As ‘The Shop’ Returns Next Week, New Hosts Travis Bennett and Steelo Brim to Take Over for LeBron James and Maverick Carter
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- The Shop names Travis Bennett and Steelo Brim as its new hosts beginning June 22, with LeBron James and Maverick Carter stepping out of the host chairs; Carter, now co-CEO of Fulwell Entertainment, personally selected both successors and will continue to interact with the show's hosts and production team.
- Fulwell Entertainment is moving The Shop from occasional episodes to a weekly format pairing the hosts with two guests per episode for more intimate conversations, while keeping the barbershop setting and signature unscripted style.
- The Shop's season premiere on June 22 will feature Jasper Dolphin (of Odd Future and Jackass) and actor Melvin Gregg (Fight Night: Million Dollar Heist, Snowfall) as its first two guests.
- The Shop will stage a hosted conversation at Cannes Lions on June 24 and its first-ever live taping at Fanatics Fest at New York's Javits Center on July 17, where the new hosts will sit down with James and Carter.
- The Shop was created by Paul Rivera and Randy Mims, launched on HBO in 2018, and later moved to YouTube; the new season comes from Fulwell's Uninterrupted division, with James, Carter, Bennett, Brim, and Ben Turner as executive producers and Karus Nelson as showrunner.
Why it matters: The Shop shifts from an occasional HBO/YouTube drop-in to a weekly YouTube series expanding into live events at Cannes Lions and Fanatics Fest. Carter remains co-CEO of Fulwell Entertainment and personally selected both successors, so the LeBron era is transitioning rather than ending — but Bennett and Brim now inherit a weekly production cadence Carter's team never had to sustain.
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