NBCUniversal Launch, the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion home for entertainment television, unveiled its inaugural Unscripted Pitch Accelerator program.
The Unscripted Pitch Accelerator comes a year after NBCUniversal launched The Unscripted Producers Program initiative. Similarly, this aims provide independent creators and producers with an opportunity to pitch their concepts for unscripted series to NBCUniversal television executives. To expand the consideration pool to find the best ideas, independent producers do not need representation or a relationship with an established production company or studio to submit their concepts. Its goal is to find the next hit unscripted franchises for the company’s entertainment television platforms, including Peacock, NBC, Bravo, E!, Oxygen True Crime and USA Network.
Creators are encouraged to submit pitches spanning various genres and formats, including shiny-floor/in-studio formats, competition formats, social experiments, dating/relationship formats, game shows, character-led docu-soaps, occu-soaps, lifestyle formats, true-crime series and premium documentary series.
The Unscripted Pitch Accelerator comes a year after NBCUniversal launched The Unscripted Producers Program initiative. Similarly, this aims provide independent creators and producers with an opportunity to pitch their concepts for unscripted series to NBCUniversal television executives. To expand the consideration pool to find the best ideas, independent producers do not need representation or a relationship with an established production company or studio to submit their concepts. Its goal is to find the next hit unscripted franchises for the company’s entertainment television platforms, including Peacock, NBC, Bravo, E!, Oxygen True Crime and USA Network.
Creators are encouraged to submit pitches spanning various genres and formats, including shiny-floor/in-studio formats, competition formats, social experiments, dating/relationship formats, game shows, character-led docu-soaps, occu-soaps, lifestyle formats, true-crime series and premium documentary series.
- 5/22/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The MTV Movie & TV Awards is taking another break. Variety has confirmed that the event, which would have normally taken place around this time of year, will instead sit 2024 out — with an eye toward returning next year, perhaps in a different, “reimagined” format.
It’s been a bumpy decade for the MTV Movie & TV Awards, which first began in 1992 (as the MTV Movie Awards). Last’s year’s event was forced to pivot to a pre-taped clip show in light of the Hollywood writers’ strike, as host Drew Barrymore bowed out and the WGA announced plans to picket the ceremony.
Meanwhile, in 2020, the MTV Movie & TV Awards also didn’t take place, due in part to the Covid-19 pandemic, but also because the network had planned to move the franchise (long a spring/early summer staple) to December. Ultimately, instead of an awards show, MTV ran a “MTV Movie & TV...
It’s been a bumpy decade for the MTV Movie & TV Awards, which first began in 1992 (as the MTV Movie Awards). Last’s year’s event was forced to pivot to a pre-taped clip show in light of the Hollywood writers’ strike, as host Drew Barrymore bowed out and the WGA announced plans to picket the ceremony.
Meanwhile, in 2020, the MTV Movie & TV Awards also didn’t take place, due in part to the Covid-19 pandemic, but also because the network had planned to move the franchise (long a spring/early summer staple) to December. Ultimately, instead of an awards show, MTV ran a “MTV Movie & TV...
- 5/13/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Can you tell who has a “good” voice and who has a “bad” voice just by looking someone in the face who is lip-syncing to a song? This is the question posed to participants weekly on the Fox game show I Can See Your Voice, hosted and created by Ken Jeong.
“The whole show is predicated on, is this a ‘good’ singer or a ‘bad’ singer without ever hearing them actually hearing them sing,” Jeong tells Deadline during a panel at its Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event. “We use visual clues, lip-sync clues, and like detective kind of clues. At the end of the day, the contestant has an opportunity to win life-changing money by determining if the final secret voice is good or bad. And if it is good, then they can win up to $100,000. It’s really just feel-good television at its best.”
Casting and coaching are...
“The whole show is predicated on, is this a ‘good’ singer or a ‘bad’ singer without ever hearing them actually hearing them sing,” Jeong tells Deadline during a panel at its Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event. “We use visual clues, lip-sync clues, and like detective kind of clues. At the end of the day, the contestant has an opportunity to win life-changing money by determining if the final secret voice is good or bad. And if it is good, then they can win up to $100,000. It’s really just feel-good television at its best.”
Casting and coaching are...
- 4/27/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
The success of the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building has exposed a new generation of viewers to the comedic brilliance and appeal of Steve Martin. But the actor-writer has been appearing onscreen since the late 1960s – and performing even before that, to smaller audiences, as a kid magician at the newly opened Disneyland.
His journey from shy, showbiz-obsessed youth in Southern California to stand-up sensation and (probably still shy) comedy legend is told in Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces, directed by Oscar winner Morgan Neville.
“For years, people had asked Steve about doing a documentary. He always had said no,” Neville commented during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event. “I think a combination of having a daughter and of Covid, perhaps, made him, like all of us, kind of think about everything in our lives. And I think it just cracked the...
His journey from shy, showbiz-obsessed youth in Southern California to stand-up sensation and (probably still shy) comedy legend is told in Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces, directed by Oscar winner Morgan Neville.
“For years, people had asked Steve about doing a documentary. He always had said no,” Neville commented during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event. “I think a combination of having a daughter and of Covid, perhaps, made him, like all of us, kind of think about everything in our lives. And I think it just cracked the...
- 4/27/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The Apple TV+ docuseries The Super Models hearkens to the 1990s when four extraordinary beauties ruled the covers of fashion magazines and popular culture: Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford and Linda Evangelista.
“It was a time when music and art and fashion were all coming together. And they were the first influencers … way before there were cell phones or anything,” executive producer and director Roger Ross Williams said during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event. “They were on the pages of the Daily News and New York Post and the fashion magazines and the gossip magazines. They were everywhere.”
Producer-director Larissa Bills added, “These women, I think, be it their force of personality plus the time, plus the culture, it became a zeitgeist where they were able to own their own image. And I don’t mean that literally because there’s certainly an element...
“It was a time when music and art and fashion were all coming together. And they were the first influencers … way before there were cell phones or anything,” executive producer and director Roger Ross Williams said during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event. “They were on the pages of the Daily News and New York Post and the fashion magazines and the gossip magazines. They were everywhere.”
Producer-director Larissa Bills added, “These women, I think, be it their force of personality plus the time, plus the culture, it became a zeitgeist where they were able to own their own image. And I don’t mean that literally because there’s certainly an element...
- 4/27/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
“I mean, there’s just nothing that can prepare you for the experience of Drag Race, because it is an experience of its own,” Season 16 queen Q said during a panel at Deadline’s Contenders TV: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event.
After 16 seasons, MTV’s RuPaul’s Drag Race still manages to keep contestants and viewers on their toes — even when they’ve been vying for a spot for years, like Season 16 queen Sapphira Cristál.
“I auditioned for RuPaul’s Drag Race 11 times, and so I had a lot of time to prepare,” she said, explaining that each rejection only made her want it more. She used every year that passed as an opportunity to improve her craft in some way — whether it be her looks, her dance moves, her sewing even her mental health.
Related: Contenders TV Doc + Unscripted – Deadline’s Full Coverage
“I went to therapy. I really got my mind right,...
After 16 seasons, MTV’s RuPaul’s Drag Race still manages to keep contestants and viewers on their toes — even when they’ve been vying for a spot for years, like Season 16 queen Sapphira Cristál.
“I auditioned for RuPaul’s Drag Race 11 times, and so I had a lot of time to prepare,” she said, explaining that each rejection only made her want it more. She used every year that passed as an opportunity to improve her craft in some way — whether it be her looks, her dance moves, her sewing even her mental health.
