Netflix is continuing to double down on unscripted.
The streamer has handed out renewals to a trio of shows: The Circle, Indian Matchmakingand The American Barbecue Showdown.
This comes as it prepares a major casting call and ordered a new series, Roaring Twenties, set in Austin, Texas.
The U.S. version of The Circle…
“There hasn't really been a show like this, particularly involving South Asian or Indian culture, so it was difficult," Indian Matchmaking creator/executive producer Smriti Mundhra said during Deadline’s Contender Television: Documentary + Unscripted award-season event about the daring Netflix series.
"You know, the…
This wasn't the way Peacock planned on taking flight.
The NBCUniversal streamer, which had its full launch today, thought it would have a deep library of the likes of 30 Rock, Cheers,Downton Abbey and eventually exclusively The Office, plus a plethora of new programming and the Summer Olympics to propel the latest…