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Sarah Silverman landed a stand-up comedy special and a late-night series pilot order from HBO. Silverman, Judd Apatow and Amy Zvi serve as executive producers on the pilot, which Silverman says involves “weighing in on the mishagas of of the week and taking live video calls.” Silverman won an Emmy for her 2013 HB0 special, Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles.
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NBC News President Noah Oppenheim didn’t mince words in an email to staff on Monday addressing allegations in Ronan Farrow’s book, “Catch and Kill”. While Farrow claims that NBC News management knew about, and took steps to hide, Matt Lauer’s sexual misconduct before his firing in 2017, “Matt Lauer’s actions were abhorrent, and the anger and sadness he caused continues to this day,” Oppenheim told employees. “As we’ve said since the moment he was fired, his abuses should never have happened. Ronan Farrow’s book takes that undeniable fact and twists it into a lie – alleging we were a ‘company with a lot of secrets.’…Farrow’s effort to defame NBC News is clearly motivated not by a pursuit for truth, but an axe to grind. It is built on a series of distortions, confused timelines, and outright inaccuracies.” Farrow, who has alleged NBC stopped his reporting on Harvey Weinstein, responded to the email on CBS This Morning, saying, “I’ll let the reporting in the book stand on its own.”
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ABC picked up game show series The Hustler, hosted by Craig Ferguson (Celebrity Name Game). Each episode of The Hustler will follow five contestants as they collaborate to answer a series of trivia questions. One of the five contestants already knows the answers but must keep their identity a secret. Studio Lambert project begins production this fall.
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Patrick Moran, who exited his post as President of ABC Studios last summer, inked an overall deal with Amazon Studios to develop TV series. “Amazon Studios, known for bold groundbreaking storytelling, is the perfect place to embark on my next chapter as I look to be more closely aligned with the creative process,” said Moran.
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Apple TV+ ordered Ted Lasso, starring, co-written and exec produced by Jason Sudeikas. Comedy is based on the character the SNL vet played in NBC Sports videos – an American football coach hired to manage an English football club, who has no knowledge of soccer.
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Smithsonian Channel will examine famous murders, suicides and freak diseases in The Curious Life and Death Of…, a new series ordered from Blakeway Productions for 2020. Roy Ackerman is executive producer and Claire Lasko serves as showrunner for Blakeway; Tim Evans and David Royle are EPs for Smithsonian Channel.
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UK’s Objective Media Group is launching a new quiz and game show label with Ed de Burgh(5 Gold Rings) and Ben Shephard (Tipping Point). The as-yet unnamed label will be a home for quiz and game ideas within OMG.
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Insight TV is expanding its content production and sales operations to the US, with Insight TV Studios developing and producing original content for broadcasters and digital platforms. “We will be seeking co-production partners that complement our high technical standards and continue our work with US brands like Monster Energy to produce exciting content targeted for millennial and Gen-Z audiences,” said Rian Bester, CEO, Insight TV.
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Bear Grylls (Running Wild with Bear Grylls) is launching The Natural Studios with Delbert Shoopman and Banijay. Focus will be on adventure TV series and films across platforms. “At its heart this is about building the ultimate home of adventure programming worldwide,” said Grylls. “The Natural Studios will be providing a home for the best adventure talent to help them create shows with us that inspire and move people to go for it in their lives and to never give up.”
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Hearst Magazines struck a multi-year agreement with Crain Communications to operate Autoweek as a digital and experiential brand. Hearst Autos, a division of Hearst Magazines, will produce the digital publication on Autoweek.com, which will be hosted on Hearst Magazines’ proprietary content platform, MediaOS.
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CNBC’s The Profit is back for season seven on Tuesday, November 5 at 10p.
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Ladies First with Grace Helbig, an eight-part series starring the YouTube creator, debuts on Facebook Watch Tuesday, October 22. Helbig will talk with “empowered women” about how they’re making an impact.
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A nail artist with a massive social following and her Italian family are the focus of Unpolished, a reality series debuting Sunday, November 11 at 10p on TLC.
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An interview with Hunter Biden will air tonight on ABC News. The chat, Biden’s first since news broke of President Trump asking the president of Ukraine to investigate Biden’s work at a gas company there, airs the same night as his dad’s presidential debate.
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Showtime stand-up comedy special Celeste Barber: Challenge Accepted premieres Friday, November 1 at 9p. Barber went viral with #celestechallengeaccepted, an Instagram photo series in which she recreated celebrity photos.
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The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will go live tonight on Comedy Central, to offer commentary on the Democratic debate. “Votegasm 2020: The Field Narrows From 10 to…12?” airs at 11p.
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TV writer and playwright Sam Bobrick died October 11. He was 87. Among Bobrick’s numerous small screen credits were Saved By the Bell, which he created, The Flintstones and The Andy Griffith Show.
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