Upfront 2013: Spike TV
High stakes and charismatic TV personalities are the theme moving forward, as Spike TV unveiled its new slate of upcoming programming, including 11 unscripted pilots. Here’s a look at its 2013 projects.
Adam Carolla is a watchdog for homeowners or businesses who have been cheated by a contractor and left with an unfinished disaster on To Catch a Contractor, tracking down the builder and getting retribution for the owner. Eyeworks USA created the pilot for Spike TV.
In Covert Kitchens (from Shine America), Graham Elliot, award-winning chef and judge on MasterChef, gives viewers an exclusive invitation into the underground restaurant world.
Jon Taffer (Bar Rescue) teams with two fellow restaurant industry experts in Hungry Investors. From Eyeworks USA, the show puts struggling restaurants to the test in a challenge-based competition for the chance to win a cash investment.
Biz Brokers (from the T Group) focuses on the smart middlemen behind high-pressure business deals. The show comes to Spike TV from The T Group.
Frankenfood (from Sharp Entertainment) features chef Eric Greenspan as he travels the country finding Americans with the most unique food creations.
Auto Body Avengers centers on a team of operatives who go undercover to spotlight garages suspected of fraud. Matador produced the presentation.
In Property Monstrosity (from Thinkfactory Media) neighbors join forces to confront the owner of the eyesore on the block, offering to fix the disastrous house as long as he or she moves out and leaves the renovation in their hands.
Criminal defense attorney Adam Reposa takes on shady salesmen, nasty neighbors, lousy landlords and anyone else who stands in the way of Reposa Justice. The show comes to Spike TV from Left/Right and Watson Pond Productions.
Job applicants unwittingly compete for a full-time position as hidden cameras capture their reactions to being put through extreme on-the-job tests designed to find the perfect hire on Take This Job and Love It. The pilot is being produced for Spike by Scott Stone, Ross McCall and Stone & Company.
We’re the Boss is a workplace reality series in which everyday employees across America get to be in charge for one week. The Hochberg Ebersol Company (THE Co.) created and is producing the pilot.
Hard Money (from Matador) takes viewers inside the fast-paced, high-stakes world of hard money lending; essentially, legal loan-sharking.
