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Fremantle has merged its UK factual labels Boundless and Naked to create Naked Television. The new entity will combine their slates in both the UK and U.S., covering franchises including The Apprentice, The Rap Game UK, Grand Designs and the recently announced Planet Sex fronted by Cara Delevingne. It will be led by…

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu and BBC Three are set to co-produce a documentary series in which actress, model, and singer Cara Delevingne explores issues of sexual and gender identity. Deadline can reveal that Hulu and the BBC are on the brink of finalizing a deal for the six-part series, with Belisa Balaban, vice president of…

BBC Two has picked up the UK rights to Samuel L. Jackson’s CBC/Epix slavery series Enslaved: The Lost History Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade from Fremantle. Enslaved will air in the UK in a re-versioned, four-part series, which will shed new light on 400 years of human trafficking after millions of Africans were…

Fremantle enjoyed something of a drama boom last year. Buoyed by hits including American Gods and The New Pope, the global producer’s drama revenue climbed 36% to €414M ($494M) in 2019. Then the pandemic hit. Fremantle, like all other major producers, suffered unprecedented shutdowns across the 30 territories in which…

The American Idol gang is getting the band back together for another gig after judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie and host Ryan Seacrest all signed up for next season. However, it’s still to be determined whether in-house mentor Bobby Bones will be part of the fourth season of ABC's reality competition…

The BBC has started welcoming back studio audiences for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak after an episode of comedy entertainment show QI was staged in front of 40 people on Monday night. The show, made by Fremantle-backed Talkback, was recorded at a BBC Studioworks facility at Television Centre, where…

Fremantle unsurprisingly failed to escape the headwinds of coronavirus, with the international producer behind hits, including America’s Got Talent and Too Hot To Handle, reporting a big drop in revenue and earnings in the first half of 2020. According to parent company RTL’s results for the first six months of the…

Fremantle’s global drama chief Sarah Doole is leaving the company behind The New Pope to set up a new talent incubator, meaning group COO Andrea Scrosati will extend his role to oversee global drama. Doole is leaving after more than six years to establish Sow The Seed, which will aim to foster new and diverse talent…

BBC Three has taken UK rights to Luca Guadagnino's debut TV project, the eight-part series We Are Who We Are, from Fremantle. Starring Chloë Sevigny, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Alice Braga, the show tells the story of two American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy. The series explores friendship, first-love…

EXCLUSIVE: Syndicated gameshow Family Feud is the latest production set to get back up and running. Deadline understands that the Steve Harvey-fronted show is returning to the studio in Atlanta on Tuesday, August 4. The show is set to start airing original episodes for its 22nd season on September 14. While the show…

EXCLUSIVE: Supermarket Sweep is back in the shopping aisles. Deadline understands that ABC's reboot of the classic game show, starring SNL alum Leslie Jones, is now back in production. It becomes the latest high-profile non-scripted entertainment series to resume shooting after the COVID-19 production…

American Idol is eschewing its live casting roadshow for a virtual tour. The ABC competition series was renewed for a fourth season in May. Producers Fremantle generally kick off a live bus tour across American during the summer in search of contestants but this year the hunt will be digital due to COVID-19. The first…