Related: Contenders TV Doc + Unscripted – Deadline’s Full Coverage
“I went to therapy. I really got my mind right,...
- 4/27/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Suits: L.A. has hired another associate: Bryan Greenberg (One Tree Hill, How to Make It in America) has joined the cast of NBC’s Suits offshoot as a series regular, our sister site Deadline reports.
Greenberg will play entertainment lawyer Rick Dodsen, a protégé of high-powered Los Angeles attorney Ted Black, played by series star Stephen Amell. “Slated to be promoted, Rick is determined to stay one step ahead of his rival, Erica Rollins,” played by Lex Scott Davis, per the official description.
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Greenberg will play entertainment lawyer Rick Dodsen, a protégé of high-powered Los Angeles attorney Ted Black, played by series star Stephen Amell. “Slated to be promoted, Rick is determined to stay one step ahead of his rival, Erica Rollins,” played by Lex Scott Davis, per the official description.
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- 3/14/2024
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Mid-July doesn’t exactly constitute the dog days of summer, but for parents with kids to keep entertained it’s certainly close enough. Summer break is only half over for most kids across the United States, and that means parents have at least another month of kids with nothing but time on their hands.
To combat the boredom that can crop up during this time of year, parents should check out Sling Freestream. Freestream is, as the name suggests, completely free to all users, whether they subscribe to Sling TV’s live TV service or not. The service offers hundreds of free streaming channels, including some selections that are tailor-made for keeping children entertained.
Watch Now $0 / month sling.com What Are the Top Kids Channels Available on Sling Freestream?
Sling Freestream’s channel count has grown to over 400, and it offers more than 41,000 titles to stream on-demand as well. No...
To combat the boredom that can crop up during this time of year, parents should check out Sling Freestream. Freestream is, as the name suggests, completely free to all users, whether they subscribe to Sling TV’s live TV service or not. The service offers hundreds of free streaming channels, including some selections that are tailor-made for keeping children entertained.
Watch Now $0 / month sling.com What Are the Top Kids Channels Available on Sling Freestream?
Sling Freestream’s channel count has grown to over 400, and it offers more than 41,000 titles to stream on-demand as well. No...
- 7/12/2023
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
Now this is something to sing about.
CBS’ Sunday-night airing of the 76th Tony Awards averaged 4.31 million viewers, based on Nielsen fast national data and estimated out-of-home viewership — a 2% increase from the tallies for last year’s telecast.
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As such, this year’s unscripted ceremony, winningly hosted by Academy Award, Golden Globe and SAG Award winner Ariana DeBose, stands...
CBS’ Sunday-night airing of the 76th Tony Awards averaged 4.31 million viewers, based on Nielsen fast national data and estimated out-of-home viewership — a 2% increase from the tallies for last year’s telecast.
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As such, this year’s unscripted ceremony, winningly hosted by Academy Award, Golden Globe and SAG Award winner Ariana DeBose, stands...
- 6/12/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Anna Shay, star of Netflix reality series Bling Empire, has died. Shay died unexpectedly of a stroke Monday, her family shared in a statement to multiple media outlets. She was 62.
“It saddens our hearts to announce that Anna Shay, a loving mother, grandmother, charismatic star, and our brightest ray of sunshine, has passed away at the early age of 62 from a stroke,” Shay’s family said in the statement. “Anna taught us many life lessons on how not to take life too seriously and to enjoy the finer things. Her impact on our lives will be forever missed but never forgotten.”
Shay appeared as herself in all three seasons of Bling Empire, which launched January 15, 2021 and ran through October 5, 2022 on Netflix.
According to Netflix’s description of the show, Bling Empire followed a wildly wealthy group of Asian and Asian American friends (and frenemies) in Los Angeles. While their days...
“It saddens our hearts to announce that Anna Shay, a loving mother, grandmother, charismatic star, and our brightest ray of sunshine, has passed away at the early age of 62 from a stroke,” Shay’s family said in the statement. “Anna taught us many life lessons on how not to take life too seriously and to enjoy the finer things. Her impact on our lives will be forever missed but never forgotten.”
Shay appeared as herself in all three seasons of Bling Empire, which launched January 15, 2021 and ran through October 5, 2022 on Netflix.
According to Netflix’s description of the show, Bling Empire followed a wildly wealthy group of Asian and Asian American friends (and frenemies) in Los Angeles. While their days...
- 6/5/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Soccer great Carli Lloyd definitely questioned her decision when she arrived for the filming of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test for Fox. There wasn’t any time to prepare for the extreme heat and effort required to perform quasi-military training exercises for the entertainment of TV viewers.
“I didn’t even understand fully what I was getting into until after the contract was signed,” Lloyd said during a panel with fellow contestants Hannah Brown and Kenya Moore at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event. “And then once the little snippets of what we were up against came through, I had a little second-guessing. We literally no idea.”
Fellow “recruit” Brown, a former Bachelorette on ABC, was equally gobsmacked by what was in store for her and her fellow celebrity competitors, a list that included Jamie Lynn Spears, Mel B, Dwight Howard, Mike Piazza, Kate Gosselin and Moore. The show...
“I didn’t even understand fully what I was getting into until after the contract was signed,” Lloyd said during a panel with fellow contestants Hannah Brown and Kenya Moore at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event. “And then once the little snippets of what we were up against came through, I had a little second-guessing. We literally no idea.”
Fellow “recruit” Brown, a former Bachelorette on ABC, was equally gobsmacked by what was in store for her and her fellow celebrity competitors, a list that included Jamie Lynn Spears, Mel B, Dwight Howard, Mike Piazza, Kate Gosselin and Moore. The show...
- 4/29/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
In 1991, director Alek Keshishian came out with one of the most acclaimed and successful music-themed documentaries of all time, Madonna: Truth or Dare. More than three decades later, he explores the experience of another pop star and actress in his Apple TV+ documentary Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me.
The director sees significant differences between Madonna and the young woman at the heart of his new film.
“Madonna was a really armored person. She almost enjoyed that sparring [with paparazzi], and Selena is a much more vulnerable human being, immediately,” Keshishian said during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event. “I’m not saying Madonna isn’t vulnerable as well, but Madonna was in her 30s when she did Truth or Dare… What I noticed about [Selena], which was different to most pop stars and celebrities that I met, was she didn’t seem to have any guile. She had no armor.
The director sees significant differences between Madonna and the young woman at the heart of his new film.
“Madonna was a really armored person. She almost enjoyed that sparring [with paparazzi], and Selena is a much more vulnerable human being, immediately,” Keshishian said during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event. “I’m not saying Madonna isn’t vulnerable as well, but Madonna was in her 30s when she did Truth or Dare… What I noticed about [Selena], which was different to most pop stars and celebrities that I met, was she didn’t seem to have any guile. She had no armor.
- 4/29/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The words “Pamela Anderson” and “sex tape” might remain synonymous forever. But one of the revelations of the Netflix documentary Pamela, A Love Story, is that Anderson herself has long since moved past the scandal that erupted in the mid-1990s after a home video leaked of her having sex with her then-husband, Mötley Crüe rocker Tommy Lee.
“She’s a very live-in-the-moment, present-tense type of person,” director Ryan White said during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event. “Of course, I was having all of these conversations with her, asking her to reflect on the past — which she was willing to do. But she doesn’t spend a lot of her life giving a ton of thought to what could have been or what happened to her, what her career could have been without these things. It’s just not really how the Pamela Anderson brain works.
“She’s a very live-in-the-moment, present-tense type of person,” director Ryan White said during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event. “Of course, I was having all of these conversations with her, asking her to reflect on the past — which she was willing to do. But she doesn’t spend a lot of her life giving a ton of thought to what could have been or what happened to her, what her career could have been without these things. It’s just not really how the Pamela Anderson brain works.
