Neither Eric nor Shannon Evangelista have had the career paths you would expect from a major player in nonfiction TV.
The former spent 14 years as a broadcast news reporter and newspaper journalist; the latter started her career as a federal criminal defense attorney, working in District Attorney offices from Manhattan to Orange County. But it’s precisely this background that helps the Hot Snakes Media co-owners stand out from the pack, particularly with true crime projects like Investigation Discovery’s buzzy “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace.”
“I was turned down for showrunning jobs at Discovery Channel a year before we started ‘Breaking Amish’ and ‘Amish Mafia,’ which were our first two shows and were record-breaking ratings successes for Discovery,” Eric Evangelista told TheWrap.
Since that pair of 2012 breakouts, Hot Snakes Media has been a production company behind other hit shows like Netflix’s “Deaf U,” VH1’s “My True...
The former spent 14 years as a broadcast news reporter and newspaper journalist; the latter started her career as a federal criminal defense attorney, working in District Attorney offices from Manhattan to Orange County. But it’s precisely this background that helps the Hot Snakes Media co-owners stand out from the pack, particularly with true crime projects like Investigation Discovery’s buzzy “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace.”
“I was turned down for showrunning jobs at Discovery Channel a year before we started ‘Breaking Amish’ and ‘Amish Mafia,’ which were our first two shows and were record-breaking ratings successes for Discovery,” Eric Evangelista told TheWrap.
Since that pair of 2012 breakouts, Hot Snakes Media has been a production company behind other hit shows like Netflix’s “Deaf U,” VH1’s “My True...
- 5/25/2024
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Exclusive: At the 2021 Edinburgh TV Festival, the BBC and Netflix unveiled what the pair described as a landmark five-year disability partnership that would unearth a new generation of shows helmed by disabled talent.
But more than half of the partnership’s five-year time period has now elapsed and not one show has been revealed.
In recent months, sources from the UK drama and disabled TV communities have begun questioning the partnership, getting in touch with Deadline unprompted to query why a tie-up that was unveiled with such fanfare has so far failed to bear fruit.
“It’s slightly bizarre,” said one professional connected with disability programs. “I’ve heard nothing from anyone to be honest. No one can get a definitive answer.”
The partnership came in the wake of a blistering Edinburgh TV Festival MacTaggart broadside from Help writer Jack Thorne, who slammed the UK TV industry for “totally and utterly” failing disabled people.
But more than half of the partnership’s five-year time period has now elapsed and not one show has been revealed.
In recent months, sources from the UK drama and disabled TV communities have begun questioning the partnership, getting in touch with Deadline unprompted to query why a tie-up that was unveiled with such fanfare has so far failed to bear fruit.
“It’s slightly bizarre,” said one professional connected with disability programs. “I’ve heard nothing from anyone to be honest. No one can get a definitive answer.”
The partnership came in the wake of a blistering Edinburgh TV Festival MacTaggart broadside from Help writer Jack Thorne, who slammed the UK TV industry for “totally and utterly” failing disabled people.
- 3/14/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: It’s a tough time to be a mid-sized unscripted production company right now.
A slow-down of greenlights amid cost cutting within all of the major media conglomerates, and seemingly no bump from the writers and actors strike despite what many were expecting, has led to doom and gloom across the non-scripted sector.
This has led to many companies having to undergo layoffs. Deadline understands that companies including Bunim/Murray, Half-Yard Productions and Propagate Content have all cut staff recently and more are expected to follow suit. ITV America-backed High Noon Entertainment informed its local production staff in Denver that due to production cycles, the number of workers contracted when shows weren’t in production would be reduced. We hear Hot Snakes Media is in a similar situation.
“It’s the toughest time to be in unscripted that I can remember,” one unscripted producer told Deadline.
Another source...
A slow-down of greenlights amid cost cutting within all of the major media conglomerates, and seemingly no bump from the writers and actors strike despite what many were expecting, has led to doom and gloom across the non-scripted sector.
This has led to many companies having to undergo layoffs. Deadline understands that companies including Bunim/Murray, Half-Yard Productions and Propagate Content have all cut staff recently and more are expected to follow suit. ITV America-backed High Noon Entertainment informed its local production staff in Denver that due to production cycles, the number of workers contracted when shows weren’t in production would be reduced. We hear Hot Snakes Media is in a similar situation.
“It’s the toughest time to be in unscripted that I can remember,” one unscripted producer told Deadline.
Another source...
- 8/16/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Rodney Burford had a dream of becoming a professional football player when he auditioned for Ryan Murphy’s Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Aside from his stint on the reality TV series Deaf U in 2020 and some accidental stage work in high school, Burford, who is Profoundly Deaf and has cochlear implants to help him understand the spoken word, had no acting experience.
In the show, Burford plays Tony Hughes, a 31-year-old Black deaf man who was murdered by serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (portrayed by Evan Peters) in 1991. The episodes delving into Tony’s story have been deemed some of the show’s best, and Burford’s performance has been hailed as a standout.
“It took me a while to realize that this is a real person that I’m portraying,” Burford tells THR, with the assistance of Asl interpreter Gabriel Gomez. “I [wanted] to show so much homage to the person himself.
In the show, Burford plays Tony Hughes, a 31-year-old Black deaf man who was murdered by serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (portrayed by Evan Peters) in 1991. The episodes delving into Tony’s story have been deemed some of the show’s best, and Burford’s performance has been hailed as a standout.
“It took me a while to realize that this is a real person that I’m portraying,” Burford tells THR, with the assistance of Asl interpreter Gabriel Gomez. “I [wanted] to show so much homage to the person himself.
- 6/20/2023
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Evan Peters, Niecy Nash-Betts and Richard Jenkins are all likely to land Emmy nominations for their performances on Netflix’s “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” But if members of the TV academy go all in on the first iteration of the “Monster” anthology series from co-creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, you shouldn’t be surprised if Rodney Burford Jr., the lead of the show’s most acclaimed episode, also winds up with a bid.
As Tony Hughes, one of the 17 men murdered by infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, Burford appears in three of the show’s 10 installments, including the standout sixth outing, “Silenced.” Directed by two-time Emmy winner Paris Barclay, and written by David McMillan and Janet Mock, this episode centers on Hughes, a deaf and gay Black man with big ambitions whose life comes to a tragic halt after he encounters and is killed by Dahmer...
As Tony Hughes, one of the 17 men murdered by infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, Burford appears in three of the show’s 10 installments, including the standout sixth outing, “Silenced.” Directed by two-time Emmy winner Paris Barclay, and written by David McMillan and Janet Mock, this episode centers on Hughes, a deaf and gay Black man with big ambitions whose life comes to a tragic halt after he encounters and is killed by Dahmer...
- 5/11/2023
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
For three seasons, hit reality show America’s Next Top Model opened its competition to both men and women vying to become a face in the fashion industry. Nyle Dimarco won the 22nd season of the show in 2015 and made history in the process. Since then, Dimarco has gone on to make a name for himself in the entertainment world, expanding his horizons from TV to the page.
Nyle Dimarco | Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Nyle Dimarco was the first Deaf winner of ‘America’s Next Top Model’ in 2015
Nyle Dimarco made history when he was cast on America’s Next Top Model as the first Deaf contestant on the long-running reality show. He shined throughout the competition, earning two first callouts for his stellar work on camera.
In the end, he emerged victorious as the first-ever Deaf winner of the show, breaking barriers for Deaf and hard-of-hearing models in the fashion industry.
Nyle...
