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EXCLUSIVE: Sam Palmer is a former electrician who moved into the LA super-mansion built by Aaron and Candy Spelling after he became engaged to Formula One heiress Petra Ecclestone. His life, and work as a home staffing expert, is now set to be the subject of a docuseries being developed by Renowned Films, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Critical Content, a leading independent nonfiction production studio, is forming a TV development deal with Wham-O, maker of classic toys like the Frisbee Disc, Hula Hoop and Slip 'N Slide. Under the pact, the two companies will develop and create live-action TV content built around Wham-O brands. The first…

Dierks Bentley is set to star in and executive produce Hot Country Knights, a mockumentary series about the parody group he has fronted since 2015 with members of his road band. Critical Content is producing the 10-episode shortform series about the band that skewers 1990s country music. Here’s what to expect: After…

The Masked Singer exec producer Craig Plestis is bringing another Korean format to U.S. screens with Mayim Bialik fronting an adaptation of talent competition My Little Television for TBS. The cable network has greenlit the show, known as Celebrity Show-Off in the U.S., which sees celebrities compete to see who can…

EXCLUSIVE: Leah Remini, creator, host and producer of A+E’s Emmy-winning docuseries Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, has signed an exclusive first-look deal with independent content studio Critical Content to develop and produce unscripted programming through her No Seriously production company. Under the…

Renowned Films, the Critical Content-backed unscripted producer behind Bravo’s Backyard Envy, has hired former Love Island commissioner Kate Maddigan as its head of studios. Maddigan joins after a period executive producing Hungry Bear’s BBC One entertainment show Take Off With Bradley & Holly, which she helped…

Viacom's BET is exploring the men and women on the front lines fighting police brutality and injustice in a ten-part series from Critical Content-backed Renowned Films. Copwatch America marks the biggest commission to date for the British production company, which has offices in LA and which Tom Forman's Critical owns…

A U.S. version of hit music/dating show Love At First Song based on South Korea’s CJ ENM's TV format is being developed by Critical Content, John Legend’s Get Lifted Film Co. and American Idol and Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings producer Simon Lythgoe and his Legacy Productions. Love At First Song originally premiered on…

Critical Content has tapped former ITV Studios America executive Sam Zoda as EVP and Head of Production, along with making other senior-level exec hires and promotions. The appointments follow Critical Content’s acquisition of the TV assets of Jenny Daly’s T Group Productions in November, spearheaded by the…

UPDATED with cast: Quibi has named its female wrassler cast for its WWE unscripted series Fight Like a Girl. Set to grapple with the personal issues of young women in the series are Sasha Banks, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Alexa Bliss, Sonya Deville, Charlotte Flair, Nia Jax, Becky Lynch and Natalya. Read details about…

Independent reality producer Critical Content (formerly Relativity Television) has closed a deal to acquire the assets of T Group Productions, the unscripted production company founded in 2010 by Jenny Daly. Following the transaction, Daly has been named President, Critical Content Studios, a new role where she will…

Renowned Films, the Critical Content-owned UK production company behind Bravo's forthcoming reality series Backyard Envy, has hired a number of senior executives as it steps up its next stage of growth including a major focus on the U.S. The company, which was set up by Max Welch, Duane Jones and Tim Withers in 2012…