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Adam DiVello is an American television producer. He was a senior production and development executive at MTV where he developed and executive produced Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County . DiVello left the network in 2007 to form his own company, Done and Done Productions. [1] DiVello created and ran MTV's reality television series, The Hills under his own banner, Done and Done Productions.

In 2008, DiVello also created The City , a spin-off of The Hills. DiVello served as show runner and executive producer of both The Hills and The City for MTV, until they both ended in 2010. [2]

In 2018, DiVello produced the Nashville-based reality series Music City for CMT. The series ended after two seasons on January 31, 2019. [3] [4]

Since 2019, DiVello has produced Selling Sunset for Netflix, which focuses on the lives of a group of real estate agents in Los Angeles. [5]

He also produced the pilots First Year, [6] which focused on the lives of young ER doctors, and Santa Barbara. [7] In 2025 he produced a spin-off of Selling Sunset, Selling the City . [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Hills Creator DiVello Leaves MTV to Start Production Company". August 5, 2007. Archived from the original on July 10, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Interview: "The Hills" & "The City" Creator Adam Divello | TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com.
  3. ↑ "'The Hills' creator says he found 'lightning in a bottle' again with 'Music City'". EW.com.
  4. ↑ Stanhope, Kate (September 27, 2017). "CMT Orders 'Music City' Docuseries From 'The Hills' Creator Adam DiVello".
  5. ↑ Schneider, Michael (March 22, 2019). "'Selling Sunset': Producer Behind Netflix's First Docusoap on the State of Reality TV".
  6. ↑ "First Year".
  7. ↑ "Santa Barbara".
  8. ↑ DELBYCK, COLE. "Selling the City: Everything You Need to Know About the CastSelling the City: Everything You Need to Know About the Cast". Netflix. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
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