- 4/29/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Marking the World Theatre Day on 27th March this year, Aadyam Theatre has launched – Unscripted, produced by Ideabrew Productions. It is the first-ever podcast in the country that will delve into the lives of theatre artists onstage as well as offstage through candid conversations with them.
The podcast features writer-director Akarsh Khurana as the host, whose limitless talent has deeply impacted the entertainment industry. While he has gained recognition in the Ott space for web series like Tvf Tripling and Mismatched, alongside the big screen for Karwaan, Khurana has also directed and produced numerous plays through his theatre group Akvarious Productions. This includes The Verdict, an adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, Dekh Behen and many more.
With Khurana as host, Unscripted promises a free-flowing and no holds barred conversation between him and actors, directors, writers and other diverse theatre professionals, raising the curtain on the world of theatre like never before.
The podcast features writer-director Akarsh Khurana as the host, whose limitless talent has deeply impacted the entertainment industry. While he has gained recognition in the Ott space for web series like Tvf Tripling and Mismatched, alongside the big screen for Karwaan, Khurana has also directed and produced numerous plays through his theatre group Akvarious Productions. This includes The Verdict, an adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, Dekh Behen and many more.
With Khurana as host, Unscripted promises a free-flowing and no holds barred conversation between him and actors, directors, writers and other diverse theatre professionals, raising the curtain on the world of theatre like never before.
- 3/27/2023
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
CBS announced that Ian Metrose, its longtime senior vp talent relations and special events, is leaving the network. The executive, who’d spent two decades at the company, has been under scrutiny since a New York Attorney General’s report in November 2022 revealed how he was centrally involved in efforts to counter sexual misconduct allegations against his then-boss, the former CBS head Leslie Moonves.
Metrose’s activities allegedly included serving as a go-between with an LAPD captain who provided him with a Moonves accuser’s confidential police report. Over a period of months, the New York A.G. contends he schemed with C-suite brass to quell a crisis they believed could ultimately knock off the chief. (Nonetheless, eventually, it did.) The matter has since been the subject of detailed coverage published in February in The Hollywood Reporter, as well as a new book, Unscripted, which examines corporate governance at CBS.
Metrose’s activities allegedly included serving as a go-between with an LAPD captain who provided him with a Moonves accuser’s confidential police report. Over a period of months, the New York A.G. contends he schemed with C-suite brass to quell a crisis they believed could ultimately knock off the chief. (Nonetheless, eventually, it did.) The matter has since been the subject of detailed coverage published in February in The Hollywood Reporter, as well as a new book, Unscripted, which examines corporate governance at CBS.
- 3/18/2023
- by Gary Baum
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From the outset, Sumner Redstone was a curiosity.
A cluster of power players 50 years ago were suddenly bidding for control of Hollywood’s revered movie studios. Competition was intense but most of the bidders were not even “movie” people. In fact, they’d rarely seen a movie.
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The exception was a cantankerous lawyer from Boston who’d inherited a small chain of theaters. Unlike characters like Steve Ross (funeral business), Kirk Kerkorian (airplanes) or Rupert Murdoch (newspapers), Redstone was passionate about film. He wanted to champion filmmaking and build a media conglomerate around that zeal.
A cluster of power players 50 years ago were suddenly bidding for control of Hollywood’s revered movie studios. Competition was intense but most of the bidders were not even “movie” people. In fact, they’d rarely seen a movie.
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The exception was a cantankerous lawyer from Boston who’d inherited a small chain of theaters. Unlike characters like Steve Ross (funeral business), Kirk Kerkorian (airplanes) or Rupert Murdoch (newspapers), Redstone was passionate about film. He wanted to champion filmmaking and build a media conglomerate around that zeal.
- 2/16/2023
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Megan Lawrence, most recently Head of Unscripted Development for Bungalow Entertainment, has joined A3 Artists Agency as Unscripted Agent in the Alternative Programming, Digital Media, License & Branding Division. She will be based in New York.
During her tenure at Bungalow, Lawrence spearheaded development and served as Executive Producer on projects including: the 4-part docuseries, Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, Discovery+’s hit docusoap, Serving the Hamptons and a new competition series, Stab That Cake for Wbd.
Prior to Bungalow, the veteran television programming and development executive worked as Vice President of Programming and Development for Food Network and Cooking Channel, where she developed and oversaw production of original programming such as Cake Wars, Cupcake Wars, and Ayesha’s Homemade. As Senior Director of Development for We tv, she was instrumental in developing a number of We tv’s most popular brand-defining series including Braxton Family Values, Mary Mary, Kendra on Top, L.
During her tenure at Bungalow, Lawrence spearheaded development and served as Executive Producer on projects including: the 4-part docuseries, Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, Discovery+’s hit docusoap, Serving the Hamptons and a new competition series, Stab That Cake for Wbd.
Prior to Bungalow, the veteran television programming and development executive worked as Vice President of Programming and Development for Food Network and Cooking Channel, where she developed and oversaw production of original programming such as Cake Wars, Cupcake Wars, and Ayesha’s Homemade. As Senior Director of Development for We tv, she was instrumental in developing a number of We tv’s most popular brand-defining series including Braxton Family Values, Mary Mary, Kendra on Top, L.
- 2/9/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
CSI: Vegas is reinforcing its ranks for Season 2, following the exits of William Petersen, Jorja Fox and Mel Rodriguez at the conclusion of the first season.
The CBS drama has added Lex Medlin (Drop Dead Diva) and Ariana Guerra (Helstrom, Promised Land) as new series regulars, our sister site Deadline reports. Medlin will play Beau, one of Dow Chemical’s longtime top research scientists who followed his heart after the pandemic and went to the CSI Academy, making him the most overqualified CSI Level 1 of all time. Guerra will portray Serena, a daughter of cops and a sister to doctors...
The CBS drama has added Lex Medlin (Drop Dead Diva) and Ariana Guerra (Helstrom, Promised Land) as new series regulars, our sister site Deadline reports. Medlin will play Beau, one of Dow Chemical’s longtime top research scientists who followed his heart after the pandemic and went to the CSI Academy, making him the most overqualified CSI Level 1 of all time. Guerra will portray Serena, a daughter of cops and a sister to doctors...
- 5/24/2022
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Tayshia Adams is set to host the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted, Variety has learned exclusively. The show will take place live at the Barker Hangar on Sunday, June 5, at 10 p.m. Et.
Adams, who made her television debut on “The Bachelor” franchise in 2019 on Colton Underwood’s season, went on to become the Season 16 star of “The Bachelorette.” She then stepped behind-the-scenes, co-hosting seasons 17 and 18 of the dating show alongside former Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe.
This year, the “MTV Movie & TV Awards” and the Unscripted show will air back-to-back and simulcast across BET, BET Her, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV2, Nick at Nite, Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land and VH1.
Before the “Unscripted” awards, Vanessa Hudgens will host the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards. The “Tick, Tick…Boom!” star previously hosted the “MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time” special in 2020.
This year, the “MTV Movie & TV Awards” top nominees...
Adams, who made her television debut on “The Bachelor” franchise in 2019 on Colton Underwood’s season, went on to become the Season 16 star of “The Bachelorette.” She then stepped behind-the-scenes, co-hosting seasons 17 and 18 of the dating show alongside former Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe.
This year, the “MTV Movie & TV Awards” and the Unscripted show will air back-to-back and simulcast across BET, BET Her, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV2, Nick at Nite, Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land and VH1.
