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Peter, who joined Deadline in 2017, is a respected veteran TV journalist who previously worked at UK-based Broadcast, where after starting there in 2013 rose to News Editor responsible for putting together the weekly magazine as well as breaking daily news. Before that he was deputy editor of Television Business International magazine. He covers the television industry from Deadline's Los Angeles bureau.
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Oliver Trevena Signs First-Look Unscripted Deal With MAK Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Oliver Trevena, who recently starred alongside Gerard Butler in Plane, is moving further into unscripted content.
The actor has struck a first-look deal for unscripted programming with MAK Pictures, the production company behind Netflix's Car Masters: Rust to Riches.
Trevena and MAK…
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‘Hell On Wheels’ Lands eOne In Legal Dispute With Banijay’s Endemol
EXCLUSIVE: Hell on Wheels, starring Anson Mount, ran for five seasons on AMC and became one of the network's biggest hits. Twelve years on the western drama about the construction of the first transcontinental railroad across the U.S., is at the center of a legal dispute between the for-sale eOne and…
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Dispatches From WGA Picket Lines Day 9: Black Writers Hit Paramount With Robin Thede, Samira Wiley & Gaby Sidibe As John Leguizamo Joins NYC Picket Parade
After yesterday's Imagine Dragons party outside Netflix, it was Paramount's turn to pop.
Around 900 picketers flooded the streets near Melrose supporting the WGA West's Committee of Black Writers.
These included stars such as Samira Wiley, Gabby Sidibe, Kendrick Sampson and Robin…
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Starz Drama ‘P-Valley’ Suspends Production; Katori Hall Says “We Will Not Film Until A Fair Deal Is Reached”
Add another Starz series to the list of shows suspended as a result of the writers strike.
P-Valley, which is filming its third season, has postponed its production in Atlanta.
Creator and showrunner Katori Hall said, "We will not be filming until a fair deal is reached". We hear that filming…
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Joshua Jackson & Lauren Ridloff Starz Series From Ava DuVernay To Suspend Production
A Starz series from Ava DuVernay starring Joshua Jackson and Lauren Ridloff is the latest series halting its production as a result of the writers strike.
The untitled series had been filming in Wilmington since March but is stopping production this week.
The series was initially handed a three-y…
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‘Animal Control’ Renewed For Season 2 At Fox
Fox is preparing to handle more animals. The network has renewed Joel McHale-fronted comedy Animal Control for a second season.
The move is a boon for the company's first wholly owned live-action company, which it said was its most-streamed scripted debut of all time.
It comes after Call Me Kat…
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Lucy Walker Directing Ibogaine Feature Doc ‘Of Night & Light’, Lands Secret Tribeca Slot
EXCLUSIVE: Lucy Walker, the British filmmaker behind Oscar-nominated docs Waste Land and The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, has lined up her latest feature doc.
Walker is directing Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine and the film has landed a secret slot at the Tribeca Film…
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‘Matlock’, ‘Elsbeth’ & Wayans’ Family Comedy ‘Poppa’s House’ Ordered To Series At CBS
CBS has ordered three new series from this year's crop of pilots.
The network has handed series orders to Matlock, starring Kathy Bates; The Good Wife spinoff Elsbeth; and the Wayans family comedy, which now is known as Poppa's House.
RELATED: 2023 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
The trio will…
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Paramount Division Run By Chris McCarthy Lays Off 25% Of Domestic Staff; MTV News Among Units Shut Down
UPDATED with more detail and names: In the latest wave of industry layoffs, the recently combined Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios as well as Paramount Media Networks, overseen by the division’s President and CEO Chris McCarthy, is reducing its domestic team by 25% today. McCarthy addressed the cuts…
Joel McHale To Host ‘House of Villains’ For E! & USA Network Adds Social Experiment From ‘The Traitors’ Producer As Part Of NBCU’s Cable Slate
NBCUniversal is adding to its cable network programming slate.
The company has outlined its programming plans for Bravo, E!, Syfy and USA Network.
This includes a new social experiment from Studio Lambert, the company behind Peacock's The Traitors, for USA Network and new unscripted competition…
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‘Queer Eye’ Producer Scout Productions Hires Elizabeth Davies As SVP, Production and Operations
EXCLUSIVE: Scout Productions, the company behind Netflix's Queer Eye, has hired Elizabeth Davies as SVP of Production and Operations.
Davies has previously worked on series including Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian and Secret Millionaire.
She will oversee all domestic and international…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Docuseries From Lesley Chilcott & Allen Hughes Pumps Iron At Netflix
EXCLUSIVE: Arnold Schwarzenegger is getting the documentary treatment.
The Terminator star has sat for a series of candid interviews that form part of a three-part documentary series for Netflix.
The streamer is launching Arnold on June 7 and it comes from director Lesley Chilcott and executive…
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