Archive for May, 2010
Greenlit: Downsized, WE tv
Downsized (8×60′) – Docuseries following the family who claim to be the cheapest in America – making their own clothes and growing their own vegetables, as they bring up seven teenagers. Channel: WE tv Producer: WE tv / Pie Town Productions TX: Late 2010 Source: Cynopsis
Greenlit: Mother Knows Best?, WE tv
Mother Knows Best? (8×60′) – Docuseries following Joan Rivers as she moves in with her daughter and creates chaos in her life. Channel: WE tv Producer: WE tv / Zoo Productions TX: Late 2010 Source: Cynopsis
Greenlit: $100 Makeover, A&E
$100 Makeover ( x60′) – New series that concentrates on how to makeover your home by re-organizing and decluttering your possessions and spending no more than $100 on new furniture and fittings. Channel: A&E Producer: Screaming Flea Productions TX: 19th June 2010 Source: Cynopsis
They Dared Return
They Dared Return: Secret Missions Behind the Lines in Nazi Germany by Patrick K O’Donnell is a never-before-told account of five German-Jews who volunteered to go behind enemy lines to impersonate German officers, gather secret intelligence and blow up trains. One of them is tortured by the Gestapo, but convinces his torturer to surrender his [...]
Greenlit: Drill Team, A&E
Drill Team ( x60′) – New series in which a group of home makeover experts help finish a stalled project before a special occasion. Channel: A&E Producer: Nancy Glass Productions TX: 5th June 2010 Source: Cynopsis
Meet the UK Factual Commissioners: Katy Thorogood, Commissioner Daytime and Factual, ITV
Katy Thorogood, Commissioner Daytime and Factual, ITV recently outlined her commissioning needs to attendees of the Broadcast Factual Forum. Click through to find out what she’s looking to commission in the coming months. (Photo by Torres CC BY-SA 2.0)
The Boy Who Bit Picasso
The Boy Who Bit Picasso, by Antony Penrose, is an account of the author’s memory of, and relationship with, Picasso who was a childhood friend. He tells how Picasso used to have a goat in a crate outside his bedroom and the two boys enjoyed enacting play bullfights. (Pub: Thames and Hudson, September 2010).
In: Marissa Ronca, VP/Development, truTV
Marissa Ronca has been promoted to the position of VP/Development at truTV, reporting to Darren Campo in NYC. Marissa was previously Senior Director/Development at truTV. Source: Cynopsis
Deaver Breathes New Life into Bond
Best-selling American thriller writer Jeffery Deaver has been commissioned by Ian Fleming’s estate to write a new Bond book set in the present day. Read the full article in The Guardian.
Edat Shams Traditional Yemeni Jewelry
Edat Shams is a Dubai-based company specializing traditional Yemeni jewelry and handicrafts. Set up by Dhuha Awad (an ex-colleague of TV Mole), the company has an interesting back story. It was set up after Dhuha was shocked to discover a cousin too poor to buy new clothes for a family wedding. She decided to set [...]