Before the “Unscripted” awards, Vanessa Hudgens will host the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards. The “Tick, Tick…Boom!” star previously hosted the “MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time” special in 2020.
This year, the “MTV Movie & TV Awards” top nominees...
- 5/24/2022
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
“Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Euphoria,” “The Batman” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” lead this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards nominations, the network announced on Wednesday. The outlet also announced that this year’s event would combine the longrunning MTV Movie & TV Awards with its recent spinoff, the all-reality “Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted,” into a one-night event to air live on Sunday, June 5.
MTV originally announced in March that the second annual reality-centric “Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted” would air on the following night, Monday, June 6; there was no explanation given on why the two shows were ultimately moved to the same night.
In 2021, the “MTV Movie & TV Awards” and the inaugural “Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted” were held on different nights.
This year’s telecast once again takes place live from Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar, and features new categories including best song and “here for the hookup” on the MTV Movie & TV Awards side,...
MTV originally announced in March that the second annual reality-centric “Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted” would air on the following night, Monday, June 6; there was no explanation given on why the two shows were ultimately moved to the same night.
In 2021, the “MTV Movie & TV Awards” and the inaugural “Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted” were held on different nights.
This year’s telecast once again takes place live from Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar, and features new categories including best song and “here for the hookup” on the MTV Movie & TV Awards side,...
- 5/11/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “Euphoria” lead the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards in nominations, while “RuPaul’s Drag Race” has garnered four nods in the Unscripted awards show. The two ceremonies will air live June 5 from Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar beginning at 8 p.m. Et/Pt.
Along with Best Movie, “No Way Home” is nominated for 6 other categories, and “Euphoria” follows closely behind with 7 nominations in 6 categories, including one for Best Show and two (Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney) for Best Performance in a show. Meanwhile, Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” garnered four nominations. In Unscripted series, “Selling Sunset” and “Summer House” follow behind “RuPaul’s Drag Race” with three nominations apiece.
Beginning Wednesday, fans can vote for their favorites online through May 18 at 6 p.m. Et. New categories include Best Song and Here For The Hookup for the Movie & TV Awards; for Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted, Best Reality Star and Best Reality...
Along with Best Movie, “No Way Home” is nominated for 6 other categories, and “Euphoria” follows closely behind with 7 nominations in 6 categories, including one for Best Show and two (Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney) for Best Performance in a show. Meanwhile, Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” garnered four nominations. In Unscripted series, “Selling Sunset” and “Summer House” follow behind “RuPaul’s Drag Race” with three nominations apiece.
Beginning Wednesday, fans can vote for their favorites online through May 18 at 6 p.m. Et. New categories include Best Song and Here For The Hookup for the Movie & TV Awards; for Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted, Best Reality Star and Best Reality...
- 5/11/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
“People like to see other people, for some weird reason, do crazy stuff on TV.” That’s Kaycee Clark’s explanation for why MTV’s long-running reality competition show The Challenge has remained so popular since launching in 1998. But Clark isn’t just a fan of the show; she’s a winner too, having triumphed in Season 37’s Spies, Lies & Allies edition.
“It’s just very relatable to a lot of people,” said Clark, who won Big Brother 20 on CBS before jumping to play The Challenge during Season 35 (Total Madness) and Season 36 (Double Agents). Clark, along with longtime contestant Chris “Ct” Tamburello, showrunner Emer Harkin and host T.J. Lavin, joined Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted award-season event to discuss the show.
“It’s the weirdest thing. But I think with this game, it’s just so strategic,” she continued. “It’s hard not to get into it, and it...
“It’s just very relatable to a lot of people,” said Clark, who won Big Brother 20 on CBS before jumping to play The Challenge during Season 35 (Total Madness) and Season 36 (Double Agents). Clark, along with longtime contestant Chris “Ct” Tamburello, showrunner Emer Harkin and host T.J. Lavin, joined Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted award-season event to discuss the show.
“It’s the weirdest thing. But I think with this game, it’s just so strategic,” she continued. “It’s hard not to get into it, and it...
- 4/23/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmaker Ry Russo-Young is not only the creator and director of the HBO Documentary Films series Nuclear Family, but also one of its main subjects.
The three-part series revolves around her upbringing as the daughter of a lesbian couple, Sandy Russo and Robin Young. Back in the late 1970s and early ’80s, couples like Sandy and Robin couldn’t get access to sperm banks if they wanted to start a family, so they relied on friends to recommend possible donors. That worked out fine for Russo and Young until Ry’s biological father, after spending time with the young Ry, became emotionally attached to her, and then sued Ry’s mothers for visitation rights. It turned into a terribly bitter court case.
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“The thing that’s important to stress is that when my lesbian moms started a family, there was no precedent.
The three-part series revolves around her upbringing as the daughter of a lesbian couple, Sandy Russo and Robin Young. Back in the late 1970s and early ’80s, couples like Sandy and Robin couldn’t get access to sperm banks if they wanted to start a family, so they relied on friends to recommend possible donors. That worked out fine for Russo and Young until Ry’s biological father, after spending time with the young Ry, became emotionally attached to her, and then sued Ry’s mothers for visitation rights. It turned into a terribly bitter court case.
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“The thing that’s important to stress is that when my lesbian moms started a family, there was no precedent.
- 4/23/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Surfer Garrett McNamara, star of the HBO documentary series 100 Foot Wave, is one of the few people on the planet who can truly describe what it’s like to be chased by a massive wall of water.
“It’s just so choppy and the wind is just going by your face and your whole body,” McNamara said during a panel discussion of 100 Foot Wave as part of Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event. “As you’re coming down [the wave], you’re looking to see if it’s going to keep you from behind or if there’s an exit, if you can make it or should you go deeper or run to the shoulder or try to pull into the barrel. And if you pull into the barrel, that’s when it’s like you’re in this special place where time doesn’t exist… It’s the most exhilarating,...
“It’s just so choppy and the wind is just going by your face and your whole body,” McNamara said during a panel discussion of 100 Foot Wave as part of Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event. “As you’re coming down [the wave], you’re looking to see if it’s going to keep you from behind or if there’s an exit, if you can make it or should you go deeper or run to the shoulder or try to pull into the barrel. And if you pull into the barrel, that’s when it’s like you’re in this special place where time doesn’t exist… It’s the most exhilarating,...
- 4/23/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
A die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fan jumps the wall at the 1979 Super Bowl to watch his favorite team, a Muslim teen girl (comedian-attorney Yasmin Elhady) conquers 9/11 adversity and wins over students at an Alabama high school to become class president, and a working-class guy is slowed down by the cops in his blitz to get his pregnant girlfriend her ideal dessert (a Maple Butter Blondie) from Applebee’s.
Such are the tales, all true, on Warner Horizon TV and Peacock’s True Story With Ed & Randall, on which hosts and executive producers Ed Helms and Randall Park sit down with a guest (sometimes two) and hear them tell outrageous, but oh-so-true stories from their lives.
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Part of the conceit of the show, which is based on an Australian format, is that Helms and Park haven’t heard their guests’ great yarns before. “Ed...
Such are the tales, all true, on Warner Horizon TV and Peacock’s True Story With Ed & Randall, on which hosts and executive producers Ed Helms and Randall Park sit down with a guest (sometimes two) and hear them tell outrageous, but oh-so-true stories from their lives.
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Part of the conceit of the show, which is based on an Australian format, is that Helms and Park haven’t heard their guests’ great yarns before. “Ed...
- 4/23/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The world has come to recognize the supreme talent of Viola Davis, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress. But she had to overcome huge obstacles to achieve her success, growing up poor in Central Falls, Rhode Island.
