Meredith Vieira has responded to allegations of sexual misconduct against CBS CEO Les Moonves. Following a TCA panel discussion for her new PBS show The Great American Read, Vieira told Deadline she hasn’t read the New Yorker article detailing the allegations, and didn’t work directly with Moonves so can’t speak to…

National Geographic has ordered a second season of One Strange Rock, the ambitious docuseries from Darren Aronofsky and Jane Root that launched worldwide earlier this year. Principal photography on Season 2 will begin in February. Nat Geo Networks CEO Courteney Monroe confirmed the news today during the network’s…

One Strange Rock may qualify as one of the most ambitious documentary series ever brought to television. Its purpose, after all, is to tell nothing less than "the story of Earth." "It's not a show just about animals. It's not a show just about people," executive producer Darren Aronofsky tells Deadline. "It's a show…

National Geographic Channel’s new ten-part docuseries One Strange Rock not only has the backing of a group of the world’s most notable astronauts, but also the star power of Darren Aronofsky behind it as one of its EPs . “It is a very different show than you’ve seen before,” Aronofsky said at TCA on Saturday. “What…

Oscar-nominated actor Will Smith said today that he will host the upcoming National Geographic series One Strange Rock from mother! filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and award-winning producer Jane Root. Smith took to Facebook to make the announcement with a teaser video (watch it below). In the 10-part global event series, …

Netflix has picked up a 12-part documentary series from Jane Root’s Nutopia that’s described as an exploration of the science and experience of babies. The docu is Nutopia’s latest baby-centric series, having previously produced Sky Living's She's Having a Baby, which followed moms-to-be as they dealt with pregnancy…