Nyle Dimarco | Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Nyle Dimarco was the first Deaf winner of ‘America’s Next Top Model’ in 2015
Nyle Dimarco made history when he was cast on America’s Next Top Model as the first Deaf contestant on the long-running reality show. He shined throughout the competition, earning two first callouts for his stellar work on camera.
In the end, he emerged victorious as the first-ever Deaf winner of the show, breaking barriers for Deaf and hard-of-hearing models in the fashion industry.
Nyle...
- 4/2/2023
- by Chris Malone
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: Nyle Dimarco and Melrose Placed’s Sami Housman have partnered with Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary’s Revelations Entertainment to develop and produce the drama series Deaf Punk.
Dimarco is set to lead the series exploring how a cultural revolution was supported by the unlikely union of two minority groups.
Deaf Punk is inspired by San Francisco’s famed music venue The Deaf Club, originally founded in the 1930s as a clubhouse for the deaf that would go on to showcase punk bands like The Dead Kennedys, The Offs, The Mutants, and The Thelonious Band after the space was rented nightly in the ’70s by music manager Daphne Hanrahan.
“Two disenfranchised communities who joined forces to make noise and propel change is a powerful story and one that is as timely as ever. I love the sheer irony of a Deaf club helping change music history and can’t...
Dimarco is set to lead the series exploring how a cultural revolution was supported by the unlikely union of two minority groups.
Deaf Punk is inspired by San Francisco’s famed music venue The Deaf Club, originally founded in the 1930s as a clubhouse for the deaf that would go on to showcase punk bands like The Dead Kennedys, The Offs, The Mutants, and The Thelonious Band after the space was rented nightly in the ’70s by music manager Daphne Hanrahan.
“Two disenfranchised communities who joined forces to make noise and propel change is a powerful story and one that is as timely as ever. I love the sheer irony of a Deaf club helping change music history and can’t...
- 11/22/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
“Ted Lasso” topped the Television Critics Association’s list of nominees for its 37th Annual TCA Awards, with five nominations for the Apple TV+ comedy. When counting all platforms that received nods from the organization on Thursday, Netflix led the way with 15 total.
Just behind the Jason Sudeikis series in nominations were HBO Max’s “Hacks,” HBO’s “I May Destroy You” and “Mare of Easttown” and Disney+’s “WandaVision,” which grabbed four nominations apiece.
The TCA Awards’ top prize, Program of the Year, will come down to “Bridgerton,” “Hacks,” “I May Destroy You,” “Mare of Easttown,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” “Ted Lasso,” “The Underground Railroad” and “WandaVision.”
The awards ceremony’s usual in-person presentation has been scrapped for the second year in a row due to the pandemic, with winners expected to be announced by the TCA at a later date.
Per the Television Critics Association, “The 2021 TCA Awards showcase...
Just behind the Jason Sudeikis series in nominations were HBO Max’s “Hacks,” HBO’s “I May Destroy You” and “Mare of Easttown” and Disney+’s “WandaVision,” which grabbed four nominations apiece.
The TCA Awards’ top prize, Program of the Year, will come down to “Bridgerton,” “Hacks,” “I May Destroy You,” “Mare of Easttown,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” “Ted Lasso,” “The Underground Railroad” and “WandaVision.”
The awards ceremony’s usual in-person presentation has been scrapped for the second year in a row due to the pandemic, with winners expected to be announced by the TCA at a later date.
Per the Television Critics Association, “The 2021 TCA Awards showcase...
- 7/15/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso leads the nominees for the 37th annual Television Critics Association (TCA) Awards, which will forego an in-person ceremony once more and instead announce the winners at an as-yet-specified date.
The Jason Sudeikis-fronted comedy amassed five nominations from the critics organization, which counts several TVLine staffers among its members, while Disney+’s WandaVision, HBO’s I May Destroy You and Mare of Easttown, and HBO Max’s Hacks each netted four nods. (Of note: Categories have been expanded this year to feature a total of eight nominees each, with the exception of Outstanding Achievement In Variety,...
The Jason Sudeikis-fronted comedy amassed five nominations from the critics organization, which counts several TVLine staffers among its members, while Disney+’s WandaVision, HBO’s I May Destroy You and Mare of Easttown, and HBO Max’s Hacks each netted four nods. (Of note: Categories have been expanded this year to feature a total of eight nominees each, with the exception of Outstanding Achievement In Variety,...
- 7/15/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
You better “believe”! “Ted Lasso” continues to pull in numerous awards nominations.
Just days after the Television Academy announced the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Award nominees, where the Apple TV Plus comedy picked up 20 nods and therefore became the most-nominated freshman comedy in that organization’s history, it scooped up five TCA Awards nominations, the most for any series celebrated by the Television Critics Assn. (TCA) this year.
This tally includes the series’ outstanding achievement in comedy nom, as well as individual achievement in comedy nods for Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham. The show also scored in the coveted new program and program of the year categories.
Not too far behind, though, with four nominations apiece are HBO Max’s “Hacks,” HBO’s “I May Destroy You” and “Mare of Easttown,” and Disney Plus’ “WandaVision.”
Like “Ted Lasso,” “Hacks” also scored in the outstanding achievement in comedy nom, as well...
Just days after the Television Academy announced the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Award nominees, where the Apple TV Plus comedy picked up 20 nods and therefore became the most-nominated freshman comedy in that organization’s history, it scooped up five TCA Awards nominations, the most for any series celebrated by the Television Critics Assn. (TCA) this year.
This tally includes the series’ outstanding achievement in comedy nom, as well as individual achievement in comedy nods for Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham. The show also scored in the coveted new program and program of the year categories.
Not too far behind, though, with four nominations apiece are HBO Max’s “Hacks,” HBO’s “I May Destroy You” and “Mare of Easttown,” and Disney Plus’ “WandaVision.”
Like “Ted Lasso,” “Hacks” also scored in the outstanding achievement in comedy nom, as well...
- 7/15/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Mere days after the TV Academy announced the nominations for the 2021 Emmy Awards, the Television Critics Association — made up of more than 200 professional TV critics and journalists — shared its own batch of nominees for the 2021 TCA Awards.
This year, the TCA embraced new shows and limited series with Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” leading the way with five nominations, including nods for Outstanding New Program, Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, and Program of the Year, along with recognition for both Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham for Individual Achievement in Comedy.
HBO Max’s breakout comedy hit “Hacks” was hot on Lasso’s heels with four nominations, also garnering recognition in New Program, Comedy, and Program of the Year, as well as a mention for star Jean Smart. Also nabbing four nominations were three of the season’s standout limited series: HBO’s “I May Destroy You” and “Mare of Easttown” along with Disney+’s “WandaVision.
This year, the TCA embraced new shows and limited series with Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” leading the way with five nominations, including nods for Outstanding New Program, Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, and Program of the Year, along with recognition for both Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham for Individual Achievement in Comedy.
HBO Max’s breakout comedy hit “Hacks” was hot on Lasso’s heels with four nominations, also garnering recognition in New Program, Comedy, and Program of the Year, as well as a mention for star Jean Smart. Also nabbing four nominations were three of the season’s standout limited series: HBO’s “I May Destroy You” and “Mare of Easttown” along with Disney+’s “WandaVision.
- 7/15/2021
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
You better believe: “Ted Lasso” led Thursday’s 37th Television Critics Association Awards nominations with five bids, including Program of the Year, in the awards’ largest slate of nominees yet.
All 13 categories have expanded from six nominees to eight (variety series has nine nominees) this year, five years after they were expanded from five slots to six. For the top prize, “Ted Lasso” will duke it out with “Bridgerton,” “Hacks,” “I May Destroy You,” “Mare of Easttown,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” “The Underground Railroad” and “WandaVision.”
