Mount Pleasant Magazine Nov/Dec 2017

49 www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com | www.BestofMP.com feature L itton Entertaiment’s talented team of TV experts travels the world to produce shows watched by tens of millions of viewers each year. Though they regularly visit at least five of the six continents in their quest for excellence in the world of educational and informational television, the company, its owner and the executive producer of many of its projects all are based in Mount Pleasant. Headquartered on Johnnie Dodds Boulevard and owned by local resident Dave Morgan, Litton Entertainment has been in Mount Pleasant since the early 1990s. The company’s news and entertainment programs, produced for major networks including ABC, CBS, NBC and The CW, can be seen in 97 countries across the globe. Many of them are shot on location around the world, but one, “The Inspectors,” which airs at 8:30 Sunday morning in the Charleston market, is filmed in a renovated manufacturing facility in North Charleston. “We’ve turned it into a massive sound stage,” said Bryan Curb, the producer and director of the show, which opened its third season on the air in early October. “It’s big enough to handle all our production and all our administration. We do our writing here and build our sets and props here.” Litton Entertainment will be shooting the 26 episodes of the show’s fourth season through the end of 2017, and a fifth season is a possibility as well. Curb, who moved to Mount Pleasant from the West Coast with his wife and two sons in 2014, said his job includes writing, polishing scripts and directing, among other tasks. “I do everything from choosing what lens to use to rewriting a line on the set,” he explained. “The Inspectors” is part of “The CBS Dream Team … It’s Epic!”, which includes six half-hour shows created to educate and inspire teenagers. Though the programs focus on 15- and 16-year-olds, they also are aimed at attracting the attention of their parents. “Our shows try to accomplish a co-viewing experience, where kids enjoy them as much as the parents do and vice versa,” Curb pointed out, adding that over the course of a year, 50 million to 60 million people learn from programs produced by Litton Entertainment. “Our number one purpose is to entertain families and teach lessons to younger viewers about life, choices and how to treat people and handle situations,” he said. Left: Bryan Curb, center, producer and director of “The Inspectors.” Right: Cast members Bret Green and Harrison Knight. BY BRIAN SHERMAN Photos courtesy of Litton Entertainment. Your Local Dream Team Mount Pleasant’s Litton Entertainment