Amazon exit & orders CJ Yu has exited as head of unscripted development, global formats, at Amazon Studios, after six years with the company. Yu was responsible for the international launch of formats including All Or Nothing and LOL: Last One Laughing. He originally joined as a senior creative development and programming exec in 2017, […]
NBC in the US is developing STV Studios’ reality format The Underdog, following a deal with NBCUniversal (NBCU). The show, which was created by STV-owned Primal Media and is co-owned by GroupM Motion Entertainment, sees a cast of conventionally popular contestants competing in a popularity contest. However, in amongst the group is an underdog that […]
NBC in the US has ordered a drama tracking the life of neurologist Oliver Sacks and his work on mental health and the human mind. Dr Wolf is being produced by Berlanti Productions, Henrik Bastin’s Fabel Entertainment and Andy Serkis’ The Imaginarium, in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television. It is inspired by […]
NBC in the US is spinning off another version of Fremantle and Syco Entertainment’s Got Talent format, this time with AGT: Fantasy League. The show is described as being similar to a fantasy sports draft, with judges choosing a roster of acts picked from 40 winners, finalists, viral stars and fan favourites from America’s Got […]
Magnum P.I. has been cancelled by NBC, marking a short-lived reprieve for the series, which had been dropped by original network CBS last year. The upcoming batch 10 episodes that will form the second half of the current fifth season are set to be the show’s last, with the axe falling on the show after […]
NBC has cancelled its US remake of UK gameshow The Wheel after just one season. The format was created and hosted by British comedian Michael McIntyre, who also hosted the UK version for the BBC, with the 10-part US edition created by his Hungry McBear label in collaboration with Warner Horizon. Airing over two weeks […]
US network NBC has reshuffled its comedy line-up, handing a greenlight to St. Denis Medical, a new mockumentary series, while cancelling existing sitcoms Grand Crew and Young Rock. Created by Justin Spitzer via his Spitzer Holding Company, alongside Eric Ledgin, with both also serving as executive producer, St Denis Medical is set in an underfunded, […]
Nat Geo boards Mayan doc National Geographic, ZDFinfo and TV5 Quebec have boarded Pernel Media’s documentary series Rise and Fall of the Mayas. They will broadcast the 4 x 60-minute series worldwide apart from in the US, German-speaking Europe and French Canada respectively. Originally commissioned by RMC Decouverte and pre-bought by Histoire TV for the French market, the series features access to […]
NBC has ordered a pilot for Wolf, a new one-hour drama based on the life and works of famed British neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks, from Andy Serkis and Greg Berlanti. Written by Michael Grassi and directed by Lee Toland Krieger, the show is inspired by Sacks’ books The Man Who Mistook His Wife For […]
BBC takes The Traitors US NBC’s US iteration of hit format The Traitors is heading to the BBC, just two weeks after its own version ended. The nine-part series will land as a boxset on BBC iPlayer on Friday and then be shown on both BBC Three and BBC One, with three episodes dropped weekly. […]