Fresh off 20 Emmy nominations, “Ted Lasso” also earned TCA nominations for comedy series, new program and two in the Individual Achievement in Comedy category for Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham.
Four shows scored four nominations apiece: “Hacks,” “I May Destroy You,” “Mare of Easttown” and “WandaVision.” These four are all up in Outstanding New Program against, as aforementioned, “Ted Lasso,” “Bridgerton,” “The Flight Attendant” and “P-Valley.
All 13 categories have expanded from six nominees to eight (variety series has nine nominees) this year, five years after they were expanded from five slots to six. For the top prize, “Ted Lasso” will duke it out with “Bridgerton,” “Hacks,” “I May Destroy You,” “Mare of Easttown,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” “The Underground Railroad” and “WandaVision.”
Fresh off 20 Emmy nominations, “Ted Lasso” also earned TCA nominations for comedy series, new program and two in the Individual Achievement in Comedy category for Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham.
Four shows scored four nominations apiece: “Hacks,” “I May Destroy You,” “Mare of Easttown” and “WandaVision.” These four are all up in Outstanding New Program against, as aforementioned, “Ted Lasso,” “Bridgerton,” “The Flight Attendant” and “P-Valley.
- 7/15/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
The 2021 TCA Award nominees have been revealed and AppleTV+ freshman series Ted Lasso is leading the charge with five nominations including Individual Achievement In Comedy for stars Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham, as well as nominations for Outstanding New Program, Outstanding Achievement In Comedy, and Program Of The Year.
Following closely behind with four nominations each are HBO’s I May Destroy You and Mare of Easttown, as well as HBO Max’s Hacks. Other highlights include nominations for Framing Britney Spears and Oprah With Meghan And Harry: A CBS Primetime Special under the Outstanding Achievement In News And Information category.
There will be no formal in-person presentation for the second year in a row due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. A full list of winners will be announced later this summer.
“This was an incredible year for fresh, inclusive content and new creators, and our nominations are a reflection of that,...
Following closely behind with four nominations each are HBO’s I May Destroy You and Mare of Easttown, as well as HBO Max’s Hacks. Other highlights include nominations for Framing Britney Spears and Oprah With Meghan And Harry: A CBS Primetime Special under the Outstanding Achievement In News And Information category.
There will be no formal in-person presentation for the second year in a row due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. A full list of winners will be announced later this summer.
“This was an incredible year for fresh, inclusive content and new creators, and our nominations are a reflection of that,...
- 7/15/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
RuPaul's Drag Race remains a force to be reckoned with on the awards front.
The Critics Choice Real TV Awards unveiled winners for its third annual editions.
There were three ties among this year’s winner’s pool – RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1) and The Great British Baking Sho” (Netflix) tied for Best Competition Series, The Masked Singer (Fox) and The Voice (NBC) tied for Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) and The Oprah Conversation (Apple TV+) tied for Best Structured Series.
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) was the only series to take home multiple awards, also winning for Best Ensemble Cast In An Unscripted Series.
In the fan voted categories, Phil Rosenthal – Somebody Feed Phil”(Netflix) was awarded Male Star of the Year, while Sandra Lee – Dr. Pimple Popper (TLC) was named Female Star of the Year.
Netflix, which led the networks in nominations, also led in wins,...
The Critics Choice Real TV Awards unveiled winners for its third annual editions.
There were three ties among this year’s winner’s pool – RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1) and The Great British Baking Sho” (Netflix) tied for Best Competition Series, The Masked Singer (Fox) and The Voice (NBC) tied for Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety.
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) and The Oprah Conversation (Apple TV+) tied for Best Structured Series.
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) was the only series to take home multiple awards, also winning for Best Ensemble Cast In An Unscripted Series.
In the fan voted categories, Phil Rosenthal – Somebody Feed Phil”(Netflix) was awarded Male Star of the Year, while Sandra Lee – Dr. Pimple Popper (TLC) was named Female Star of the Year.
Netflix, which led the networks in nominations, also led in wins,...
- 6/21/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” led all programs at this year’s virtual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, with two nods — for best competition series and best ensemble cast in an unscripted series. But the real surprise, as the awards were announced Monday via press release, was the sheer number of ties in top categories.
VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race” tied with Netflix’s “The Great British Baking Show” (Netflix) for competition series, while “The Masked Singer” (Fox) and “The Voice” (NBC) tied for competition series: talent/variety, and “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” (Food Network) and “The Oprah Conversation” (Apple TV Plus) tied for structured series.
In the fan voted categories, Netflix’s “Somebody Feed Phil” host Phil Rosenthal was named male star of the year, while Sandra Lee of TLC’s “Dr. Pimple Popper” (TLC) was named female star of the year. Alex Trebek was honored posthumously with this year’s Impact Award,...
VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race” tied with Netflix’s “The Great British Baking Show” (Netflix) for competition series, while “The Masked Singer” (Fox) and “The Voice” (NBC) tied for competition series: talent/variety, and “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” (Food Network) and “The Oprah Conversation” (Apple TV Plus) tied for structured series.
In the fan voted categories, Netflix’s “Somebody Feed Phil” host Phil Rosenthal was named male star of the year, while Sandra Lee of TLC’s “Dr. Pimple Popper” (TLC) was named female star of the year. Alex Trebek was honored posthumously with this year’s Impact Award,...
- 6/21/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
VH1’s RuPaul’s Drag Race took home multiple awards and Netflix was the winningest network at the Critics Choice Real TV Awards, which unveiled winners Monday for its third annual edition.
The competition featured ties in three of the marquee categories: Best Competition Series (RuPaul’s Drag Race and Netflix’s The Great British Baking Show), Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety (Fox’s The Masked Singer and NBC’s The Voice) and Best Structured Series.
Netflix’s Deaf U alone took the other top category, Best Unstructured Series. The streamer, which led all platforms coming in with 22 nominations, finished with a leading six wins overall. It was HBO Max, however, that won for overall Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Programming By a Network or Streaming Platform.
Drag Race was the only show to take more than one award in the online presentation today,...
The competition featured ties in three of the marquee categories: Best Competition Series (RuPaul’s Drag Race and Netflix’s The Great British Baking Show), Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety (Fox’s The Masked Singer and NBC’s The Voice) and Best Structured Series.
Netflix’s Deaf U alone took the other top category, Best Unstructured Series. The streamer, which led all platforms coming in with 22 nominations, finished with a leading six wins overall. It was HBO Max, however, that won for overall Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Programming By a Network or Streaming Platform.
Drag Race was the only show to take more than one award in the online presentation today,...
- 6/21/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” won two awards to top all programs in the third annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, the Critics Choice Association and the nonfiction producers organization Npact announced on Monday.
For the third consecutive year, “RuPaul” was named the year’s best competition series, although for the first time it shared the prize with another series, “The Great British Baking Show.” The Critics Choice Association, which is made up of television, radio and internet critics and journalists, is known for a surprisingly large number of ties in its awards shows, and its 2021 winners included deadlocks in three key categories: “RuPaul” and “Gbbs” in Best Competition Series, “The Masked Singer” and “The Voice” in Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety and “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” and “The Oprah Conversation” in Best Structured Series.
“RuPaul’s” second award, for Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series, made it the only program with more than one win.
For the third consecutive year, “RuPaul” was named the year’s best competition series, although for the first time it shared the prize with another series, “The Great British Baking Show.” The Critics Choice Association, which is made up of television, radio and internet critics and journalists, is known for a surprisingly large number of ties in its awards shows, and its 2021 winners included deadlocks in three key categories: “RuPaul” and “Gbbs” in Best Competition Series, “The Masked Singer” and “The Voice” in Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety and “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” and “The Oprah Conversation” in Best Structured Series.
