Eric Schotz: Last News

Truly Original, the Banijay-backed producer behind the Ink Master and Swamp People franchises, has been dipping its toes into new areas of unscripted television with a remake of a British panel show for The CW and is now working on a hybrid animated series.

Tiffany Haddish-fronted variety series Kids Say The Darndest Things is set to premiere on CBS in May – coming a year after ABC cancelled the reboot.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterPMC real estate brand Dirt has partnered with producer Eric Schotz to develop an unscripted TV series based on the digital platform’s coverage of celebrity homes and real estate transactions.The deal calls for Schotz’s Anvil 1893 production banner to work with Dirt writers and editors Mark David and James McClain on a program that looks at celebrity digs, from childhood homes to remote hideaways of the rich and famous. Schotz, David and McClain will serve as executive producers.“There’s a natural curiosity about where certain people live and how they live that’s been with us since the first tours of movie stars’ houses started in 1935,” said Schotz.