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Peter, who joined Deadline in 2017, is a respected veteran TV journalist who previously worked at UK-based Broadcast, where after starting there in 2013 rose to News Editor responsible for putting together the weekly magazine as well as breaking daily news. Before that he was deputy editor of Television Business International magazine. He covers the television industry from Deadline's Los Angeles bureau.
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HBO Docs Chiefs Search For Stories Featuring “Crime With A Conscience”
HBO kicked off the current iteration of the premium true-crime movement with The Jinx back in 2015.
As they prepare to launch The Jinx – Part 2, Lisa Heller and Nancy Abraham, EVPs of HBO Documentary and Family Programming, laid out their strategy to find films involving "crime with a…
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Could A Nat Geo Series Become A Disney Theme Park Ride? Content Boss Tom McDonald Thinks So
National Geographic isn't the first brand you think of designing a new theme park ride at Disney World but it's a conversation that's being had within the media conglomerate.
Tom McDonald, EVP, Global Factual and Unscripted, Nat Geo, who joined the company 18 months ago from the BBC has floated the…
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‘Desperate Souls, Dark City & The Midnight Cowboy’ Producer Cineflix Productions Signs With Gersh
EXCLUSIVE: Cineflix Productions, the company behind Nancy Buirski's Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Midnight Cowboy feature doc, has new representation.
The company has signed with Gersh. The deal includes unscripted programming and selected scripted projects. Cineflix was previously repped by…
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A24 & UTA Strike Deal To Produce TV Via Civic Center Media
A24 has struck a deal with UTA to produce scripted and unscripted television via the latter's Civic Center Media banner.
The deal will see Civic Center Media given resources for development and production via A24, which is behind series such as Netflix's Beef and HBO's Euphoria.
UTA launched…
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ID’s Natalia Grace Doc & Lifetime’s Gypsy Rose Blanchard Series Were The “Barbenheimer Of True-Crime”, Says WBD True-Crime Chief
Investigation Discovery's The Curious Case of Natalia Grace and Lifetime's The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard both opened with stellar ratings, highlighting the continued success of true-crime on television.
In fact, it's the "Barbenheimer of true-crime,” according to Warner Bros…
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ABC’s Rob Mills On Future Of ‘Live In Front Of A Studio Audience’, Whether ‘Golden Idol’ Would Work & Wanting Howard Stern To Host A Game Show
Rob Mills touched on a variety of issues related to the unscripted world and late-night in a wide-ranging interview that went everywhere from Howard Stern to AI Bachelors.
Mills, EVP, Unscripted & Alternative Entertainment at Walt Disney Television, also talked about the future of the Live in Front of…
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ABC’s Rob Mills Hopes Jimmy Kimmel Will Stick Around In Late-Night As He Ponders Next Generation Of Talk Show Hosts
Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show for 29 years and David Letterman hosted Late Night and The Late Show for 33 years.
Could Jimmy Kimmel, who is in his 22nd year hosting his eponymous show for ABC, surpass them?
ABC's Rob Mills certainly hopes he gets close. Mills, EVP, Unscripted…
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Hulu Lines Up ‘The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives’ Reality Docuseries
Hulu's unscripted offerings include The Kardashians and a new reality series featuring a pair of WWE stars.
The celeb family and wrestlers will soon be joined by a group of Mormon women who are swingers.
The streamer is currently working on docuseries The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
Rob…
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ABC’s Rob Mills Teases ‘The Golden Bachelorette’: “Something Will Be Coming Soon”
The success of The Golden Bachelor has led many to clamor for a female-fronted spinoff.
The Golden Bachelorette has been on viewers' minds since Gerry Turner found love. ABC unscripted chief Rob Mills hinted that a decision is close.
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‘Is It Cake?’ Renewed For Season 3 At Netflix As Streamer Sets Premiere Date
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is continuing to have its cake and eat it too, sometimes.
The streamer has renewed Is It Cake?, its baking show based on the viral meme, for a third season.
The Mikey Day-hosted series is returning for Season 3 on March 29. Last year, the second season, titled Is It Cake Too…
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Former eOne Exec Tara Long Joins Blink49 Studios As President Of Global Unscripted Television
EXCLUSIVE: Tara Long, who was President of Global Unscripted Television at eOne, has finalized a deal with John Morayniss' Blink49 Studios.
Deadline revealed that Long was leaving after the Lionsgate merger went through and was set to strike a deal with the Fifth Season-backed company. Instead of…
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“You Think I’m In ISIS?” Dakota Johnson Pokes Fun At Previous ‘SNL’ Controversy
Last time Dakota Johnson was on Saturday Night Live, she was involved in a minor controversy.
In March 2015, when she last hosted the NBC show, Johnson starred in a sketch lampooning a car commercial with an ISIS twist.
The sketch, which you can see below, saw Johnson seemingly dropped off at…
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