“RuPaul’s” second award, for Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series, made it the only program with more than one win.
- 6/21/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
In a sea of corporate dramas, office sitcoms and high school coming-of-age sagas, college narratives are a rare find. Oftentimes, they are simply nonexistent.
Such series as the late-1980s and early-1990s’ “A Different World,” the 1990s’ “Felicity” and early-aughts’ “Community” garnered success despite their niche university-based worlds — and other series still followed characters from high school into college — yet networks and streaming services have yet to fully explore the totality of diverse experiences that take place in college.
Right now, Freeform’s “Grown-ish,” Netflix’s “Dear White People” and ABC’s “The Goldbergs” (through only a few of its core characters) are the lone pieces of collegiate representation in the scripted space, while Netflix’s “Deaf U” is carrying the mantle in unscripted.
“I think it’s a failure of imagination on creative execs, to be honest,” says Justin Simien, “Dear White People” creator and showrunner, about the lack of college-set shows.
Such series as the late-1980s and early-1990s’ “A Different World,” the 1990s’ “Felicity” and early-aughts’ “Community” garnered success despite their niche university-based worlds — and other series still followed characters from high school into college — yet networks and streaming services have yet to fully explore the totality of diverse experiences that take place in college.
Right now, Freeform’s “Grown-ish,” Netflix’s “Dear White People” and ABC’s “The Goldbergs” (through only a few of its core characters) are the lone pieces of collegiate representation in the scripted space, while Netflix’s “Deaf U” is carrying the mantle in unscripted.
“I think it’s a failure of imagination on creative execs, to be honest,” says Justin Simien, “Dear White People” creator and showrunner, about the lack of college-set shows.
- 6/17/2021
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Variety Film + TV
Nominations for the third annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards were announced Tuesday, and it was another clean sweep for RuPaul's Drag Race.
The reality series managed five total nominations.
Queer Eye (Netflix), Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN), Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu), and Top Chef (Bravo) all managed three each.
If we look at networks alone, Netflix leads the way, netting 22 nominations.
HBO/HBO Max (with 14) follows the streamer in nominations, along with Food Networ /Food Network Kitchen (with six), VH1 (with six), National Geographic / Nat Geo Wild (with 5), and Discovery Channel / discovery+ (with 5).
Have a look at the full list below.
Best Competition Series
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)
Top Chef (Bravo)
Tough as Nails (CBS)
Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety
American Idol (ABC)
Legendary (HBO Max)
The Masked Singer (Fox)
The Voice (NBC)
World of Dance...
The reality series managed five total nominations.
Queer Eye (Netflix), Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN), Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu), and Top Chef (Bravo) all managed three each.
If we look at networks alone, Netflix leads the way, netting 22 nominations.
HBO/HBO Max (with 14) follows the streamer in nominations, along with Food Networ /Food Network Kitchen (with six), VH1 (with six), National Geographic / Nat Geo Wild (with 5), and Discovery Channel / discovery+ (with 5).
Have a look at the full list below.
Best Competition Series
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
The Great British Baking Show (Netflix)
Top Chef (Bravo)
Tough as Nails (CBS)
Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety
American Idol (ABC)
Legendary (HBO Max)
The Masked Singer (Fox)
The Voice (NBC)
World of Dance...
- 6/2/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race” led all nominees as the Critics Choice Association and nonfiction producers’ organization Npact announced on Wednesday the nominees for the third annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards. The org also announced it would posthumously honor late “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek.
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” landed five awards, including best competition series, best ensemble cast in an unscripted series, female star of the year for Michelle Visage, and both male star of the year and best show host for RuPaul Charles.
Programs next in line with three nominations included “Queer Eye” (Netflix), “Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy” (CNN), “Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi” (Hulu), and “Top Chef” (Bravo). Netflix led all outlets with 22 nominations, while the Critics Choice for some reason decided to combine HBO and HBO Max’s tallies, even though they are technically separate outlets, and together they received 14 nods.
The Critics Choice Real Awards,...
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” landed five awards, including best competition series, best ensemble cast in an unscripted series, female star of the year for Michelle Visage, and both male star of the year and best show host for RuPaul Charles.
Programs next in line with three nominations included “Queer Eye” (Netflix), “Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy” (CNN), “Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi” (Hulu), and “Top Chef” (Bravo). Netflix led all outlets with 22 nominations, while the Critics Choice for some reason decided to combine HBO and HBO Max’s tallies, even though they are technically separate outlets, and together they received 14 nods.
The Critics Choice Real Awards,...
- 6/2/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
When nominations for the third annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards were announced on Wednesday, RuPaul’s Drag Race led with five.
At the award show, recognizing “excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programing across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms,” the long-running VH1 series is up for Best Competition Series, Best Ensemble Cast In An Unscripted Series, Best Show Host (RuPaul), Male Star of the Year (RuPaul) and Female Star of the Year (Michelle Visage).
Other series leading in noms this year, with three each, include Queer Eye (Netflix), Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN), Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu) and Top Chef (Bravo).
The leader this year among networks is Netflix, which scored 22 nominations. HBO / HBO Max (with 14) follows the streamer in nominations, along with Food Network / Food Network Kitchen (with six), VH1 (with six), National Geographic / Nat Geo Wild (with 5) and Discovery Channel / discovery+ (with 5).
At this year’s ceremony,...
At the award show, recognizing “excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programing across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms,” the long-running VH1 series is up for Best Competition Series, Best Ensemble Cast In An Unscripted Series, Best Show Host (RuPaul), Male Star of the Year (RuPaul) and Female Star of the Year (Michelle Visage).
Other series leading in noms this year, with three each, include Queer Eye (Netflix), Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN), Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu) and Top Chef (Bravo).
The leader this year among networks is Netflix, which scored 22 nominations. HBO / HBO Max (with 14) follows the streamer in nominations, along with Food Network / Food Network Kitchen (with six), VH1 (with six), National Geographic / Nat Geo Wild (with 5) and Discovery Channel / discovery+ (with 5).
At this year’s ceremony,...
- 6/2/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” leads all programs in nominations for the third annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, which were announced on Wednesday.
The nominations confirmed that the series is a favorite of voters in the Critics Choice Association, who gave it the Best Competition Series award in 2019 and 2020, the only two years the show that honors nonfiction and reality television has taken place.
“RuPaul” received nominations in five categories: Best Competition Series, Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series, Female Star of the Year (Michelle Visage) and Best Show Host and Male Star of the Year nominations for RuPaul.
“Queer Eye” and a trio of food-oriented shows – “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” “Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi” and “Top Chef” – received three nominations each. The shows with two nominations were “Crikey! It’s the Irwins,” “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,” “Murder on Middle Beach,” “Nailed It!,...
The nominations confirmed that the series is a favorite of voters in the Critics Choice Association, who gave it the Best Competition Series award in 2019 and 2020, the only two years the show that honors nonfiction and reality television has taken place.
“RuPaul” received nominations in five categories: Best Competition Series, Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series, Female Star of the Year (Michelle Visage) and Best Show Host and Male Star of the Year nominations for RuPaul.
“Queer Eye” and a trio of food-oriented shows – “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” “Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi” and “Top Chef” – received three nominations each. The shows with two nominations were “Crikey! It’s the Irwins,” “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,” “Murder on Middle Beach,” “Nailed It!,...
