Category: Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Meat Loaf is preparing to run right into hell and back with a TV competition series based on his iconic 1993 hit “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That).” The artist, aka Michael Lee Aday, has sealed a pact with Nobody’s Hero, the production company set up by Christopher Potts and Jonty Nash […]

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is continuing its reality push and has ordered a new gospel-based non-scripted series in addition to renewing five existing franchises. This comes after the Discovery-backed network expanded its Saturday unscripted programming block to Fridays last year. Young & Gospel will follow the lives of four young gospel artists as they pursue their dreams and live […]

Love Island will return to CBS for a third season. The U.S. remake of the hit British format has been renewed and is currently in the middle of casting ahead of a summer production in Hawaii. The renewal was announced by Thom Sherman, Senior Executive Vice President, Programming, CBS Entertainment during CBS’ virtual press tour event. Last year’s […]

EXCLUSIVE: A buzzy British entertainment format that’s described as a cross between The Masked Singer and Hell’s Kitchen is the latest show to cross the pond after TBS ordered a U.S. version of Rat In The Kitchen. Comedian Natasha Leggero is to host the 10-part series for the WarnerMedia-backed network with celebrity chef Ludo Lefebvre as judge. The series is produced by ITV America’s […]

EXCLUSIVE: Toni Rivera, an activist and human-trafficking survivor who has single-handedly rescued more than 1,500 trafficked individuals, is the inspiration for a new unscripted series. My Wife and Kids star Tisha Campbell, who is the co-lead opposite Lucy Liu in ABC’s Untitled Workplace Comedy pilot from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, and Andrew Jameson, who produced the first season of […]

ABC has handed its remake of British game show The Chase, featuring the stars of Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time, a series order. As revealed by Deadline in July, James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter are to star in the series, which has received a nine-episode order from the Disney-owned network. The show sees contestants competing against […]

EXCLUSIVE: Thinkfactory Media, the TV production company behind hit reality franchises such as Marriage Boot Camp and scripted series including Emmy-winning Hatfields & McCoys, has signed with ICM Partners for global representation. Run by CEO and veteran producer Adam Reed, Thinkfactory Media, an ITV America company, produces unscripted fare that spans a variety of genres and formats for broadcast, cable and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Buteau is about to get unfiltered and real on your mobile device. The stand-up comedian and First Wives Club actress is going to spill all the tea when it comes to parenting on the forthcoming Quibi series No Pulling Out Now. Keeping with Buteau’s signature tell-it-like-it-is comedy, the new series will feature her alongside her various celebrity and comedian friends […]

The second season of CBS’ reality dating format Love Island will premiere on Monday, August 24. The delayed return of the U.S. remake of the British entertainment hit will kick off with a two-hour premiere and will then air nightly at 9 p.m. with a two-hour episode on Saturday nights. Watch the teaser announcement below. However, this year’s contestants […]

Love Island is moving from Fiji to Las Vegas thanks to COVID-19. The CBS reality series has reportedly started pre-production at Caesars-owned hotel Cromwell, according to Vulture, which broke the news. It’s thought that production will likely be up and running in August – meaning that along with Big Brother, CBS could have two of its big reality franchises […]

Over the last couple of years, executive producers Jennifer Lane and Michael Williams have had their hands full. Working on two new seasons of Queer Eye, as well as a four-episode international season, Queer Eye: We’re in Japan!, the pair have always had an eye toward exciting locations and people with fresh perspectives that the show can celebrate. Created by David […]

EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Jessica Parker has teamed up with Love Island producer ITV America for a dating social experiment in development at Lifetime. Deadline understands that the Sex and the City star will exec produce Swipe Swap (w/t) via her Pretty Matches Productions and has teamed up with ITV Entertainment, the ITV America company behind CBS’ Love Island, for the project. Swipe Swap is a social experiment in love and location, following two […]

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Potts and Jonty Nash, two of the creative minds behind Netflix reality series Nailed It! and Sugar Rush, have signed an overall deal with ITV America. The pair, who also helped to develop NBCU’s hit British reality series Made In Chelsea, will work with the Love Island producer via their recently established production label Nobody’s Hero. Nobody’s Hero was established at the start […]

