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Advisory Services

Consulting & Advisory.

Strategic guidance for networks, streamers, studios, and global brands building, fixing, or scaling unscripted.

The perspective of someone who has greenlit the shows — not studied them.

Get the Ball Rolling
0+Years Experience
0Continents Served
0+Advisory Clients
$2B+Franchise Value Built

Areas of Expertise

How we can help.

  • Format Development & IP Strategy

    Evaluating, developing, and positioning original unscripted formats for domestic and international markets.

  • Content Strategy & Portfolio Review

    Assessing and optimizing unscripted content slates for networks, streamers, and production companies looking to reposition.

  • Talent Packaging & Franchise Building

    Identifying talent, structuring deals, and building multi-season, multi-platform franchise architectures from the ground up.

Track Record

Select clients.

MGM Studios / Amazon Studios

President, Unscripted & Alternative Television · 2016–2026

Poznick spent 10 years leading the exponential growth of MGM Television’s unscripted business, domestically and globally. Overseeing legacy series like Survivor, The Voice, and Shark Tank, while launching The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, American Gladiators, and 007: Road to a Million. Increasing the number of shows sold and on-air, growing market share and profits, making the studio the most prolific in the genre. Led the acquisitions of Evolution Media and Big Fish Entertainment.

Vice Media

Unscripted Content Advisory

Provides strategic counsel on unscripted content development, format positioning, and audience growth strategy. Advises on slate architecture, talent packaging, and multi-platform distribution to expand Vice’s entertainment footprint in the unscripted space.

ZOO Productions → All3Media

Founder · Built · Acquired · 1994–2013

Founded ZOO Productions in 1994 and built it into one of America’s most prolific independent unscripted companies. Shows included The Blame Game (MTV, 135 episodes), Girls Behaving Badly (Oxygen — the show that launched Chelsea Handler), The Joe Schmo Show (Spike), and Speeders(Court TV). Acquired by UK’s All3Media in 2008 as the group’s first U.S. subsidiary.

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Series Produced
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Blame Game Episodes
1st
U.S. All3Media Buy
Discuss similar work

Work delivered across

  • CBS
  • NBC
  • ABC
  • FOX
  • Prime Video
  • Netflix
  • Hulu
  • Paramount+
  • Bravo
  • HBO Max
  • BBC
  • Peacock

How an Engagement Works

A clear process.

  1. Intro Call

    A short conversation to understand the slate, the question, and whether there's mutual fit. No deck. No commitment.

  2. Diagnostic

    A focused review of the formats, the portfolio, or the franchise in question — surfacing what's working, what isn't, and where the real opportunity sits.

  3. Engagement

    An active advisory window — typically a few weeks to a few months — with direct access, written recommendations, and decisions made in the room.

  4. Handoff

    A clean transition with documented strategy, prioritized next steps, and an honest read on what your team should own from here.

Let’s Talk

Two ways in.

Tell us about the format, the slate, or the franchise — and we’ll tell you honestly whether there’s a fit.

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Or emailcontact@ideamazetv.com