- 6/2/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Netflix’s coming-of-age documentary “Audible,” which world premiered this week at Hot Docs Film Festival, follows Maryland School for the Deaf high school athlete Amaree McKenstry and his close friends during their senior year. Director Matt Ogens speaks to Variety about the film, whose exec producers include actor Peter Berg, the Emmy nominated creator of “Friday Night Lights,” and deaf actor and model Nyle Dimarco, winner of “America’s Next Top Model” and “Dancing With the Stars,” and a deaf community activist.
Ogens, whose credits include Emmy winner “From Harlem With Love” and Emmy nominated “Why We Fight,” grew up about 30 miles from Maryland School for the Deaf, and his best friend since the age of eight is deaf, so he knew of the deaf community through his friend and knew of the school.
In addition to documentaries, Ogens directs branded content and commercials, and about 10 years ago directed a campaign...
Ogens, whose credits include Emmy winner “From Harlem With Love” and Emmy nominated “Why We Fight,” grew up about 30 miles from Maryland School for the Deaf, and his best friend since the age of eight is deaf, so he knew of the deaf community through his friend and knew of the school.
In addition to documentaries, Ogens directs branded content and commercials, and about 10 years ago directed a campaign...
- 5/5/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Schitt’s Creek with its last hurrah repeated at Outstanding TV Comedy at this year’s GLAAD Media Awards, which acknowledge the fairness, accuracy, inclusiveness, boldness, originality, impact and overall quality of LGBTQ representations in the media.
Star Trek: Discovery, which in Season 3 introduced its first non-binary and transgender characters (respectively played by Blu del Barrio and Ian Alexander), and I May Destroy You in turn took the prizes for best drama and limited series.
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Star Trek: Discovery, which in Season 3 introduced its first non-binary and transgender characters (respectively played by Blu del Barrio and Ian Alexander), and I May Destroy You in turn took the prizes for best drama and limited series.
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- 4/9/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
GLAAD has set up an all-star lineup of LGBTQ people and allies for the upcoming virtual ceremony of the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 8.
Hosted by Niecy Nash, the ceremony will include appearances by Ian Alexander (Star Trek: Discovery), Molly Bernard, Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bennett (The Christmas House), Bob The Drag Queen (We’re Here), Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us), Laverne Cox, Wilson Cruz (Star Trek: Discovery), Mackenzie Davis (Happiest Season), Robin de Jesús, Blu del Barrio (Star Trek: Discovery), Nyle Dimarco (Deaf U), Colman Domingo, Clea DuVall (Happiest Season), Brandee Evans (P-Valley), Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek), Jim Parsons, DJ “Shangela” Pierce (We’re Here), Katy Perry, Eureka O’Hara (We’re Here), Anthony Rapp (Star Trek: Discovery...
Hosted by Niecy Nash, the ceremony will include appearances by Ian Alexander (Star Trek: Discovery), Molly Bernard, Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bennett (The Christmas House), Bob The Drag Queen (We’re Here), Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us), Laverne Cox, Wilson Cruz (Star Trek: Discovery), Mackenzie Davis (Happiest Season), Robin de Jesús, Blu del Barrio (Star Trek: Discovery), Nyle Dimarco (Deaf U), Colman Domingo, Clea DuVall (Happiest Season), Brandee Evans (P-Valley), Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek), Jim Parsons, DJ “Shangela” Pierce (We’re Here), Katy Perry, Eureka O’Hara (We’re Here), Anthony Rapp (Star Trek: Discovery...
- 3/18/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s been a year since the Television Academy put a halt to officially sanctioned Emmy For Your Consideration events, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, they’re set to finally return next week — but virtually, of course.
Emmy FYC events make a comeback on March 24 with two events at 7 p.m. Pt. Nat Geo will kick things off with a dual panel for its unscripted adventure series “Running Wild” (hosted by Bear Grylls) and the new competition “Race to the Center of the Earth,” from the executive producers behind “The Amazing Race.”
At the same time, the Netflix documentary series “Immigration Nation” will also hold its own virtual panel.
Netflix is also behind most of the other already confirmed panels: “Lenox Hill”, “Indian Matchmaking”, “Deaf U”, “Somebody Feed Phil” and “The Social Dilemma”. Also, already confirmed for an FYC event is Fox’s “Call Me Kat” on April 9 at 7 p.
Emmy FYC events make a comeback on March 24 with two events at 7 p.m. Pt. Nat Geo will kick things off with a dual panel for its unscripted adventure series “Running Wild” (hosted by Bear Grylls) and the new competition “Race to the Center of the Earth,” from the executive producers behind “The Amazing Race.”
At the same time, the Netflix documentary series “Immigration Nation” will also hold its own virtual panel.
Netflix is also behind most of the other already confirmed panels: “Lenox Hill”, “Indian Matchmaking”, “Deaf U”, “Somebody Feed Phil” and “The Social Dilemma”. Also, already confirmed for an FYC event is Fox’s “Call Me Kat” on April 9 at 7 p.
- 3/15/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
GLAAD has announced the full list of nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. The organization announced 198 nominees in 28 categories, including two new categories: Outstanding Children’s Programming and Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist.
“During an unprecedented year of crises and isolation, the nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards reached LGBTQ people with powerful stories and inspired countless others around the world with bold looks at LGBTQ people and issues,” GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said. “As GLAAD continues to lead the fight for LGBTQ acceptance, this...
“During an unprecedented year of crises and isolation, the nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards reached LGBTQ people with powerful stories and inspired countless others around the world with bold looks at LGBTQ people and issues,” GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said. “As GLAAD continues to lead the fight for LGBTQ acceptance, this...
- 1/28/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Netflix continues to be a force to be reckoned with when it comes to the awards front.
GLAAD unveiled its nominations for 2021, and the streamer came out on top with 26 total nominations.
HBO Max garnered nine nominations, followed by HBO, Amazon and Hulu (which nabbed four each). Among broadcast networks, only ABC and NBC earned nods, with two each.
Harley Quinn, The Umbrella Academy, and Saved by the Bell were among this year’s first-time contenders.
Outstanding Comedy Series
Big Mouth (Netflix)
Dead to Me (Netflix)
Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (Freeform)
Harley Quinn (HBO Max)
Love, Victor (Hulu)
Saved by the Bell (Peacock)
Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)
Sex Education (Netflix)
Superstore (NBC)
Twenties (BET)
Outstanding Drama Series
9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox)
Killing Eve (BBC America)
P-Valley (Starz)
Ratched (Netflix)
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)
Supergirl (The CW)
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix)
Vida (Starz)
The Wilds (Amazon Prime...
GLAAD unveiled its nominations for 2021, and the streamer came out on top with 26 total nominations.
HBO Max garnered nine nominations, followed by HBO, Amazon and Hulu (which nabbed four each). Among broadcast networks, only ABC and NBC earned nods, with two each.
Harley Quinn, The Umbrella Academy, and Saved by the Bell were among this year’s first-time contenders.
Outstanding Comedy Series
Big Mouth (Netflix)
Dead to Me (Netflix)
Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (Freeform)
Harley Quinn (HBO Max)
Love, Victor (Hulu)
Saved by the Bell (Peacock)
Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)
Sex Education (Netflix)
Superstore (NBC)
Twenties (BET)
Outstanding Drama Series
9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox)
Killing Eve (BBC America)
P-Valley (Starz)
Ratched (Netflix)
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)
Supergirl (The CW)
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix)
Vida (Starz)
The Wilds (Amazon Prime...
- 1/28/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Nominees have been announced for this year’s GLAAD Media Awards, which acknowledge the fairness, accuracy, inclusiveness, boldness, originality, impact and overall quality of LGBTQ representations in the media.