The enormity of those obstacles becomes strikingly clear in an episode of the Apple TV+ documentary series Dear… that’s devoted to Davis. Now in its second season, the show profiles a different entertainer, activist or athlete in each installment, built around letters written to the trailblazers by members of the public inspired by their example.
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Along with Davis, among the subjects in Season 2 are actors Jane Fonda, Sandra Oh and Billy Porter; filmmaker Ava DuVernay; and NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Choosing the icons is a key part of the process, showrunner and executive producer Donny Jackson explained as he appeared at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event.
The enormity of those obstacles becomes strikingly clear in an episode of the Apple TV+ documentary series Dear… that’s devoted to Davis. Now in its second season, the show profiles a different entertainer, activist or athlete in each installment, built around letters written to the trailblazers by members of the public inspired by their example.
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Along with Davis, among the subjects in Season 2 are actors Jane Fonda, Sandra Oh and Billy Porter; filmmaker Ava DuVernay; and NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Choosing the icons is a key part of the process, showrunner and executive producer Donny Jackson explained as he appeared at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event.
- 4/23/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The producers behind Netflix’s breakout hit Cheer didn’t go into Season 2 with a plan on what to cover — and fortunately they didn’t have to. The show’s massive success and how fame impacted head coach Monica Aldama became the tale to tell, and whether it would put her competitive cheer team at Navarro Community College in Texas at a disadvantage.
“I don’t think anybody knew that this show was gonna be so big. I certainly didn’t. It’s cheerleading. It has a stereotype,” said Aldama, speaking at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event along with the docuseries’ director/executive producer Greg Whiteley and Vontae Johnson, head coach of rival Trinity Valley Community College. “I was just hoping people in the cheer community would watch it. I had zero expectation and we basically went from zero to 100 really fast. None of us were prepared for...
“I don’t think anybody knew that this show was gonna be so big. I certainly didn’t. It’s cheerleading. It has a stereotype,” said Aldama, speaking at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event along with the docuseries’ director/executive producer Greg Whiteley and Vontae Johnson, head coach of rival Trinity Valley Community College. “I was just hoping people in the cheer community would watch it. I had zero expectation and we basically went from zero to 100 really fast. None of us were prepared for...
- 4/23/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s the Kardashians, like you’ve never seen them before.
In the wake of departing E! after 20 seasons with their signature reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians, the family took the concept of putting their personal lives on camera to the next level, and that is with Hulu in their revamped series The Kardashians. Everything up about it is more luxurious: glitzy production quality, jaw-dropping drone cinematography, and overall a pivot to embrace a more documentary tone.
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Oh, and another thing, the entertainment industry-savvy family is reaching a bigger audience on streaming. Already, Disney has declared The Kardashians is the most-watched series premiere on Hulu in the U.S., and on Disney+ and Star+ among Star Originals across all global markets to date.
Kim Kardashian and and Fulwell 73 exec and EP Ben Winston joined Deadline to kick off the Contenders...
In the wake of departing E! after 20 seasons with their signature reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians, the family took the concept of putting their personal lives on camera to the next level, and that is with Hulu in their revamped series The Kardashians. Everything up about it is more luxurious: glitzy production quality, jaw-dropping drone cinematography, and overall a pivot to embrace a more documentary tone.
Contenders TV Docs + Unscripted — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
Oh, and another thing, the entertainment industry-savvy family is reaching a bigger audience on streaming. Already, Disney has declared The Kardashians is the most-watched series premiere on Hulu in the U.S., and on Disney+ and Star+ among Star Originals across all global markets to date.
Kim Kardashian and and Fulwell 73 exec and EP Ben Winston joined Deadline to kick off the Contenders...
- 4/23/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Prime Video has announced “Voices: Women Innovating Hollywood,” a special virtual event celebrating Women’s History Month.
The conference will feature panels and programming centering women in the entertainment industry, from prominent actors to behind-the-scenes talent. The event will open with a special introduction from Jerrie Johnson and Shoniqua Shandai, who star in the Prime Video comedy series “Harlem.”
Events that take place throughout the day will include a discussion with “One Day at a Time” and “With Love” showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett, a panel with prominent casting directors Angelique Midthunder and Carla Hool and a talk from Dr. Katherine Pieper and Al-Baab Khan from University of Southern California. The event will close with a special recap of Lizzo’s recent performance at the South by Southwest festival, featuring her backup dancers the Big Grrrls.
“We’re excited to bring these women together, from various parts of the entertainment industry,...
The conference will feature panels and programming centering women in the entertainment industry, from prominent actors to behind-the-scenes talent. The event will open with a special introduction from Jerrie Johnson and Shoniqua Shandai, who star in the Prime Video comedy series “Harlem.”
Events that take place throughout the day will include a discussion with “One Day at a Time” and “With Love” showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett, a panel with prominent casting directors Angelique Midthunder and Carla Hool and a talk from Dr. Katherine Pieper and Al-Baab Khan from University of Southern California. The event will close with a special recap of Lizzo’s recent performance at the South by Southwest festival, featuring her backup dancers the Big Grrrls.
“We’re excited to bring these women together, from various parts of the entertainment industry,...
- 3/23/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
MTV is taking its Movie & TV Awards back to Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar. The network announced on Wednesday that its 2022 “MTV Movie & TV Awards” will air live on Sunday, June 5, followed by its second annual reality-centric “Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted” on the following night, Monday, June 6.
The kudocast’s hosts, nominees, performers, presenters and other details will be announced at a later date. MTV’s Bruce Gillmer, Wendy Plaut and Vanessa Whitewolf and Den Of Thieves’ Jesse Ignjatovic and Barb Bialkowski will all executive produce both the “MTV Movie & TV Awards” and “Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted.”
Both telecasts will also air on MTV internationally in 180 countries. Jackie Barba and Alicia Portugal are executives in charge of production and Lisa Lauricella serves as the music talent executive.
Last year’s “MTV Movie & TV Awards” was hosted by comedian Leslie Jones, and took place on May 16, 2021, at the Hollywood Palladium for the very first time.
The kudocast’s hosts, nominees, performers, presenters and other details will be announced at a later date. MTV’s Bruce Gillmer, Wendy Plaut and Vanessa Whitewolf and Den Of Thieves’ Jesse Ignjatovic and Barb Bialkowski will all executive produce both the “MTV Movie & TV Awards” and “Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted.”
Both telecasts will also air on MTV internationally in 180 countries. Jackie Barba and Alicia Portugal are executives in charge of production and Lisa Lauricella serves as the music talent executive.
Last year’s “MTV Movie & TV Awards” was hosted by comedian Leslie Jones, and took place on May 16, 2021, at the Hollywood Palladium for the very first time.
- 3/2/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Thursday was a busy one as broadcast primetime offerings ranged from the usual sitcoms on CBS and dramas on CW to Annie Live! on NBC, football on Fox and Alec Baldwin’s dramatic Rust tell-all on ABC. Of the offerings, however, Fox’s coverage of Thursday Night Football‘s Dallas Cowboys-New Orleans Saints game took the spotlight.
The latest showdown saw the Cowboys win 27-17 and earn top numbers in both the demo and viewership, per Nielsen fast affiliates. While Tnf typically dominates Thursday, competition was stiffer than usual with Annie Live! going head-to-head across the three hours.
The live musical performance featured Celina Smith in the titular role, Taraji P. Hensen, Nicole Scherzinger, Harry Connick Jr., Titus Burgess and more. Annie Live! marked the lowest Live+Same Day results for an NBC musical; NBC’s first live holiday...
