitled comedy from Mark Reisman for NBC about a man who inspires everyone with his outlook on life after he wakes up from a 10-year coma.
"We were able to focus on development, and we made a concerted effort to spread our projects over all networks to have the best show for each network," said Darryl Frank, who runs DreamWorks TV with Justin Falvey.
The company's slate includes three projects based on ideas from DreamWorks co-founder Steven Spielberg as well as shows from such writers as Bruce McCulloch, Cheryl Holliday, Danny Jacobson, Rod Lurie, Walter Parkes, Wesley Strick and Gardner Stern.
"It's a mix of old friends we really respect and new writers whom (DreamWorks TV executive) Jonathan Berry identified," Falvey said.
DWTV's development skews toward comedy, a genre where the company found early success with Spin City and launched one of the first single-camera comedies, The Job.
In addition to previously announced Generations, a pilot for CBS that is now casting, DWTV has another project from Holliday -- an ensemble female comedy focusing on a return to old-fashioned parenting -- set up at NBC.
The two Holliday projects are among the six comedies in development that DWTV is co-producing with NBC Universal TV Studios, where the company is in the last year of a multiyear overall deal.
The other four are:
An untitled comedy from Jason Mulgrew and Eric Weinberg for NBC about a twentysomething New York man who decides to retire while he is still young and can enjoy life.
Big Ed, about a larger-than-life car dealer who must surrender control of his automotive empire to a Japanese businessman, also for NBC. It was created by Jeff Martin.
An untitled comedy from Mark Reisman for NBC about a man who inspires everyone with his outlook on life after he wakes up from a 10-year coma.
- 12/14/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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