Josie Totah (of Peacock’s Saved by the Bell), D.J. “Shangela” Pierce (HBO’s We’re Here), and Jonathan Bennett (Hallmark Channel’s The Christmas House) announced the nominees on GLAAD’s TikTok page. This year’s award ceremony will be held (virtually) in April.
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Josie Totah (of Peacock’s Saved by the Bell), D.J. “Shangela” Pierce (HBO’s We’re Here), and Jonathan Bennett (Hallmark Channel’s The Christmas House) announced the nominees on GLAAD’s TikTok page. This year’s award ceremony will be held (virtually) in April.
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- 1/28/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
GLAAD announced the nominations for its annual media awards on Wednesday, with “Schitt’s Creek,” “The Prom” and Lady Gaga among the nominees.
Streaming dominated the nominations for 2021, with films like Netflix’s “The Half of It” and Hulu’s “Happiest Season” among the film nominees and “Love, Victor,” “Dead to Me,” “Saved by the Bell” and “The Umbrella Academy” being recognized in the TV categories.
Netflix led with a total of 26 nominations, followed by HBO Max with nine. Amazon, Hulu and HBO all received four nominations, with Disney+ and PBS each receiving three. In total, streaming services account for 58 of the nominees, with cable receiving 29 and broadcast coming in at 14.
“During an unprecedented year of crises and isolation, the nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards reached LGBTQ people with powerful stories and inspired countless others around the world with bold looks at LGBTQ people and issues,” GLAAD President...
Streaming dominated the nominations for 2021, with films like Netflix’s “The Half of It” and Hulu’s “Happiest Season” among the film nominees and “Love, Victor,” “Dead to Me,” “Saved by the Bell” and “The Umbrella Academy” being recognized in the TV categories.
Netflix led with a total of 26 nominations, followed by HBO Max with nine. Amazon, Hulu and HBO all received four nominations, with Disney+ and PBS each receiving three. In total, streaming services account for 58 of the nominees, with cable receiving 29 and broadcast coming in at 14.
“During an unprecedented year of crises and isolation, the nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards reached LGBTQ people with powerful stories and inspired countless others around the world with bold looks at LGBTQ people and issues,” GLAAD President...
- 1/28/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Exclusive: NBC is developing Look At Me, a drama series inspired by the life of deaf model, actor and activist Nyle Dimarco. The America’s Next Top Model and Dancing with the Stars winner executive produces the project, which hails from Neil Meron and Zadan/Meron Productions as well as Universal Television where the company is based.
Written by Tom Donnelly and Josh Oppenheimer (Conan the Barbarian), Look At Me is an ensemble drama about a multi-generational deaf family, living under one roof, and their hearing daughter-in-law and granddaughter who move in after a change in their circumstances.
Dimarco, Donnelly and Oppenheimer executive produce with Meron and Mark Nicholson for Zadan/Meron Prods. and Melrose Placed’s Sami Housman.
Dimarco, best known for his reality TV performances, has also acted in series including Switched at Birth, Difficult People and Station 19. He is an EP on Netflix’s Deaf U and...
Written by Tom Donnelly and Josh Oppenheimer (Conan the Barbarian), Look At Me is an ensemble drama about a multi-generational deaf family, living under one roof, and their hearing daughter-in-law and granddaughter who move in after a change in their circumstances.
Dimarco, Donnelly and Oppenheimer executive produce with Meron and Mark Nicholson for Zadan/Meron Prods. and Melrose Placed’s Sami Housman.
Dimarco, best known for his reality TV performances, has also acted in series including Switched at Birth, Difficult People and Station 19. He is an EP on Netflix’s Deaf U and...
- 12/19/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Nyle Dimarco is now an awards show host. The actor — and winner of “America’s Next Top Model” and “Dancing With the Stars” — is hosting the Media Access Awards on Nov. 19.
The annual event celebrates and honors the accurate portrayal and employment of people with disabilities across all forms of media. The virtual gala comes on the heels of Dimarco’s producing debut, “Deaf U,” a Netflix reality show about students at his alma mater Gallaudet University, a college for deaf and hard of hearing students, that premiered in early October.
“The Media Access Awards reached out maybe two months ago and I was like, ‘Absolutely!’” Dimarco, 31, told Variety through an American Sign Language interpreter. “I’ve always wanted to host an award show. I presented at the GLAAD awards a couple of years ago so I was always hoping for more opportunities.”
Is this your audition to host the Oscars one day?...
The annual event celebrates and honors the accurate portrayal and employment of people with disabilities across all forms of media. The virtual gala comes on the heels of Dimarco’s producing debut, “Deaf U,” a Netflix reality show about students at his alma mater Gallaudet University, a college for deaf and hard of hearing students, that premiered in early October.
“The Media Access Awards reached out maybe two months ago and I was like, ‘Absolutely!’” Dimarco, 31, told Variety through an American Sign Language interpreter. “I’ve always wanted to host an award show. I presented at the GLAAD awards a couple of years ago so I was always hoping for more opportunities.”
Is this your audition to host the Oscars one day?...
- 11/17/2020
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
In our Q&a series Last Call, we get down to the bottom of every last thing with some of our favorite celebs – from the last thing they texted to the last thing they binge-watched. This week, Queer Eye star Karamo Brown takes our call.
We can't get enough of the Queer Eye crew, and Karamo Brown's inspiring wisdom and the work he does to motivate people to be their best selves is more important now than ever. While the Fab Five are currently on hiatus, Karamo's latest project is a collaboration with Febreze in honor of Adopt-a-Dog-Month, where they're working to raise funds to support North Shore Animal League America's no-kill mission. Ahead, we chatted with Karamo all about his adorable dog Logan, the last thing he watched on Netflix, the music that has gotten him through the pandemic, and more!
Last piece of advice you received that changed your life?...
We can't get enough of the Queer Eye crew, and Karamo Brown's inspiring wisdom and the work he does to motivate people to be their best selves is more important now than ever. While the Fab Five are currently on hiatus, Karamo's latest project is a collaboration with Febreze in honor of Adopt-a-Dog-Month, where they're working to raise funds to support North Shore Animal League America's no-kill mission. Ahead, we chatted with Karamo all about his adorable dog Logan, the last thing he watched on Netflix, the music that has gotten him through the pandemic, and more!
Last piece of advice you received that changed your life?...
- 10/19/2020
- by Kristin Harris
- Popsugar.com
When most people think of deafness, the word disability is probably the first thing that comes to mind. However, Daequan Taylor and the rest of the cast of the new Netflix docuseries Deaf U are here to show the world that people with hearing impairments are just as able as anyone else. Daequan and the rest of the cast members attend a school in Washington D.C. called Gallaudet University. The college is known all over the world because it is the only school where everything is designed to accommodate hearing impaired students. During season one of Deaf U, Daequan helped
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- 10/17/2020
- by Camille Moore
- TVovermind.com
Netflix's latest unscripted series, Deaf U, spotlights young students at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., a college predominately for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. While the Deaf audience may have been looking forward to seeing a glimpse of themselves represented on the screen, this series serves mainly as a voyeuristic and salacious gaze for the hearing audience into Deaf lives.
At one point, two of the main stars, Rodney Burford and Daequan Taylor, casually discussed how Daequan got fellow student Alexa Paulay-Simmons pregnant against her consent. Meanwhile, Daequan is clearly uncomfortable revisiting the topic with Alexa, the woman he physically and emotionally violated. Rodney and Daequan are both Black, while Alexa is white. Black men are often misrepresented in the media, and the fetishization of Black men as sexually aggressive and unsympathetic towards females is not a positive representation. I can almost guarantee that Black Deaf men...