The latest showdown saw the Cowboys win 27-17 and earn top numbers in both the demo and viewership, per Nielsen fast affiliates. While Tnf typically dominates Thursday, competition was stiffer than usual with Annie Live! going head-to-head across the three hours.
The live musical performance featured Celina Smith in the titular role, Taraji P. Hensen, Nicole Scherzinger, Harry Connick Jr., Titus Burgess and more. Annie Live! marked the lowest Live+Same Day results for an NBC musical; NBC’s first live holiday...
- 12/3/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC aired another live musical in the form of Annie Live, and it had decent ratings.
Annie Live managed 5.2 million viewers and a 0.9 rating in the demo, leading the non-nfl fare on Thursday.
The special came in well ahead of NBC's last musical, Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2.5 million/0.6 rating).
The aforementioned football managed 13 million viewers and a 3.0 rating -- way up vs. the last game.
ABC aired Alec Baldwin: Unscripted, a special that garnered 4.1 million viewers and a 0.4 rating.
The Christmas Light Fight continued with 1.8 million viewers and a 0.3 rating -- not far off its results earlier in the week.
ABC will return to originals next week with Station 19, Grey's Anatomy, and Big Sky.
The trio will be back on the air for two weeks.
Over on CBS, Young Sheldon (6.4 million/0.6 rating) and United States of Al (4.5 million/0.4 rating) each came down slightly.
Ghosts (5.3 million/0.5 rating), B Positive...
Annie Live managed 5.2 million viewers and a 0.9 rating in the demo, leading the non-nfl fare on Thursday.
The special came in well ahead of NBC's last musical, Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2.5 million/0.6 rating).
The aforementioned football managed 13 million viewers and a 3.0 rating -- way up vs. the last game.
ABC aired Alec Baldwin: Unscripted, a special that garnered 4.1 million viewers and a 0.4 rating.
The Christmas Light Fight continued with 1.8 million viewers and a 0.3 rating -- not far off its results earlier in the week.
ABC will return to originals next week with Station 19, Grey's Anatomy, and Big Sky.
The trio will be back on the air for two weeks.
Over on CBS, Young Sheldon (6.4 million/0.6 rating) and United States of Al (4.5 million/0.4 rating) each came down slightly.
Ghosts (5.3 million/0.5 rating), B Positive...
- 12/3/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Updated with additional comments: Alec Baldwin said in an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos that aired Thursday night that he doesn’t worry he will be criminally charged in the shooting that killed cinematographer Halnya Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust.
“I have been told by people who are in the know, in terms of even inside the state, that it’s highly unlikely that I would be charged with anything criminally,” he said.
Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies has not ruled out criminal charges as the investigation continues.
Baldwin sat down with Stephanopoulos for his first extensive interview since the October 21 fatal incident on the set of Rust at a location near Santa Fe, Nm. Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was injured when the antique Colt .45 revolver that Baldwin was using during a dress rehearsal discharged.
During the interview, which aired in primetime...
“I have been told by people who are in the know, in terms of even inside the state, that it’s highly unlikely that I would be charged with anything criminally,” he said.
Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies has not ruled out criminal charges as the investigation continues.
Baldwin sat down with Stephanopoulos for his first extensive interview since the October 21 fatal incident on the set of Rust at a location near Santa Fe, Nm. Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was injured when the antique Colt .45 revolver that Baldwin was using during a dress rehearsal discharged.
During the interview, which aired in primetime...
- 12/3/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Nikki Glaser, comedian, host and executive producer of HBO Max’s breakout reality dating series Fboy Island, is set to headline her first comedy special for HBO. The as-yet untitled special will tape later this month in Denver, Co.
“Nikki is a relentlessly ferocious comedian who takes on taboo topics in the most unassuming and hilarious ways,” said Nina Rosenstein, EVP, HBO Programming. “We loved everything about her on Fboy Island and are so happy to be doing her first HBO hour.”
Written, performed and executive produced by Glaser, the special will be directed by Linda Mendoza. Alex Murray and John Irwin also will executive produce. Casey Spira is co-executive producer.
“It’s so cool to finally work with HBO, the birthplace of the comedy special, on my third hour-long special,” said Glaser.”My material will mostly consist of my novel comedic takes on the trans-rights movement, just kidding,...
“Nikki is a relentlessly ferocious comedian who takes on taboo topics in the most unassuming and hilarious ways,” said Nina Rosenstein, EVP, HBO Programming. “We loved everything about her on Fboy Island and are so happy to be doing her first HBO hour.”
Written, performed and executive produced by Glaser, the special will be directed by Linda Mendoza. Alex Murray and John Irwin also will executive produce. Casey Spira is co-executive producer.
“It’s so cool to finally work with HBO, the birthplace of the comedy special, on my third hour-long special,” said Glaser.”My material will mostly consist of my novel comedic takes on the trans-rights movement, just kidding,...
- 11/19/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS Fall 2021-22 Schedule: ‘NCIS’, ‘Bull’ & ‘S.W.A.T.’ On the Move, ‘FBI’ Tuesday, Reality Expansion
NCIS is a series you could set your clock by. For its entire 18-season run to date, the venerable crime drama starring Mark Harmon has had one time slot, always airing Tuesdays at 8 p.m. That is changing next season when CBS‘ most watched series will move to Monday for an FBI Tuesday lineup consisting of mothership FBI, new entry FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted. The one-night, three-dramas, one-franchise scheduling conducive to frequent crossovers has become a Dick Wolf special, with CBS’ FBI Tuesday mirroring NBC’s One Chicago Wednesday and new Law & Order Thursday, giving the uber producer three consecutive nights across two broadcast networks.
Here is CBS’ fall 2021 schedule, which features three new dramas — all new installments of established procedural franchises, NCIS, CSI and FBI — and one new comedy, Ghosts, followed by analysis and descriptions of the network’s new series.
CBS Fall 2021-22 Schedule
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Here is CBS’ fall 2021 schedule, which features three new dramas — all new installments of established procedural franchises, NCIS, CSI and FBI — and one new comedy, Ghosts, followed by analysis and descriptions of the network’s new series.
CBS Fall 2021-22 Schedule
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- 5/19/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
You just never know what to expect at this award show. In case you didn't already guess, the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards are officially here and your favorite Hollywood stars from the big and small screen are coming together for not one, but two nights of non-stop entertainment. On Sunday, May 16, Leslie Jones hosted night one, which celebrated the best of movies and TV. But on Monday, May 17, comedian Nikki Glaser will pay tribute to the wildest moments in reality TV with the MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted. While many big winners won't be revealed until the night of, viewers already watched Scarlett Johansson receive this year's Generation Award with a...
- 5/17/2021
- E! Online
“To All the Boys: Always and Forever” won Best Movie and “Wandavision” won Best Show at the 2021 MTV Movie and TV Awards on Sunday.
Marvel’s “WandaVision” had led all nominated shows with five nominations, while “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” led all nominated films with three. Fans had the chance to vote on all the nominees through MTV’s website, including in categories such as Best Hero, Best Kiss and Best Frightened Performance.
Comedian Leslie Jones hosted Sunday’s MTV Movie and TV Awards live from the Palladium in Los Angeles. This year, the awards will be followed by a second night called “Unscripted” that focuses on reality television.
2019’s big winners were “Avengers: Endgame” and “Game of Thrones,” while last year the awards ceremony was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic and replaced with a special that looked at the Best Movies and TV Shows of all time.
Executive producers...
Marvel’s “WandaVision” had led all nominated shows with five nominations, while “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” led all nominated films with three. Fans had the chance to vote on all the nominees through MTV’s website, including in categories such as Best Hero, Best Kiss and Best Frightened Performance.
