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NBC orders BBC Studios blue chip series, closes Peacock Productions

NBC has ordered a 10-part blue chip wildlife series from BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit and confirmed it is shuttering its unscripted division, Peacock Productions. The New World will visit locations across North America, Central America and South America to explore the landscapes, remote wilderness and mysterious creatures that inhabit the region. The show will […]

Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister making crime series

Denise Brown Simpson is making a true crime series with NBC’s Peacock Productions. Denise is the sister of Nicole Brown Simpson, the murdered ex-wife of O.J. Simpson, whose death was at the centre of the infamous O.J. Simpson murder trial. The Peacock-produced unscripted show will see Brown and a team of experts investigate a case […]

ID to contest Netflix’s Making a Murderer

US cable net Investigation Discovery is to release a doc special that refutes the details provided in Netflix’s buzzy true crime series Making a Murderer. ID has commissioned NBC News-owned Peacock Productions to create quick turnaround doc Front Page: The Steven Avery Story, with an airdate set for later this month. The response to the ten-episode […]

Bravo taps NBC News exec for digital role

US cable channel Bravo has named an exec from NBCUniversal stablemate NBC News as its digital boss. Jonathan Hills is taking up the post of VP, digital media at the NBCU Cable Entertainment Group channel. He was previously VP, operations at NBC News Digital. In the new role, UK-born Hills will lead Bravo’s audience engagement […]