At one point, two of the main stars, Rodney Burford and Daequan Taylor, casually discussed how Daequan got fellow student Alexa Paulay-Simmons pregnant against her consent. Meanwhile, Daequan is clearly uncomfortable revisiting the topic with Alexa, the woman he physically and emotionally violated. Rodney and Daequan are both Black, while Alexa is white. Black men are often misrepresented in the media, and the fetishization of Black men as sexually aggressive and unsympathetic towards females is not a positive representation. I can almost guarantee that Black Deaf men...
- 10/17/2020
- by Jade Bryan
- Popsugar.com
Photo: Nyle Dimarco and ‘Deaf U’/William Callan/Netflix Growing up in Washington D.C., I’d always pass by Gallaudet University on the train. I never knew much about it, other than the fact that it’s a school for deaf people. For years, it was nothing more to me than a place I would pass by on the way to high school. Ever since I graduated, I’ve rarely even given it a thought. Assuming it would continue to be an insignificant place in my life, I recently came to learn about it in an unexpected way. Netflix’s new TV series 'Deaf U' helped me get to know a place that I was close to physically, but not emotionally. In eight 20-minute episodes, it takes you through the highs and lows of the lives of Gallaudet students. Before this show, I knew next to nothing...
- 10/16/2020
- by Joshua Valdez
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
When casting students at Gallaudet University for Netflix’s “Deaf U,” executive producer Nyle Dimarco prioritized inviting diverse voices to represent the community in order to change one-dimensional representation of deafness.
“I was adamant that we incorporate a diverse array of talents in the community — not just about race, [but also] sexual orientation, gender and educational background but language usage as well,” the former “America’s Next Top Model” and “Dancing With the Stars” cast member signed during “The Making of ‘Deaf U'” panel organized by Gallaudet University on Tuesday. “We didn’t want the deaf community essentially to be seen as a monolith. There are so many students who arrive to college with no experience in sign language or deaf culture, and we wanted to really frame that nuance of our community.”
Behind the camera, Dimarco also hopes to open doors for creatives who are deaf and also aspiring to break into the entertainment industry.
“I was adamant that we incorporate a diverse array of talents in the community — not just about race, [but also] sexual orientation, gender and educational background but language usage as well,” the former “America’s Next Top Model” and “Dancing With the Stars” cast member signed during “The Making of ‘Deaf U'” panel organized by Gallaudet University on Tuesday. “We didn’t want the deaf community essentially to be seen as a monolith. There are so many students who arrive to college with no experience in sign language or deaf culture, and we wanted to really frame that nuance of our community.”
Behind the camera, Dimarco also hopes to open doors for creatives who are deaf and also aspiring to break into the entertainment industry.
- 10/14/2020
- by Janet W. Lee
- Variety Film + TV
Image Source: Netflix
Every reality TV show needs someone to bring the drama, and on Deaf U, that person is Cheyenna Clearbrook. Throughout the Netflix series - which follows a group of students at Gallaudet University in Washington DC, a private college for the deaf and hard of hearing - the social media influencer made it clear she didn't quite fit in with the Gallaudet crowd. As a result, it wasn't a huge surprise when Cheyenna decided to drop out of school at the end of season one. Her Gallaudet days may be done, but luckily, it seems like the Seattle native's career as an influencer is just taking off.
In addition to boasting an impressive Instagram following, Cheyenna is also a YouTuber who uses her channel to post vlogs about fashion, beauty, travel, deaf awareness, and, recently, her take on Deaf U:
Her Ig grid is filled with modeling pics,...
Every reality TV show needs someone to bring the drama, and on Deaf U, that person is Cheyenna Clearbrook. Throughout the Netflix series - which follows a group of students at Gallaudet University in Washington DC, a private college for the deaf and hard of hearing - the social media influencer made it clear she didn't quite fit in with the Gallaudet crowd. As a result, it wasn't a huge surprise when Cheyenna decided to drop out of school at the end of season one. Her Gallaudet days may be done, but luckily, it seems like the Seattle native's career as an influencer is just taking off.
In addition to boasting an impressive Instagram following, Cheyenna is also a YouTuber who uses her channel to post vlogs about fashion, beauty, travel, deaf awareness, and, recently, her take on Deaf U:
Her Ig grid is filled with modeling pics,...
- 10/11/2020
- by Corinne Sullivan
- Popsugar.com
If you watched all of Deaf U, you must be wondering about the current status of the relationship between Alexa Paulay-Simmons and Braxton Baker. On the Netflix reality show - which follows a group of students at Gallaudet University in Washington DC, a private college for the deaf and hard of hearing - Alexa and Braxton dated on and off before finally getting together at the end of the series. Interesting news, everyone: it seems like the Gallaudet grads are going strong, as Braxton made his last appearance on Alexa's Instagram grid toward the end of the summer.
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On Aug. 18, Alexa posted a pic of herself at Grand Falls in Joplin, Mo, squatting in the water while a familiar tattooed hand held her steady. In the caption, she gave Braxton a shout-out for helping...
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On Aug. 18, Alexa posted a pic of herself at Grand Falls in Joplin, Mo, squatting in the water while a familiar tattooed hand held her steady. In the caption, she gave Braxton a shout-out for helping...
- 10/10/2020
- by Corinne Sullivan
- Popsugar.com
Netflix’s reality docuseries “Deaf U” reveals a lot about deaf culture that may come as a surprise to most people in the hearing world.
One particular subset within Gallaudet University’s diverse body of deaf and hard-of-hearing students is referred to as “The Elite.”
Who makes up this smaller, more exclusive group within the school’s deaf community? And what’s the reason for all of the tension between one of the show’s stars, Cheyenna Clearbrook — a deaf Gallaudet student, YouTuber and Instagram personality who grew up surrounded by a predominantly hearing culture — and so many of the “Elite” girls on campus?
We asked deaf activist, model, former Gallaudet student, and “Deaf U” executive producer Nyle Dimarco to shed some light on what’s really going on within this tight-knit group.
“The quote-unquote ‘Elite’ group would typically be someone who maybe grew up in a multigenerational deaf family...
One particular subset within Gallaudet University’s diverse body of deaf and hard-of-hearing students is referred to as “The Elite.”
Who makes up this smaller, more exclusive group within the school’s deaf community? And what’s the reason for all of the tension between one of the show’s stars, Cheyenna Clearbrook — a deaf Gallaudet student, YouTuber and Instagram personality who grew up surrounded by a predominantly hearing culture — and so many of the “Elite” girls on campus?
We asked deaf activist, model, former Gallaudet student, and “Deaf U” executive producer Nyle Dimarco to shed some light on what’s really going on within this tight-knit group.
“The quote-unquote ‘Elite’ group would typically be someone who maybe grew up in a multigenerational deaf family...
- 10/9/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Netflix’s reality show format has been highly successful of late and, in a way, feels like a return to the golden age of the medium. There are moments in watching its latest series, the Nyle Dimarco-produced “Deaf U,” that will make you feel like you’re watching “The Hills.” It’s an important comparison to make, particularly when one is making something about disability or deafness. You want to draw in people from outside the community — and the best way to do that is giving them something familiar, relatable, and compelling.
“Deaf U” focuses on the students of Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., a college predominately for the deaf and hard of hearing. The stories of the individual students aren’t unique — ranging from discussions of sex and dating to issues with parents — but to see it through a deaf lens with such a frankness makes it unique.
“Deaf U” focuses on the students of Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., a college predominately for the deaf and hard of hearing. The stories of the individual students aren’t unique — ranging from discussions of sex and dating to issues with parents — but to see it through a deaf lens with such a frankness makes it unique.
