Mark Burnett Returns as Executive Producer of “PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2016”
September 29 2015 - 12:30PM
Business Wire
Awards Show Will Broadcast Live Wednesday,
Jan. 6, 2016 on CBS
Award-winning producer Mark Burnett will return as executive
producer of PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS 2016, which will broadcast live
from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 (9:00-11:00 PM, live
ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. PEOPLE’S CHOICE
AWARDS 2016 will serve as the kick-off to the 2016 awards show
season.
Jane Mun, Fred Nelson and Kimmie H. Kim will join Burnett on the
production team. Mun and Nelson will serve alongside Burnett as
Executive Producers, with Kim as Co-Executive Producer of the
telecast.
“Every year we set the bar higher on how we can deliver the
biggest show that engages fans," said Executive Producer Mark
Burnett. "Last year the fans cast hundreds of millions of votes to
choose the winners. In my seventh year we are looking forward to
entertaining the fans and engaging them like never before."
“We are thrilled to have the People’s Choice Awards return for
its seventh year at Microsoft Theater,” said Lee Zeidman,
President, Microsoft Theater. “Since 2010 it has always been a
great way to kick off the New Year at our venue with some of the
biggest stars of music, television and movies along with all of
their devoted fans.”
The People’s Choice Awards is the only major awards show where
fans choose the nominees and winners across multiple genres of
movies, music and television. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) will
distribute the show internationally. Voting to determine the
nominees begins Tuesday, October 13, 2015 (10:00 AM, ET) at
www.PeoplesChoice.com through Thursday, October 22, 2015 (11:59 PM,
ET). The nominations announcement press conference, to be held on
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly
Hills, will reveal the final nominees in all categories and launch
the second phase of voting on the website and social platforms.
Voting to determine the winners will remain open until Thursday,
December 3, 2015. Voting for the Favorite New TV Comedy and Drama
categories will begin Friday, December 4, 2015 and run throughout
the first hour of PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS 2016 on January 6.
ABOUT PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Now in its 42nd year, the People’s Choice Awards is the only
major awards show voted on entirely by the public for fan favorites
in movies, music and television. The People’s Choice official
website at www.PeoplesChoice.com houses the voting platform where
fans determine the nominees and winners for the annual awards show.
Every year, potential nominees are determined by national ratings
averages, box-office grosses, music sales and PeoplesChoice.com
data, then vetted through E-Poll Market Research. Fred Nelson is
the President of People’s Choice, and serves alongside Mark Burnett
and Jane Mun as Executive Producers of the awards show. The awards
show, and digital, mobile and social extensions of the brand are
owned by Procter & Gamble, and produced by United Artist Media
Group (UAMG), a joint venture among MGM, Mark Burnett, Roma Downey
and Hearst Corporation.
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