Comedian Leslie Jones hosted Sunday’s MTV Movie and TV Awards live from the Palladium in Los Angeles. This year, the awards will be followed by a second night called “Unscripted” that focuses on reality television.
2019’s big winners were “Avengers: Endgame” and “Game of Thrones,” while last year the awards ceremony was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic and replaced with a special that looked at the Best Movies and TV Shows of all time.
Executive producers...
- 5/17/2021
- by Brian Welk and Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Chrishell Stause is thinking back on her very first time on TV. Ahead of the inaugural MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted on Monday, at which Stause is nominated in the Best Fight category for her “Selling Sunset” feud with Christine Quinn, the 39-year-old reality star posted a throwback clip of her first TV appearance. The clip, which Stause revealed was circa 2004, featured...
- 5/16/2021
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
This year's MTV Movie and TV Awards 2021 will be bigger and grander. Big enough to stretch out over two nights in Los Angeles, including the main show and the first-ever MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted. The good news is that none other than Leslie Jones will host the main show while Nikki Glaser will take over the duties for the Unscripted special. Watch the fierce TV series competing against each other for the title.
This year shows like WandaVision, The Boys, and Emily in Paris racked up the most nominations in the scripted field, and here’s why you should binge watch them all before the ceremony goes live!
Bridgeton
Bridgerton was one of the most successful releases in 2020. It’s a bit of journalistic cliché, in these bizarre and chaotic times, to label escapes from our current reality as needed. It is also refreshing to see this diversity in a historically white genre.
This year shows like WandaVision, The Boys, and Emily in Paris racked up the most nominations in the scripted field, and here’s why you should binge watch them all before the ceremony goes live!
Bridgeton
Bridgerton was one of the most successful releases in 2020. It’s a bit of journalistic cliché, in these bizarre and chaotic times, to label escapes from our current reality as needed. It is also refreshing to see this diversity in a historically white genre.
- 5/16/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming.
With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
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With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
More from TVLineGood Girls Recap: Tension Between Beth and Stan Boils Over, While Nick Ties Up a Critical Loose...
- 5/15/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Ken Jeong, a panelist on The Masked Singer, took on the role of host in Fox’s latest singing competition game show I Can See Your Voice.
Jeong, speaking at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event, said he wanted to distinguish Fox’s latest Korean adaptation from The Masked Singer and called it more of an “emotional roller coaster” than his other job, and one that’s designed to help contestants win a “life-changing” sum of money.
The show sees contestants attempt to win a prize if they can tell the difference between the good and bad singers, without ever hearing them sing a note. Helping the contestant navigate through rounds of lip-sync challenges, comedic hidden clues and true-or-false evidence will be a panel of celebrity comedians/experts and a musical superstar.
Jeong, who exec produces alongside showrunner James McKinlay and Craig Plestis, admitted it was much harder...
Jeong, speaking at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event, said he wanted to distinguish Fox’s latest Korean adaptation from The Masked Singer and called it more of an “emotional roller coaster” than his other job, and one that’s designed to help contestants win a “life-changing” sum of money.
The show sees contestants attempt to win a prize if they can tell the difference between the good and bad singers, without ever hearing them sing a note. Helping the contestant navigate through rounds of lip-sync challenges, comedic hidden clues and true-or-false evidence will be a panel of celebrity comedians/experts and a musical superstar.
Jeong, who exec produces alongside showrunner James McKinlay and Craig Plestis, admitted it was much harder...
- 5/1/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Amazing Race has been on the air for 20 years, and this year the CBS reality adventure competition series hit a major milestone: 1 million miles travelled.
The 32nd season of the show, which premiered in October 2020, featured legs through the Amazon and across Kazakhstan as well as its first ever “mega-leg,” which saw contestants face two detours and two roadblocks in India.
Co-creator Elise Doganieri, speaking during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event, said it was like a “military operation.” “That was new and exciting and it really pushed the limits not only for the contestants but also for production,” she added.
Doganieri’s co-creator Bertram Van Munster added that these kinds of twists helped it feel “fresh” and “energetic.” “Elise and I have kept a very strong hand on the creative and logistics of this show and it has worked out for us,” he said.
Host Phil Keoghan said that this season,...
The 32nd season of the show, which premiered in October 2020, featured legs through the Amazon and across Kazakhstan as well as its first ever “mega-leg,” which saw contestants face two detours and two roadblocks in India.
Co-creator Elise Doganieri, speaking during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event, said it was like a “military operation.” “That was new and exciting and it really pushed the limits not only for the contestants but also for production,” she added.
Doganieri’s co-creator Bertram Van Munster added that these kinds of twists helped it feel “fresh” and “energetic.” “Elise and I have kept a very strong hand on the creative and logistics of this show and it has worked out for us,” he said.
Host Phil Keoghan said that this season,...
- 5/1/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
With Tough as Nails, Phil and Louise Keoghan hoped to honor working-class people whose contributions to American society too often go overlooked.
“Most of my family [is] working class,” said co-creator, executive producer and host Phil Keoghan, speaking during a panel at Deadline’s virtual Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event. “So, when I would hear people make derogatory comments about tradespeople or working-class people, it always irked me. This show is really a way to honor hardworking people, who see the calluses on their hands as a badge of honor, and who keep the country running.”
Co-created and executive produced by Louise Keoghan, the CBS reality competition series features everyday Americans competing in challenges at job sites that test their strength, endurance, life skills and mental toughness. Of course, the show’s focus feels timelier than ever given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on American workers.
While Season 2 of Tough as Nails was shot,...
“Most of my family [is] working class,” said co-creator, executive producer and host Phil Keoghan, speaking during a panel at Deadline’s virtual Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event. “So, when I would hear people make derogatory comments about tradespeople or working-class people, it always irked me. This show is really a way to honor hardworking people, who see the calluses on their hands as a badge of honor, and who keep the country running.”
Co-created and executive produced by Louise Keoghan, the CBS reality competition series features everyday Americans competing in challenges at job sites that test their strength, endurance, life skills and mental toughness. Of course, the show’s focus feels timelier than ever given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on American workers.
While Season 2 of Tough as Nails was shot,...
- 5/1/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“It was one of the most intense seasons that we’ve ever created,” said Emer Harkin, executive producer of MTV and Bunim/Murray Productions’ long-running reality competition series The Challenge.
Filmed in frigid Iceland, Season 36 of the series, dubbed The Challenge: Double Agents, drew inspiration from espionage thrillers like James Bond movies, Atomic Blonde and Charlie’s Angels.
During the show’s presentation at Deadline Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event, Harkin was accompanied by Julie Pizzi, president of Bunim/Murray Productions, along with cast members and Challenge veterans Leroy Garrett and Aneesa Ferreira.
“We just got creatively inspired from that world and then built this immersive environment for our cast within Iceland, which as you can imagine is extremely unforgiving hostile and breezing in the middle of winter,” said Harkin. “So they sort of went beautifully hand in hand to create an environment for the cast that was really challenging...
Filmed in frigid Iceland, Season 36 of the series, dubbed The Challenge: Double Agents, drew inspiration from espionage thrillers like James Bond movies, Atomic Blonde and Charlie’s Angels.
During the show’s presentation at Deadline Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event, Harkin was accompanied by Julie Pizzi, president of Bunim/Murray Productions, along with cast members and Challenge veterans Leroy Garrett and Aneesa Ferreira.
“We just got creatively inspired from that world and then built this immersive environment for our cast within Iceland, which as you can imagine is extremely unforgiving hostile and breezing in the middle of winter,” said Harkin. “So they sort of went beautifully hand in hand to create an environment for the cast that was really challenging...