- 10/9/2020
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Nyle Dimarco Made Netflix’s ‘Deaf U’ to Prove Deaf Culture Exists: ‘People Don’t Believe Me’ (Video)
Nyle Dimarco has spent a lot of time on reality television. But while starring on “America’s Next Top Model” and “Dancing With the Stars,” he noticed that the questions posed to him almost always revolved around the fact that he’s deaf — not about who he is as a person.
Enter his own reality docuseries, “Deaf U,” out Friday on Netflix, which follows a tight-knit community of young students at Washington D.C.’s Gallaudet University for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Dimarco, who executive produces the series, hopes it will convince viewers of something he feels has often been doubted in the past: deaf culture exists.
“One of my biggest struggles in the last five years in the industry is that people don’t believe me when I tell them deaf culture exists,” Dimarco told TheWrap in a video interview with Greyson Van Pelt serving as his American Sign Language interpreter.
Enter his own reality docuseries, “Deaf U,” out Friday on Netflix, which follows a tight-knit community of young students at Washington D.C.’s Gallaudet University for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Dimarco, who executive produces the series, hopes it will convince viewers of something he feels has often been doubted in the past: deaf culture exists.
“One of my biggest struggles in the last five years in the industry is that people don’t believe me when I tell them deaf culture exists,” Dimarco told TheWrap in a video interview with Greyson Van Pelt serving as his American Sign Language interpreter.
- 10/9/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Netflix is expanding its reality lineup with Deaf U, the latest in a string of docuseries diving into the dating culture of underrepresented communities, such as Indian Matchmaking and Love on The Spectrum. The series, created by America's Next Top Model winner and Dancing With the Stars contestant Nyle Dimarco, follows the romantic and academic lives of seven deaf or hard-of-hearing students at Gallaudet University, a private DC institution revered for its deaf-minded education.
Dimarco, a deaf advocate, made the series to promote onscreen narratives of deaf individuals that surpass their disability. "The point of it all is that deaf people are human. We're the same as human people, we go through the same as hearing people," Dimarco signed through an interpreter during Netflix's virtual Television Critics Association tour.
With a premiere date of Oct. 9, the odds are already stacked against Deaf U's renewal for a second season. The...
Dimarco, a deaf advocate, made the series to promote onscreen narratives of deaf individuals that surpass their disability. "The point of it all is that deaf people are human. We're the same as human people, we go through the same as hearing people," Dimarco signed through an interpreter during Netflix's virtual Television Critics Association tour.
With a premiere date of Oct. 9, the odds are already stacked against Deaf U's renewal for a second season. The...
- 10/9/2020
- by Kennedy Hill
- Popsugar.com
Looking for something new to watch this weekend? Don’t worry, the various major streaming services have got you well covered as Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, HBO Max and Amazon Prime are all serving up some great fresh content over the course of the next few days. Whether you’re looking for an early Halloween treat, a few classic movies or something for the family, you won’t be disappointed.
For starters, Netflix dropped one of its most-anticipated titles of the month this Friday – The Haunting of Bly Manor, the follow-up to the hit 2018 horror TV series The Haunting of Hill House. Elsewhere, you can catch the second season of animated show Fast & Furious Spy Racers or documentary Deaf U.
For more, here’s the full list of everything that’s hitting streaming this weekend:
October 9th
Netflix
Deaf U — Netflix Original
Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season...
For starters, Netflix dropped one of its most-anticipated titles of the month this Friday – The Haunting of Bly Manor, the follow-up to the hit 2018 horror TV series The Haunting of Hill House. Elsewhere, you can catch the second season of animated show Fast & Furious Spy Racers or documentary Deaf U.
For more, here’s the full list of everything that’s hitting streaming this weekend:
October 9th
Netflix
Deaf U — Netflix Original
Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season...
- 10/9/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Would one expect the college kids at the center of Netflix’s Deaf U, its reality series following a group of students at prestigious Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., to be more or less guarded having come of age in the 21st century? They’re used to sharing their lives through social media, but they’re also savvy to the manipulation of reality producers.
But the stars of the eight-episode docuseries, which premieres Friday, are charmingly unself-conscious about opening up to TV cameras, much like the young people at the center of early 2020 Netflix hit Cheer. That’s due in ...
But the stars of the eight-episode docuseries, which premieres Friday, are charmingly unself-conscious about opening up to TV cameras, much like the young people at the center of early 2020 Netflix hit Cheer. That’s due in ...
- 10/9/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Would one expect the college kids at the center of Netflix’s Deaf U, its reality series following a group of students at prestigious Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., to be more or less guarded having come of age in the 21st century? They’re used to sharing their lives through social media, but they’re also savvy to the manipulation of reality producers.
But the stars of the eight-episode docuseries, which premieres Friday, are charmingly unself-conscious about opening up to TV cameras, much like the young people at the center of early 2020 Netflix hit Cheer. That’s due in ...
But the stars of the eight-episode docuseries, which premieres Friday, are charmingly unself-conscious about opening up to TV cameras, much like the young people at the center of early 2020 Netflix hit Cheer. That’s due in ...
- 10/9/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
October’s Netflix collection has been quite fantastic so far, offering a wide variety of intriguing new things for fans of nearly every genre. Comedy lovers have been treated to classics like Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Employee of the Month, while those itching for dramatic storytelling are surely enjoying hits such as Gran Torino and Her. But most importantly, it’s almost Halloween, so Netflix has been pumping plenty of horror content onto the service, too.
If you’re searching for spooky flicks this holiday season, you’re sure to discover fresh selections like Rob Zombie’s gruesome House of 1000 Corpses and the brand new Adam Sandler comedy-horror Hubie Halloween, the latter of which has already proven to be a hugely popular addition to the platform. And if that wasn’t enough, you’re going to love what Netflix has dropped for you today, because one of...
If you’re searching for spooky flicks this holiday season, you’re sure to discover fresh selections like Rob Zombie’s gruesome House of 1000 Corpses and the brand new Adam Sandler comedy-horror Hubie Halloween, the latter of which has already proven to be a hugely popular addition to the platform. And if that wasn’t enough, you’re going to love what Netflix has dropped for you today, because one of...
- 10/9/2020
- by Billy Givens
- We Got This Covered
Most pop-cultural representations of deaf people frame them as anomalies among the hearing, their disability setting them apart from the mainstream. But in the new Netflix reality series Deaf U — set at Gallaudet University, a private college in Washington, D.C., for hard-of-hearing students — they are the norm. That hardly makes the campus a utopia; where there’s people — particularly young, attractive, single people with seemingly loads of free time — there’s bound to be drama.
There’s no question that Deaf U, which counts Gallaudet alum and deaf model Nyle Dimarco as one of its executive producers, is a huge leap ...
There’s no question that Deaf U, which counts Gallaudet alum and deaf model Nyle Dimarco as one of its executive producers, is a huge leap ...
- 10/8/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Most pop-cultural representations of deaf people frame them as anomalies among the hearing, their disability setting them apart from the mainstream. But in the new Netflix reality series Deaf U — set at Gallaudet University, a private college in Washington, D.C., for hard-of-hearing students — they are the norm. That hardly makes the campus a utopia; where there’s people — particularly young, attractive, single people with seemingly loads of free time — there’s bound to be drama.
There’s no question that Deaf U, which counts Gallaudet alum and deaf model Nyle Dimarco as one of its executive producers, is a huge leap ...
There’s no question that Deaf U, which counts Gallaudet alum and deaf model Nyle Dimarco as one of its executive producers, is a huge leap ...
- 10/8/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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- 10/6/2020
- by Megan Vick
- TVGuide - Breaking News
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