‘Ink Master’ Producer Truly Original Explores Hybrid Unscripted Animation As It Ramps Up Broadcast Network Business
Truly Original, the Banijay-backed producer behind the Ink Master and Swamp People franchises, has been dipping its toes into new areas of unscripted television with a remake of a British panel show for The CW and is now working on a hybrid animated series.
Glenda Hersh and Steven Weinstock, Co-Presidents and Co-CEOs of the company, which also produces The Real Housewives of Atlanta, told Deadline that they have received a pilot order from one of the broadcast networks for a new type of unscripted format.
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The CW To Adapt BBC Non-Scripted Format ‘Would I Lie To You?’ With Robert & Michelle King As EPs
British entertainment formats Would I Lie To You? and Killer Camp are being remade in the U.S. by The CW with The Good Fight creators Robert and Michelle King exec producing the former.
The youth-skewing network is adapting the two shows as part of an expanded unscripted line-up, which includes a U.S. version of Whose Line Is It Anyway, World’s Funniest Animals and Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
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VH1 Reveals ‘Basketball Wives’ Season 9 Premiere Date, First Look
After more than a year off, VH1 has set the return of “Basketball Wives”: the ninth season will premiere on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 8 p.m., Variety has learned exclusively.
The fan-favorite VH1 reality series will see its cast members’ sisterhood tested like never before as they adjust to life amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the fight against social injustices, while still dealing with unresolved relationships.
This season includes returning cast members Shaunie O’Neal, Malaysia Pargo, Evelyn Lozada, Jackie Christie, Jennifer Williams, Kristen Scott, Ogom “OG” Chijindu and Feby Torres, as well as newcomers Liza Morales and Nia and Noria Dorsey.
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Summer House Season 5 Trailer Shows 'Quaranteam' Cast Hookups, Potential Splits and a Wedding
During a year when everyone could use a relaxing escape, the Summer House cast returns to their Hamptons getaway, only to be met with even more drama.
PEOPLE has the exclusive first look at the season 5 trailer for the popular Bravo reality show, which resumed filming in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in July for "a summer unlike any other."
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‘The Real Housewives Of Atlanta’ Producer Truly Original & EP Joye Chin Formalize Diverse Training Program
Joye Chin, an executive producer on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, has been quietly giving young Black trainees an opportunity to work on the Bravo reality series for a number of years. Chin, who has worked for producer Truly Original for 14 years and runs the company’s Atlanta production office, has been giving minority candidates the chance in a bid to make the unscripted business more diverse.
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Monique Samuels Brings Out the 'Thirst Book' in First Look at the Three-Part RHOP Reunion
The first look at the Real Housewives of Potomac reunion is here — and it does not disappoint.
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