Exclusive: Details have emerged about the circumstances surrounding DJ Nurre’s rather abrupt exit from Endemol Shine North America. As Deadline reported exclusively Monday, Nurre, one of the company’s top unscripted executives, has left after six years.
According to sources, Nurre was let go for violating company policy following an investigation into alleged misconduct. I hear an outside firm was hired to examine claims of alleged sexual harassment related to an incident during production and its aftermath.
“As per our policy, we do not share specifics about employees leaving the company,” a spokesperson for Endemol Shine North America said in a statement to Deadline, declining further comment.
Nurre’s attorney, Michael Weinsten, issued a statement to Deadline about the firing.
“My client was terminated for allegedly violating company policy,” he said. “To be 100% clear, he vehemently denies having engaged in harassment of anyone in any form at any time in his career.
According to sources, Nurre was let go for violating company policy following an investigation into alleged misconduct. I hear an outside firm was hired to examine claims of alleged sexual harassment related to an incident during production and its aftermath.
“As per our policy, we do not share specifics about employees leaving the company,” a spokesperson for Endemol Shine North America said in a statement to Deadline, declining further comment.
Nurre’s attorney, Michael Weinsten, issued a statement to Deadline about the firing.
“My client was terminated for allegedly violating company policy,” he said. “To be 100% clear, he vehemently denies having engaged in harassment of anyone in any form at any time in his career.
- 3/13/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: DJ Nurre, one of Endemol Shine North America’s top unscripted executives, has left the company after six years.
Nurre, who was EVP, Unscripted Series at the Banijay-owned production company, has exec produced series including MasterChef and Lego Masters since joining the company in March 2018.
Deadline understands that Nurre has already left the company, which confirmed his departure. It’s not clear what his next move is.
Nurre’s appointment back in 2018 was Sharon Levy’s first major move when she joined the company as President, Unscripted and Scripted Television. She is now CEO of the producer.
In addition to MasterChef and its spinoffs including MasterChef Junior and Lego Masters, which is going in to its fifth season at Fox, he has exec produced series including CBS’ Come Dance with Me, TBS’ Wipeout, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and NBC’s recent Deal or No Deal reboot Deal or No Deal Island.
Nurre, who was EVP, Unscripted Series at the Banijay-owned production company, has exec produced series including MasterChef and Lego Masters since joining the company in March 2018.
Deadline understands that Nurre has already left the company, which confirmed his departure. It’s not clear what his next move is.
Nurre’s appointment back in 2018 was Sharon Levy’s first major move when she joined the company as President, Unscripted and Scripted Television. She is now CEO of the producer.
In addition to MasterChef and its spinoffs including MasterChef Junior and Lego Masters, which is going in to its fifth season at Fox, he has exec produced series including CBS’ Come Dance with Me, TBS’ Wipeout, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and NBC’s recent Deal or No Deal reboot Deal or No Deal Island.
- 3/11/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Out with the old, in with the new. Spike TV has officially shuttered Adam Carolla‘s “Catch a Contractor,” but the cable channel’s ordered a new series that combines his comedy and carpentry expertise. “Adam Carolla and Friends Build Stuff Live” will feature the television, radio and Internet personality taking on building projects with celebrity friends in need of his carpentry expertise, Spike said on Thursday. The Viacom network will team up with the producers of “Talking Dead” for the 10-episode 2017 series. The hour-long show will be broadcast live from Los Angeles and include taped segments illustrating the prep-work...
- 4/7/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Spike TV, the natural habitat of millennial men thanks to shows like “Catch a Contractor” and “Tattoo Nightmares,” is stepping out of the man cave — or at very least inviting women and older viewers inside. On the heels of the runaway success of “Lip Sync Battle,” the Viacom-owned network is rolling out an ambitious slate of scripted shows, beginning with Sunday’s premiere of the Ben Kingsley ancient-Egypt epic “Tut.” It’s also expanding into live events like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s upcoming overseas military special “Rock The Troops.” Spike currently skews 43 percent female in the 18-49 viewer demographic,...
- 7/15/2015
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Spike TV ordered a 10-episode second season of original series “Catch A Contractor,” starring Adam Carolla. The new episodes will be an hour long, up from Season 1's half-hour episodes. Season 2 heads into production this summer, for a fall 2014 debut. See video: Adam Carolla Movie Sets Comedian Crowdfunding Record With $1.4M “Catch A Contractor” debuted in March, and, after seven original telecasts, is averaging 1.2 million viewers. The premiere episode was the most-watched debut of a Spike original series in nearly three years. “We are thrilled to partner with Adam and his team for another season of a show that, in only.
- 4/16/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Spike TV has ordered a 10-episode second season of unscripted series Catch A Contractor hosted by Adam Carolla, slated for debut in the fall. Spike also is extending the new episodes to an hour, up from the current half-hour. Carolla, who happens to be a master carpenter, serves as a vigilant watchdog to homeowners who have been cheated by a contractor and left with an unfinished disaster. In each episode, Carolla, along with no-nonsense contractor Skip Bedell and his wife, investigator Alison Bedell, track down shady, evasive contractors, drag them back to their construction disasters and make them finish the job right. Catch A Contractor debuted March 9 and is averaging 1.2 million viewers after seven episodes. Eyeworks USA created the series, with Jd Roth, Todd A. Nelson, DJ Nurre and Brant Pinvidic executive producing.
- 4/16/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Spike TV's Sunday series premiere of Adam Carolla's “Catch A Contractor” nabbed 1.2 million total viewers — the largest audience for a series debut on the cable channel since “Coal” in March 2011. In terms of live viewership, “Contractor” built on its “Bar Rescue” lead-in by 14 percent in the advertiser-sought 18-49 demographic and 17 percent in average audience. “Catch a Contractor” earned a 0.76 rating in the key demo, the highest for a Spike Original Series premiere since “4th and Long” in May 2009 (which had a 0.8 and a strong Ufc lead-in). See video: Adam Carolla Movie Sets Comedian Crowdfunding Record With...
- 3/11/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
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