Blake Shelton Teams Up With 'The Voice' Producer for Next Project
etonline.comBlake Shelton might be leaving behind, but the connections he made there carry on.The country singer announced on Thursday that he's teaming up with former producer and four-time Emmy Award-winning showrunner Lee Metzger to launch Lucky Horseshoe Productions.The pair has already collaborated on, an unscripted USA series where Shelton — along with Nikki Garcia and host Carson Daly -- opens up his famous Ole Red bar in Nashville to play fun drinking games with his famous friends.
Now, they'll begin a new chapter of projects following Shelton's departure from after 23 seasons. «I'm excited to partner with my longtime friend and creative rainmaker Lee Metzger,» said Shelton in a press release about the new partnership. «He was one of the first people I met at and we're enjoying working together currently on .
We've always been in sync on ideas and projects that interest and excite us. So long as Lee doesn't screw this up, it's going to be great.» «Over the years of working with Blake, we’ve created some incredible TV moments, now with the success of , we've realized we have a creative point of view that an audience loves to watch.
I'm looking forward to producing our own brand of entertainment and years of success with Blake. Besides, now that he's left it's not like he has anything better to do,» Metzger added.Ahead of Monday's season 23 finale of — Shelton's last ever — he shared what he's looking forward to most about his newfound free time.
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