The non-scripted business is gearing up for a return to full production, safely of course, over the next couple of months. L.A. County has allowed the reopening of film and TV production, non-fiction trade group N-Pact, which includes members such as Endemol Shine North America and Wheelhouse Entertainment, released its own health and safety guidelines and Hollywood […]

WWE star Mike “The Miz” Mizanin will cohost USA Network’s water obstacle competition Cannonball, the network announced today. Joining him in hosting duties will be Rocsi Diaz (106 & Park, Entertainment Tonight). Stand-up comic Simon Gibson will be a sideline reporter. The 10-episode Cannonball premieres on USA this summer, with contestants competing in challenges like sliding off a 100-foot […]

First, there was Match.com, then there was Tinder and shortly after came Bumble and Raya. Now, Quibi is looking to revolutionize the tech-driven dating experience with the ultimate real-time, interactive dating series The Hot Drop. The first of its kind new series is the first of its kind and will be produced by ITV America’s Sirens Media and by […]

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Emmy-winning television executive Danielle Gervais has been promoted to executive vice president, casting and talent at ITV America. In her expanded role, Gervais will continue to oversee the unscripted industry’s largest internal casting department, working across ITV America’s entire portfolio, developing and packaging talent for current series, as well as for upcoming projects. Gervais earned two consecutive […]

EXCLUSIVE: Love Island exec producer Simon Thomas has been promoted at ITV America. Thomas, who was previously SVP, programming becomes Executive Vice President, Programming, West Coast at the U.S. production division of the British broadcaster. He recently exec produced reality dating series Love Island for CBS, which renewed the format for a second season. He reports to ITV America […]

ITV America is “cautiously optimistic” about its remake of Love Island for CBS as boss David George lifts the lid on the reality dating format as well as how he anticipates the forthcoming “streaming wars” will give unscripted a much-needed boost. CEO George admitted that there’s a lot of pressure resting on Love Island, which launches at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 9. The show, hosted by Greek star Arielle […]

EXCLUSIVE: Kimmelot, the company formed by Jimmy Kimmel and Wheelhouse Group last year, has struck an unscripted production deal with ITV America. The company has set up its recently announced revamp of Crank Yankers for Comedy Central as its first show to be produced through the exclusive arrangement. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! Host launched the company in November with Brent Montgomery, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Unscripted TV producer Thinkfactory Media has upped 13-year company veteran Adam Freeman to President of Creative and promoted three other executives. Freeman, who was EVP Creative Affairs, has been integral in shaping Thinkfactory’s slate and has executive produced many of the company’s most popular shows. They including 12 seasons of WE tv’s Marriage Boot Camp franchise – as well as Here Comes […]

ITV America CEO David George has lifted the lid on his company’s recently streamlined strategy, discussing how the production group is keeping Netflix’s Queer Eye fresh, working with CBS to make Love Island a hit in the U.S. and finding his next non-scripted hit. George was promoted to the top job in January following the departure of Brent Montgomery and has spent […]

Real Housewives of New Jersey producer Sirens Media has tapped veteran TV executive and producer Jessica Sebastian-Dayeh as president. In addition, company founders Rebecca Toth Diefenbach and Valerie Haselton will transition to creative directors of Sirens Media, part of ITV America production group. In her new role as president, Sebastian-Dayeh will have responsibility for all content […]

Newly appointed ITV America CEO David George has set his senior executive team, naming Adam Sher president and David Eilenberg Chief Creative Officer. Both report to George. Additionally, Heath Banks and Danielle Bibbo have been elevated to EVPs. Sher, who previously was Chief Creative Officer at ITV America, will now have responsibility for all development, production and operations across the company’s production labels that include […]

Fox has a host for its new primetime singing competition show. Black Eyed Peas singer and solo act Fergie will be out front of The Four: Battle for Stardom, the six-episode series that will air at 8 PM Thursdays beginning January 4. “This is a unique and modern show format that I believe will set the standard for the […]

After a lengthy search and deal-making process, Fox has locked in the four-person panel of experts for its new singing competition reality series The Four: Battle for Stardom. Sean “Diddy” Combs, producer DJ Khaled, singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor and record label exec Charlie Walk have sign on to headline the series, which will premiere on January 4 and air Thursdays at 8 PM. As […]