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Freeform
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Disney TV rejig hands John Landgraf Nat Geo & Onyx Collective, while Simran Sethi adds Freeform
Disney Entertainment co-chair Dana Walden is reshuffling the TV division, with expanded roles for FX…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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Lynn Barrie exits US cablenet Freeform
Lynn Barrie, SVP of original programming and development at Freeform, is exiting the Disney-owned US…
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Amazon takes first-window rights to Freeform thriller ‘Cruel Summer’
Amazon Prime Video has acquired exclusive first window worldwide rights (excluding the United States, Canada…
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Disney’s Freeform names originals chief, hires Quibi exec for unscripted
Disney-owned US network Freeform has promoted Jamila Hunter to oversee originals and development while also…
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Freeform head of programming Lauren Corrao departs
Disney-owned cablenet Freeform’s EVP of programming and development Lauren Corrao is leaving the company after…
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ViacomCBS appoints Disney’s Yolanda Cochran to head kids production
ViacomCBS has appointed Yolanda T. Cochran from Disney-owned Freeform to oversee production for its Kids…
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Disney’s Freeform hires former Netflix, AMC exec as president
Disney’s young adult cablenet Freeform has appointed former Netflix exec Tara Duncan as its president….
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Former ABC Ent exec Jamila Hunter lands at Freeform
Former ABC Entertainment exec Jamila Hunter is joining Freeform as SVP of current series and…
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Freeform ends ‘Pretty Little Liars’ spin-off after single season
Disney-backed US network Freeform has brought the curtain down on Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists…
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Freeform order comedy from Aussie Please Like Me creator
Freeform has handed a series order to comedy Everything’s Gonna Be Okay from Australian Please…
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Electus ups Kelly-Clyne to Big Breakfast head of development
On the heels of Freeform’s development announcement for Big Breakfast’s Joss Whedon-executive produced dark comedy,…
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Freeform Summit: Sony reboots Party of Five
During the first-ever Freeform Summit, from Disney’s young adult television network, Sony Pictures Television has…
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Freeform orders Pretty Little Liars spin-off
Freeform, Disney’s young adult television and streaming network, has ordered drama pilot Pretty Little Liars:…
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ABC job cuts planned in Disney cost saving drive
The Walt Disney Company is looking to cut around 10% of annual costs at its…
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Pretty Little Liars ending, Grimm axed
Pretty Little Liars and Grimm have been cancelled by US channels Freeform and NBC respectively. Cable…
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Cineflix pacts with Freeform show creator
Canada-headquartered Cineflix Media has inked a multiyear first-look deal showrunner George Moll, who is known…
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McG signs with new-look ABC Family
Prolific network and cable producer McG has signed a two-year overall development deal with ABC…
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ABC Family rebranding as Freeform
Disney’s US cable channel ABC Family is rebranding as Freeform. The new moniker will come…