Exclusive: Veteran unscripted agent and producer Bill Thompson, former Head Of Unscripted Television at Verve, is launching his own management and production company, Artists Group | Unscripted.
“In the past twenty years, I’ve never seen disruption like we are having now. But disruption breeds opportunity and now is the time to be nimble and pivot away from the traditional way of doing things,” Thompson said. “With a focus on forging new pathways, Agu will bring fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to the unscripted television industry. Additionally, Agu will be heavily focused on representing and working with international IP/Format creators to tap into the global demand for fresh content”.
The list of international content creators signed by Thompson include the creator of The Masked Singer, Wonwoo Park, and his Seoul-based Diturn Productions.
Agu also will continue to represent longtime Thompson executive producer/showrunner clients including five-time Emmy-winning Mark Bracero (Queer...
“In the past twenty years, I’ve never seen disruption like we are having now. But disruption breeds opportunity and now is the time to be nimble and pivot away from the traditional way of doing things,” Thompson said. “With a focus on forging new pathways, Agu will bring fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to the unscripted television industry. Additionally, Agu will be heavily focused on representing and working with international IP/Format creators to tap into the global demand for fresh content”.
The list of international content creators signed by Thompson include the creator of The Masked Singer, Wonwoo Park, and his Seoul-based Diturn Productions.
Agu also will continue to represent longtime Thompson executive producer/showrunner clients including five-time Emmy-winning Mark Bracero (Queer...
- 3/1/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lifetime is approaching its 40th anniversary and it’s launching a number of unscripted series to celebrate.
The A+E Networks-owned cabler has ordered Prison Brides and I Wasn’t Expecting a Baby! as part of its new non-scripted slate.
The series, which will launch in the first quarter of 2024, join long running series such as Married at First Sight as well as previously announced shows such as The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Casey Anthony’s Parents: The Lie Detector Test and Theresa Caputo: Raising Spirits.
Prison Brides follows women who find love in locked up places and I Wasn’t Expecting a Baby! recounts the stories of women who only discovered they were pregnant as they are about to give birth.
Prison Brides follows seven women from around the world who believe they have found their soulmates in the most unexpected of places, American prisons. While...
The A+E Networks-owned cabler has ordered Prison Brides and I Wasn’t Expecting a Baby! as part of its new non-scripted slate.
The series, which will launch in the first quarter of 2024, join long running series such as Married at First Sight as well as previously announced shows such as The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Casey Anthony’s Parents: The Lie Detector Test and Theresa Caputo: Raising Spirits.
Prison Brides follows women who find love in locked up places and I Wasn’t Expecting a Baby! recounts the stories of women who only discovered they were pregnant as they are about to give birth.
Prison Brides follows seven women from around the world who believe they have found their soulmates in the most unexpected of places, American prisons. While...
- 12/12/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Jazz hands! TLC's I Am Jazz TV series, returns for a second season, Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at 10:00pm Et/Pt. The season two premiere date was announced in an exclusive on the Xfinity TV Blog. The first season of I Am Jazz just won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Reality Program -- sharing the honor with Caitlyn Jenner's I Am Cait TV series, for E!.
The cast of I Am Jazz includes: Jazz Jennings, Ari Jennings, Greg Jennings, Griffen Jennings, Jeanette Jennings, and Sander Jennings. The series is produced for TLC by This is Just a Test Executive Producers Aengus James, Colin King Miller, David St. John, and Sarah Levine. For TLC, Executive Producers are Jack Tarantino, John Hein, Nancy Mackenzie and Associate Producer Chris O'Neill.
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The cast of I Am Jazz includes: Jazz Jennings, Ari Jennings, Greg Jennings, Griffen Jennings, Jeanette Jennings, and Sander Jennings. The series is produced for TLC by This is Just a Test Executive Producers Aengus James, Colin King Miller, David St. John, and Sarah Levine. For TLC, Executive Producers are Jack Tarantino, John Hein, Nancy Mackenzie and Associate Producer Chris O'Neill.
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- 4/5/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
TLC is bolstering its West Coast Development and Production operations with the hires of two new vice presidents. Jack Tarantino has been named VP Production West Coast and Elvia Van Es Oliva joins as VP Development West Coast. Both are based in the La office and report to Sandy Varo Jarrell, Svp, Production & Development West Coast. In his new role, Tarantino leads the department’s production team and their slate of current programming. Tarantino comes to TLC from Style Network, where he served as VP of Original Programming, overseeing the day-to-day of new and recurring series for the network. Van Es Oliva will lead her team in creating original concepts for the network, as well as working with the external creative community to add to TLC’s programming slate. Prior to TLC, Van Es Oliva served as Svp of Development for Fly On The Wall Entertainment.
- 4/24/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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