In today’s Global Bulletin, Discovery orders “Billy Buys Brooklyn”; BBC sells quiz formats; AfterShock hires and promotes; and NBCUniversal’s “Transplant” heads to Africa.
Discovery has commissioned “Billy Buys Brooklyn,” a series (20 x 30′) featuring antiques dealer Billy Leroy, star of the long-running Travel Channel series “Baggage Battles.”
Produced by My Entertainment, “Billy Buys Brooklyn” follows the eccentric dealer on his latest venture: a brand new vintage, antiques and collectables store in Brooklyn, New York.
The series will air globally on Discovery’s AVOD service dplay, and channels including Dmax U.K., Italy, Spain & Germany, and Discovery Channel U.S. and Europe.
Quiz Formats
BBC quiz format “Weakest Link” is returning for a second season on Russia’s Mir TV, hosted by former Olympic champion Maria Kiselyova, and on Greece’s Skai, hosted by Tasos Tryfonos, who also presents the Cypriot version of the show.
Another BBC quiz format, “Mastermind,...
Discovery has commissioned “Billy Buys Brooklyn,” a series (20 x 30′) featuring antiques dealer Billy Leroy, star of the long-running Travel Channel series “Baggage Battles.”
Produced by My Entertainment, “Billy Buys Brooklyn” follows the eccentric dealer on his latest venture: a brand new vintage, antiques and collectables store in Brooklyn, New York.
The series will air globally on Discovery’s AVOD service dplay, and channels including Dmax U.K., Italy, Spain & Germany, and Discovery Channel U.S. and Europe.
Quiz Formats
BBC quiz format “Weakest Link” is returning for a second season on Russia’s Mir TV, hosted by former Olympic champion Maria Kiselyova, and on Greece’s Skai, hosted by Tasos Tryfonos, who also presents the Cypriot version of the show.
Another BBC quiz format, “Mastermind,...
- 10/13/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Billy Leroy, the star of Travel Channel’s Baggage Battles, is to front a global series for Discovery in which he opens a vintage, antiques, and collectibles store in Brooklyn, New York.
Billy Buys Brooklyn (working title) is produced by My Entertainment and will stream on dplay, as well as play on linear channels including Dmax UK, Italy, Spain and Germany, and Discovery Channel US and Europe.
The show follows Leroy as he opens Billy’s Antiques & Props and uses his knowledge, curiosity, and network of contacts to seeks out the most unique items to make his new venture a success.
Billy and his team never know who will come through the door and invites sellers to guess their items’ worth before revealing their estimates. Items featured include a Haro BMX Bike and a Victorian walking cane hiding a secret gun.
Billy Buys Brooklyn was ordered by Discovery UK’s...
Billy Buys Brooklyn (working title) is produced by My Entertainment and will stream on dplay, as well as play on linear channels including Dmax UK, Italy, Spain and Germany, and Discovery Channel US and Europe.
The show follows Leroy as he opens Billy’s Antiques & Props and uses his knowledge, curiosity, and network of contacts to seeks out the most unique items to make his new venture a success.
Billy and his team never know who will come through the door and invites sellers to guess their items’ worth before revealing their estimates. Items featured include a Haro BMX Bike and a Victorian walking cane hiding a secret gun.
Billy Buys Brooklyn was ordered by Discovery UK’s...
- 10/13/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Tucked between the 405 Freeway and the Pacific Ocean, just south of Los Angeles International Airport, is the town of El Segundo. The part of it that's visible from the freeway is largely corporate office towers, mostly aerospace, shopping centers and a Chevron oil refinery.
But head toward the sea, and beyond the refinery is the true El Segundo. It's a charming town of not quite 17,000 people, with American flags lining its business district and quiet, tree-shaded streets that could be anywhere in the U.S.
On one of these is Studio Antiques, so named because it was once the location of an artist's studio. British-born Laurence Martin and wife Sally have owned it for more than 20 years, after former aerospace engineer -- and antiques enthusiast -- Laurence purchased it from the previous owner.
The producers of "Storage Wars" called upon the Martins to do appraisals for the reality show about...
But head toward the sea, and beyond the refinery is the true El Segundo. It's a charming town of not quite 17,000 people, with American flags lining its business district and quiet, tree-shaded streets that could be anywhere in the U.S.
On one of these is Studio Antiques, so named because it was once the location of an artist's studio. British-born Laurence Martin and wife Sally have owned it for more than 20 years, after former aerospace engineer -- and antiques enthusiast -- Laurence purchased it from the previous owner.
The producers of "Storage Wars" called upon the Martins to do appraisals for the reality show about...
- 11/14/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Tune in alert for the coolest guy in all of picker-dom, Mr. Billy Leroy, whose interesting facial hair and tatts set him apart form just about every American picker on TV. Leroy is the star of Travel Channel's "Baggage Battles," back for season 2. Travel Channel.s popular series returns with a brand-new season on Wednesday, November 14 with two back-to-back half hour episodes at 8 Pm Et/Pt and 8:30Pm Et/Pt. Auction experts Billy Leroy, Mark Meyer and Laurence and Sally Martin are all back, and this time, they go even bigger as they seek hidden treasures of all shapes and sizes at airport auctions, police and seizure auctions, vehicular auctions and estate auctions. From Travel Channel...
- 10/23/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
If you just returned from a trip but your luggage did not, somebody may be claiming ownership of your stuff right now -- and it's perfectly legal.
Now it's perfectly entertaining, too.
Travel Channel's newest reality spectacle, "Baggage Battles," premiering Wednesday, April 11, lets you tag along with four "auction specialists" who've made a tidy living buying unclaimed baggage at sales around the globe and reselling the contents in their thrift and specialty stores.
Watching these characters heft locked suitcases, prod plastic bags full of jewelry and jockey for prized offerings is as interesting as the dazzling array of items they land. Trash-talking New Yorker Mark Meyer still lives with his folks but has an eye for a buy that belies his young age. Billy Leroy, dashing owner of the Big Apple's iconic Billy's Antiques & Props, talks a gunslinger's game but is curiously cautious with his cash.
It's Englishman Laurence Martin,...
Now it's perfectly entertaining, too.
Travel Channel's newest reality spectacle, "Baggage Battles," premiering Wednesday, April 11, lets you tag along with four "auction specialists" who've made a tidy living buying unclaimed baggage at sales around the globe and reselling the contents in their thrift and specialty stores.
Watching these characters heft locked suitcases, prod plastic bags full of jewelry and jockey for prized offerings is as interesting as the dazzling array of items they land. Trash-talking New Yorker Mark Meyer still lives with his folks but has an eye for a buy that belies his young age. Billy Leroy, dashing owner of the Big Apple's iconic Billy's Antiques & Props, talks a gunslinger's game but is curiously cautious with his cash.
It's Englishman Laurence Martin,...
- 4/11/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
If you just returned from a trip but your luggage did not, somebody may be claiming new ownership of your stuff right now. And it’s perfectly legal. Travel Channel’s newest reality extravaganza, Baggage Battles, lets you tag along with four “auction specialists” who’ve made a tidy living purchasing unclaimed baggage at sales and reselling the contents in their thrift and specialty stores. Trash-talking New Yorker Mark Meyer still lives with his folks, but has an eye for a buy that belies his 25 years. Dashing Billy Leroy — owner of the Big Apple’s iconic Billy’s Antiques & Props — talks [...]...
- 3/26/2012
- by Lori Acken
- ChannelGuideMag
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