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Inside Reality TV and Game Show Careers: Interview | Showrunner Sean Kelly & Editor Matthew McCartie

Phil Cooke Podcast

Release Date: 03/18/2025

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Helping Creative Leaders Influence the World

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*More About This Episode* Inside Reality TV and Game Show Careers: Interview | Showrunner Sean Kelly & Editor Matt McCartie 

Matthew McCartie, Editor-Producer
Matthew McCatrie is a two time, Emmy nominated Reality/ Documentary editor and producer, known for top television shows such as Shark Tank, Big Brother, America’s Next Top Models, Hell’s Kitchen and more. He is also a former touring musician and songwriter, a father of three and a competitive ultra-trail runner.

Find him on IMDb here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1386267/?ref_=fn_all_nme_1

Find Matthew McCartie here: https://staffmeup.com/profile/id/10017?ne=1

Sean Kelly, Showrunner-Producer
Sean Kelly and Steve Hughes are an Emmy-nominated show running / producing duo who thrive off formats with a concentration on game and competition. For the past seven years, they’ve been in an overall deal with MGM Television, where they’ve sold and executive produced multiple series, including MAKE ME SCREAM at Prime Video (MGM & Amazon’s first partnership) WORLD PET GAMES at Fox, TKO: TOTAL KNOCKOUT with Kevin Hart at CBS, and the reboot of the hit game show, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER? for Nickelodeon, which was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Game Show. 

Currently, they just wrapped two new series for Prime Video: ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A CELEBRITY? with Travis Kelce and WISH LIST GAMES with Nick Cannon, which are both set to release later this fall. As an integral part of the MGM development team, they’ve also set up projects at Turner, Discovery, History, Youtube, The CW, MGM+ and Lifetime, consistently maintaining a heavy output of original ideas.
Find Sean Kelly on IMDb here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4406254/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_0_nm_8_in_0_q_sean%2520kelly

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