- 5/1/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
There are many poignant moments in 76 Days, Hao Wu’s moving documentary about medical workers in Wuhan, China and the patients they treated as the city went through lockdown last year over Covid-19.
For producer Jean Tsien, one moment in particular stands out.
“The first scene…with the nurse [who] lost her father…That just hit me so hard,” Tsien said during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event. “For anyone to say goodbye to your loved one and to see—the father’s five feet away and you cannot even say goodbye. That was the most heart-wrenching scene I’ve ever seen I think in my entire career.”
Wu, who is based in New York, happened to be visiting Shanghai when the lockdown sealed off Wuhan. He wasn’t permitted to enter Wuhan himself, so he sought out potential partners on site who could capture what was happening.
For producer Jean Tsien, one moment in particular stands out.
“The first scene…with the nurse [who] lost her father…That just hit me so hard,” Tsien said during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event. “For anyone to say goodbye to your loved one and to see—the father’s five feet away and you cannot even say goodbye. That was the most heart-wrenching scene I’ve ever seen I think in my entire career.”
Wu, who is based in New York, happened to be visiting Shanghai when the lockdown sealed off Wuhan. He wasn’t permitted to enter Wuhan himself, so he sought out potential partners on site who could capture what was happening.
- 5/1/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
On The Real World Homecoming: New York, the original cast members of the landmark MTV series reunite in the same loft where they filmed in 1992 to reflect on how it changed their lives, and the enduring resonance of the issues it brought to light.
Created by the late Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray, with George Verschoor producing and directing, The Real World was conceived as a social experiment, which would bring seven strangers from totally different backgrounds together to see if they could find common ground. Credited with birthing the reality television genre, which has exploded in the decades since its premiere, the series’ original cast members included Heather B. Gardner and Kevin Powell.
At Deadline’s virtual Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event, Murray, Verschoor, Gardner and Powell discussed their experience revisiting The Real World, and what it feels like to be associated with the show all these years later.
Created by the late Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray, with George Verschoor producing and directing, The Real World was conceived as a social experiment, which would bring seven strangers from totally different backgrounds together to see if they could find common ground. Credited with birthing the reality television genre, which has exploded in the decades since its premiere, the series’ original cast members included Heather B. Gardner and Kevin Powell.
At Deadline’s virtual Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event, Murray, Verschoor, Gardner and Powell discussed their experience revisiting The Real World, and what it feels like to be associated with the show all these years later.
- 5/1/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“I think a really telling detail is that on almost all of these shoots, the icon would say to us, ‘Oh my God, can I take these letters home?’ ” Dear… executive producer Jane Cha Cutler said of the new Apple TV+ docuseries.
“Lin [Manuel] Miranda talks about everything you create is like throwing a pebble in to a pond, and the ripples are the impact of your creation, your work, of your deeds and the way it can change the world,” adds fellow EP Rj Cutler of some of the impetus behind the project. “And you see that in the letters that people we feature in the series write to those whose work has changed their lives.”
Joined by Dear… director Randy Wilkins, the Cutlers were speaking during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event.
Profiling icons from Hamilton creator Miranda and Oscar winner Spike Lee to the legendary Stevie Wonder,...
“Lin [Manuel] Miranda talks about everything you create is like throwing a pebble in to a pond, and the ripples are the impact of your creation, your work, of your deeds and the way it can change the world,” adds fellow EP Rj Cutler of some of the impetus behind the project. “And you see that in the letters that people we feature in the series write to those whose work has changed their lives.”
Joined by Dear… director Randy Wilkins, the Cutlers were speaking during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event.
Profiling icons from Hamilton creator Miranda and Oscar winner Spike Lee to the legendary Stevie Wonder,...
- 5/1/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
When the planet went into lockdown over the Covid-19 pandemic, the animal kingdom took notice. Within little time at all, species adapted to the retreat of humans, exhibiting different behavior and in some cases venturing into territory formerly bustling with people and automobile traffic.
The Apple TV+ documentary The Year Earth Changed, narrated by David Attenborough, examines this remarkable transformation.
“There were some really rapid changes and I think it’s the speed of the bounce back or the speed of the response by wildlife that surprised lots of people, including researchers that have studied animals for all their lives,” director Tom Beard said during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event. “We kick off the film with…this incredible story of white-crowned sparrows by the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, how they actually manage to take advantage of the quiet to change their song. They sing a sexier...
The Apple TV+ documentary The Year Earth Changed, narrated by David Attenborough, examines this remarkable transformation.
“There were some really rapid changes and I think it’s the speed of the bounce back or the speed of the response by wildlife that surprised lots of people, including researchers that have studied animals for all their lives,” director Tom Beard said during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event. “We kick off the film with…this incredible story of white-crowned sparrows by the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, how they actually manage to take advantage of the quiet to change their song. They sing a sexier...
- 5/1/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Lives hang in the balance in Lenox Hill, a nine-part Netflix documentary series that offers a rare and gripping look inside a big-city hospital.
Neurosurgeons David Langer and John Boockvar, ER doc Mirtha Macri and Ob-gyn chief resident Amanda Little-Richardson devote themselves to patient care and also try to maintain a semblance of a personal life in the series executive produced and directed by filmmaking couple Adi Barash and Ruthie Shatz.
“They have a very meticulous job that is strenuous and very hard and they are behind those curtains and nobody really sees the heroic [work] and the sacrifice that they are making,” Shatz explained during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary +Unscripted awards-season event. “We just realized that there is a whole world that is not being shown.”
Hipaa laws make it very difficult to film in a medical setting, but Barash and Shatz obtained consent from numerous patients.
“I think people want to be seen…...
Neurosurgeons David Langer and John Boockvar, ER doc Mirtha Macri and Ob-gyn chief resident Amanda Little-Richardson devote themselves to patient care and also try to maintain a semblance of a personal life in the series executive produced and directed by filmmaking couple Adi Barash and Ruthie Shatz.
“They have a very meticulous job that is strenuous and very hard and they are behind those curtains and nobody really sees the heroic [work] and the sacrifice that they are making,” Shatz explained during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary +Unscripted awards-season event. “We just realized that there is a whole world that is not being shown.”
Hipaa laws make it very difficult to film in a medical setting, but Barash and Shatz obtained consent from numerous patients.
“I think people want to be seen…...
- 5/1/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Jeff Orlowski, director of the award-winning Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, used to be an avid social media user. Not anymore.
Around 2017, he says, he started becoming alarmed about “manipulative design techniques” employed by social media companies, and with his documentary collaborators he set out to illustrate the ways social media platforms have harmed society. “We just knew there was something really important here,” Orlowski explained during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event.
The Social Dilemma zeroes in on the algorithms created by Facebook, Google, Twitter and other such companies, which push content at users to keep them glued to their platforms. One effective way to engage people, these companies discovered, is to feed users a diet of conspiracy theories, misinformation and other material that stokes outrage. It’s good for the platforms, because the more people they reach and retain, the more ads they can sell,...
Around 2017, he says, he started becoming alarmed about “manipulative design techniques” employed by social media companies, and with his documentary collaborators he set out to illustrate the ways social media platforms have harmed society. “We just knew there was something really important here,” Orlowski explained during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event.
The Social Dilemma zeroes in on the algorithms created by Facebook, Google, Twitter and other such companies, which push content at users to keep them glued to their platforms. One effective way to engage people, these companies discovered, is to feed users a diet of conspiracy theories, misinformation and other material that stokes outrage. It’s good for the platforms, because the more people they reach and retain, the more ads they can sell,...
- 5/1/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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