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EXCLUSIVE: Precious and Bessie star Mo'Nique is to develop a range of unscripted projects after striking a deal Endemol Shine North America. The deal reunites the actress and comedian with Cris Abrego, now Chairman of the Americas, Banijay, and President and CEO, Endemol Shine Holdings, and who cast Mo'Nique in VH1's C…

Bridgerton has spawned everything from merchandise to food trends and official immersive experiences. Shonda Rhimes' series is now influencing reality television trends with a new dating format ordered at Peacock. The NBCU streamer has handed a series order to Regency-style dating series Pride & Prejudice: An Experimen…

EXCLUSIVE: Is your television series based on a classic board game? NBC’s unscripted adaptation of Guess Who? is. Deadline understands that the adaptation, which comes from Endemol Shine North America and Hasbro’s eOne, has landed at the broadcast network and is in the early stages of development. The project has been…

Cris Abrego was named as boss of MasterChef and Big Brother producer Banijay in the U.S. and Latin six months into the Covid-19 pandemic. Abrego oversees a group of production companies that produced the aforementioned Fox food format and long-running CBS series during the pandemic as well as a reboot of Wipeout for…

EXCLUSIVE: There's change on deck at Endemol Shine North America's 51 Minds Entertainment. COO Temple Williams is leaving the company, which is responsible for Bravo's hit reality franchise Below Deck, after seven years and Zachary Klein has been promoted. Klein, who was previously Vice President of Production becomes…

Endemol Shine North America has promoted Sharon Levy to Chief Content Officer. Levy was previously President, Unscripted and Scripted Television for the Banijay-owned U.S. producer. It is the latest promotion at the company following the French company's multi-billion dollar takeover of the Big Brother owner after…

Fox has confirmed that it has renewed reality competition format Lego Masters – six months after Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch revealed that it had begun preparing for a second season. The network has ordered a second run of the 10-part series with host and exec producer Will Arnett returning. It will air in 2021. The show…

EXCLUSIVE: From Lego to dominoes… Endemol Shine North America is developing a domino competition format after striking a deal with YouTube phenom Lily Hevesh. The producers of Fox's Lego Masters, which saw teams of Lego builders compete to create their own mega builds, are now turning their attention to one of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox's food competition format MasterChef was forced to shut down in March having filmed half of its 11th season. The show, which is produced by Endemol Shine North America and One Potato Two Potato, is now eyeing an October return to filming. Deadline understands that the current plan is for production to…

Glenda Hersh and Steven Weinstock have renewed their deals to remain Co-Presidents and Co-CEOs of The Real Housewives of Atlanta producer Truly Original. The pair originally founded True Entertainment in 2000, before it was acquired by Endemol Shine in 2003 and merged it with Endemol Shine North America's Original…

The world's largest obstacle course is coming back to television after TBS ordered a reboot of Wipeout. Endemol Shine North America is producing a 20-episode run for the WarnerMedia-backed cable network. The series ran for seven seasons and 130 episodes on ABC between 2008 and 2014. Created by Matt Kunitz and Scott…

EXCLUSIVE: Endemol Shine North America is bolstering its executive ranks in Unscripted Original Series, naming Michael Heyerman Senior Vice President, and hiring Shyam Balsé as Vice President of the division. The appointment expands Heyerman’s relationship with ESNA. He originally joined Endemol Shine North America in…