Peter White

Pancho Mansfield is turning his producing deal with Blink49 Studios into an executive position, as he was named President, Global Scripted Television.

The world of music documentaries is a complex one. There are plenty of films covering the biggest artists in the world from Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé to Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Hulu’s Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band and Martin Scorsese-produced Beatles ’64. But under the surface, music like alternative music […]

Friday Night Lights could be the next series rebooted. A new iteration of the football drama is in the works at Universal Television with Jason Katims, Pete Berg and Brian Grazer, Deadline has confirmed. It’s believed to be a new story, still set in the world of high school football, with new characters rather than […]

The fallout around The CW’s layoffs is starting to emerge. Deadline understands that scripted boss Liz Wise Lyall and Betsy Slenzak, who is the second in command in terms of unscripted programming, are among those affected. Earlier today, Deadline revealed that the Nexstar-owned network cut around 35 people, a move that newly installed President Brad […]

Eve Babitz, the “dowager groupie” who wrote Slow Days, Fast Company and was known for her relationships with the likes of The Doors’ frontman Jim Morrison and Steve Martin, and Joan Didion, the author of Play It As It Lays and The White Album, who wrote Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson’s A Star Is Born, […]

HBO chief Casey Bloys said that he was waiting for Liane Moriarty’s sequel book before moving forward with a third season of 'Big Little Lies.'

Apple TV+ is doubling down on nature programming with 'The Secret Lives of Animals' narrated by Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville.

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer admitted that “our unscripted business is feeling the effects of a continuing market correction.”

EXCLUSIVE: Topic Studios, the company behind films including Spencer and Spotlight, has snapped up the rights to Emily Nussbaum’s Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV. The company is planning to turn Nussbaum’s book, about the origins of reality television, into a docuseries. The book, which was published by Penguin Random House earlier this year, explores […]

EXCLUSIVE: There’s movement within Netflix’s unscripted ranks. Deadline understands that Damla Dogan and Todd Hurvitz are exiting the streamer, the latest shake-up in the company’s non-scripted division. Hearing that they were told this morning. Dogan, who was Director of Unscripted Originals, has been with the company for six years, while Hurvitz, who was Director, Non-Fiction […]