Hotchkiss Industries is pleased to announce the premiere of Punkin Chunkin 2008, Thanksgiving night (November 27th) at 9pm on Science Channel. For more information, click here.

“Smartest Guy in Town,” a Hotchkiss Industries original game show format, has been sold in Spain, France and Germany… and several other European and Asian deals are still pending! Many thanks to our fantastic London based partner, Passion Distribution who has spearheaded the sales and marketing effort.

Production has happily begun on the Hotchkiss Industries special, Punkin Chunkin: 2008 (Yup! That’s how it’s pronounced).  It will air on November 27th on The Science Channel.  This program reunites Hotchkiss Industries with comedian Brad Sherwood who hosted Smartest Guy in Town (also produced by HI). In a related story, there’s big news to report about SGIT. Come back in a few days for the details.

“Smartest Guy In Town,” an original Hotchkiss Industries game-show format will be available to producers and broadcasters around the world this October at MipCom.  Passion, a London based international television distribution company, headed by Sally Miles, has partnered with Hotchkiss Industries to be the exclusive distributer. To find out more, check out PassionDistribution.com.

The Hotchkiss Industries show “My Dad is Better than Your Dad” is now a global sensation, having been sold into more than 25 countries around the world.  The billboard above is from Croatia… where I spent the last week consulting as they prepared to shoot the premiere episode. Check back soon for more international news… and funny billboards.

Hotchkiss Industries is excited to make several announcements:

1. We have closed a deal with Katalyst Films (Beauty and the Geek, Punk’d) for an exciting new show I’ve created.  They will co-produce. We will be pitching at the networks shortly.

2. We have also closed a deal with Merv Griffin Television for another new show I’ve created. Two networks have offered us deals to make the program. Come back soon for an update.

3. Hotchkiss Industries will also be producing a one hour special on the 25th annual Pumpkin Chuck that will air on Discovery Science November, 27th, 2008. It will be hosted by comedian, Brad Sherwood. To read about the event, go to: http://www.punkinchunkin.com/main.htm

This is our first blog post, and we begin with some exciting news: the Drive-Thru is now open ’till 11pm at most Hotchkiss Industries locations. We don’t accept $100 dollar bills past 8pm, though.  Thanks for stopping by and please come back soon.  We’ll have more big announcements in the coming days about several television projects currently in the works.