Donny Deutsch Scored a TV Show

Donny Deutsch may be out at the agency that bears his father’s name, but he’s all the way in at The USA Network.

Yesterday, we caught word from TV Guide that Deutsch the younger will soon star in his own old-style television programme called Donny!. No, it won’t be a Trump-style reality competition to find the hottest young advertising creatives — it will be “a half-hour satire that centers on his professional life, as well as his personal life as a single dad looking for romance” in the vein of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

The “professional life” mentioned in the press release will not have anything to do with advertising. Rather, it will follow Donny’s adventures as the host of a daytime talk show also called Donny!.

Here’s a key line:

“…his very put-together public persona is in stark contrast to his private reality as he struggles to find love and also to be a good parent.”

Six episodes will premiere in late 2015. But who will be the Jeff to Donny’s Larry?!

It Looks Like Someone’s Fulfilling Our Dreams at Cannes

 

Since we’re once again staying put here in the States during all the Cannes Lions revelry, we’re happy to see that a few folks have taken it upon themselves to bring to fruition what we were always destined to do one day at the Festival via an effort called “Busted at Cannes.”

We did a little digging, and yes, we’ve been told that this is a side project concocted by a couple of EVB staffers including the San Francisco-based agency’s VP, director of technology & innovation, Aaron McGuire, whose name is actually plastered all over the Busted site. Check out the demo video below that just launched to get more of the gist. And no, that Donny Deutsch pic will never get old. Update: The Deutsch image has been removed, so we have the above shot of folks like Colleen DeCourcy and Brian Morrissey instead.

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