The pact grows out of an existing relationship between the company and Galkin, who are collaborating on a series for CNBC. Industrial Media has signed an overall deal with producer and director Matthew Galkin’s Fairhaven Films to produce documentary series and movies. The deal expands an existing relationship between Galkin (HBO’s Kevorkian, CNN’s Inside Man) and the […]
It’s almost an unwritten commandment that summer TV should be escapist — but there’s at least one docuseries worth your attention: A&E’s “Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole” (airing Tuesday at 10:02 p.m.) asks challenging questions about the nature of justice for young offenders and whether they can ever be rehabilitated. As “Kids” notes, there […]
With a growing slate of true crime programming and a recent overall deal with Industrial Media, Momentum Content is quickly proving its mettle in the unscripted space, less than three years after its launch. Soon after setting up shop, Momentum signed a copro deal with Blackfin, with whom Momentum co-founder Christina Douglas served as development executive on I […]
TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé franchise is growing faster than ever. Following six seasons — and counting — of the flagship series and five spin-off shows, including 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? and the reaction series titled 90 Day Fiancé: Pillow Talk, the network confirmed 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way. The new reality series premieres on Monday, Jun. 3 at […]
Who wants to marry a millionaire? Marrying Millions, a new series on Lifetime will document the lives of mixed-wealth couples, where one partner is fabulously rich, while the other is of more modest means. The 10-episode series premieres July 10. The people who created TLC’s hit show 90 Day Fiancé are also behind the upcoming Lifetime series. Marrying Millions is produced by Sharp Entertainment, […]
A+E-owned female-focused channel Lifetime has set an early July premiere date for Sharp Entertainment’s relationship docuseries Marrying Millions. The previously announced 10 x 60-minute series will offer a deep-dive into the love lives of six couples where one half of the relationship comes from extraordinary wealth. Marrying Millions follows six couples hoping to marry, but who come from completely different […]
“If this show and these doctors help me find what’s wrong, then what else is there?” That line comes from Charlie, a woman who recounts her multiple diagnoses in the first trailer for Chasing the Cure, a live series led by Ann Curry that debuts on TNT in the summer. The two-hour weekly program is focused on […]
When Curtis Brooks received a life sentence without parole at the age of 15 for felony murder, he was convinced he would die in prison. Even though he did not fire the shot which killed 24-year-old Christopher Ramos in April 1995, he was given the mandatory term — following a trial in which jurors were […]
The event, put on by Critics’ Choice Awards co-organizer the Broadcast Television Journalists Association and nonfiction TV trade group NPACT, will announce winners during an awards ceremony June 2 at the Beverly Hilton. The show will air on VH1 on June 9 as part of a deal announced Monday. The awards, which feature categories like Animal/Nature Show, […]
Ahead of Sunday’s Season 2 finale, ABC made it official, announcing it has renewed hit singing competition American Idol for a third season (its 18th season overall). The network did not reveal details, as to whether judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie would return for the third go-round as negotiations are still ongoing. The two sides are […]
