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Freeform swings axe on ‘Single Drunk Female’ & ‘The Watchful Eye’

US cablenet Freeform has swung the axe on a pair of scripted series, cancelling comedy Single Drunk Female after two seasons and mystery thriller The Watchful Eye after its freshman run. Created by Simone Finch, Single Drunk Female hailed from 20th Television and followed Samantha Fink (Sofia Black-D’Elia), a young alcoholic woman who is forced […]

Disney cuts ABC & Freeform execs as largest wave of lay-offs hits Mouse House

ABC and Freeform execs are among the casualties of Disney’s second round of lay-offs taking place this week, as the media giant seeks to cut 7,000 jobs. Julia Jarmon, Freeform’s SVP of development, is exiting, with the network’s development and current now being consolidated under Jamila Hunter, EVP of original programming & development. Also departing […]

Disney cuts Hulu & Freeform execs as production operations merged & creative acquisitions unit closed

Disney has begun laying off staff as part of its “strategic realignment”, with production operations across Disney TV Studios, Hulu, FX and Freeform now falling under Carol Turner and the creative acquisitions division closed. Hulu’s SVP of production, Mark Levenstein, and Freeform’s SVP of production management & operations, Jayne Bieber, are among the casualties as […]

Disney+’s ‘Andor’ gets limited showing on network TV & Hulu

Disney is bringing the first two episodes of the Disney+ Star Wars series Andor to its ABC, FX, and Freeform TV networks, as well as its other streaming service, Hulu. The Mouse House said that it would be a “special opportunity” for non-subscribers to see the beginning instalments of the series “to help kick off […]

Disney’s Freeform opens US ‘The Office’ in the New Year

Disney-owned network Freeform has acquired non-exclusive rights to all nine seasons of the US version of mockumentary series The Office from NBCUniversal Global Distribution. Freeform will begin airing the Steve Carell-fronted comedy on 1 January 2022. Comedy Central had the exclusive syndicated rights to the end of this year, while Viacom Media Networks will continue […]

Freeform’s VP of programming & development joins ‘Shrill’ prodco Brownstone

Freeform’s VP of programming & development Krissy Wall has left the Disney-owned US cablenet to join Shrill firm Brownstone Productions. Wall becomes head of TV at the US-based firm, which is led by Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman, and replaces Danna Shinder. Brownstone produced comedy Shrill for Hulu and has a number of other shows in […]

Freeform rehires The CW’s Julie Jarmon to head scripted development

Veteran exec Julie Jarmon has returned to Disney-owned US network Freeform as SVP of development. Jarmon previously served as an executive director on the network’s development team, working on shows such as The Bold Type, Alone Together and Motherland: Fort Salem. Reporting to Jamila Hunter, who was appointed EVP of programming and development at the […]

Disney launches Hulu-based content brand for creators of colour

Disney General Entertainment (DGE) has unveiled Onyx Collective, a new content brand on streaming service Hulu for creators of colour and underrepresented voices, including Oprah Winfrey and Ryan Coogler, to be helmed by Freeform president Tara Duncan. Duncan, who has been spearheading this effort since it was first announced last year, will continue in her […]

Lynn Barrie exits US cablenet Freeform

Lynn Barrie, SVP of original programming and development at Freeform, is exiting the Disney-owned US cablenet after three years at the company. Barrie joined in 2018 to oversee the development of scripted drama and comedy series, with projects including comedies Everything’s Gonna Be Okay and Single Drunk Female, and drama Cruel Summer, picked up to […]

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