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Peacock is doubling down on true-crime content and global co-productions, while NBC will develop more limited series in the vein of Renée Zellweger's upcoming drama The Thing About Pam. Those were some of the key scripted takeaways from Susan Rovner's session at the Edinburgh TV Festival, one of her first major public…

The lineup is set for Season 7 of SeriesFest, a virtual festival dedicated to supporting the art of episodic storytelling and championing emerging voices. Running 18 days from June 24-July 11, this year’s theme is “What’s Next?” Watch a promo above and check out the full lineup here. The event will kick off with an…

This may stop you from opting for that elective surgery. Peacock has released the official trailer for Dr. Death, the true-crime limited series starring Joshua Jackson, Alec Baldwin, and Christian Slater. “Dorothy Burke walked in all on her own and now she’s braindead,” says a clearly distraught nurse in the…

EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Death, the hit podcast that focuses on egregious cases of medical malpractice, is getting a spinoff. The team behind the audio series, which is being turned into a TV show starring Joshua Jackson, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater, is launching The Vaping Fix. The six-part audio series, from Wondery…

Starzplay has picked up a bunch of international rights for Peacock’s true-crime limited series Dr. Death, starring Joshua Jackson, Alec Baldwin, and Christian Slater. The Lionsgate-backed international streamer will carry the UCP-produced series, based on the hit Wondery podcast of the same name, in the UK, Belgium…

EXCLUSIVE: Claws and The Good Wife actress Carrie Preston has joined the cast of Peacock’s true-crime limited series Dr. Death, starring Joshua Jackson, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater. Preston will play defense attorney Robbie McClung to Jackson's character Dr. Duntsch. Written by Patrick Macmanus, who serves as…

EXCLUSIVE: Hubert Point-Du Jour (The Good Lord Bird) and Maryann Plunkett (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) have joined the cast of Peacock’s limited series Dr. Death, starring Joshua Jackson, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater, from UCP. Written by Patrick Macmanus, who serves as showrunner, Dr. Death is based on…

Joshua Jackson (Little Fires Everywhere, The Affair) has been tapped for the title role in Peacock's Dr. Death. He will star opposite Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater in the UCP-produced limited series based on the hit Wondery podcast of the same name. Jackson replaces Jamie Dornan, who was cast in the role in August…

EXCLUSIVE: Maggie Kiley (Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story, Riverdale) is set to direct and executive produce the first two episodes of Peacock's limited series Dr. Death, starring Jamie Dornan, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater. Kiley replaces Stephen Frears, who had signed on for the project in January but had…

AnnaSophia Robb (The Act) and This Is Us’ Chris Sullivan are set as leads opposite Jamie Dornan, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater in Peacock’s upcoming limited series Dr. Death. Production on the UCP-produced series begins this month. Based on Wondery's hit podcast of the same name, Dr. Death explores the twisted…

EXCLUSIVE: Grace Gummer (Mr. Robot) and Molly Griggs (Prodigal Son) have joined the cast of Dr. Death, a limited series for NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming platform starring Jamie Dornan, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater. The UCP-produced drama is based on Wondery's hit podcast of the same name. Dr. Death explores…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning British director Stephen Frears (The Queen, A Very English Scandal) is set to direct the first two episodes of Peacock's limited series Dr. Death, starring Jamie Dornan, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater. The UCP-produced series, based on Wondery's hit podcast of the same…