Team

B17 Entertainment (a part of Sony Pictures Television) was founded in 2013 by principals and TV veterans, Rhett Bachner and Brien Meagher as a full-service production company producing breakthrough formats in a variety of genres including food, competition, comedy, kids and game. Based in Los Angeles, the company is a key supplier of programming for Netflix, ABC, NBC, Food Network, Roku, Max, MGM, Meta, Instagram, Discovery, YouTube, TikTok and SyFy to name a few. B17 Entertainment’s other notable productions include The Final Straw for ABC, Blue Ribbon Baking Championship and The History of Swear Words with Nicolas Cage for Netflix, Craftopia and Baketopia for MAX, Inside Eats with Rhett & Link and Hungry for Answers for Food Network, The Book of Queer (Emmy Winner) for Discovery+/HBO, Amityville: An Origin Story for MGM, #Graduation with Oprah Winfrey, Thanks A Million with Jennifer Lopez; Post Malone’s Celebrity World Pong League, as well as Shut it Off ASAP! with Asap SCIENCE. Other past credits include Here for It with Avani Gregg, Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, The Great Debate for SyFy, Confetti US and Confetti Mexico, Make Up or Break Up and Help Us Get Married! for Facebook Watch. Nail the Look, Fright Club, WWE Show and Fashion 5 Ways for Snap, Broke Ass Gameshow for MTV and Fluffy’s Food Adventures featuring Gabriel Iglesias for FUSE. Prior to B17 Entertainment, Bachner served as Executive Producer on The Henry Rollins Show on IFC, Man Caves on DIY and Real Deal for History. Meagher worked as a Development Executive for Mark Burnett Productions where he was Co-Executive Producer on Shark Tank and also worked on Survivor and The Apprentice.