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Nat Geo is not planning any more races to the center of the Earth: The Disney-owned broadcaster has canceled Race To The Center of the Earth after one season. The big-budget adventure competition series, which comes from Bertram Van Munster and Elise Doganieri, creators of The Amazing Race, premiered on the linear…

EXCLUSIVE: What do Will Smith, Chris Hemsworth and Jeff Goldblum have in common? They are driving a revolution in factual programming led by the world’s biggest stars, and this revolution is being steered by one company above all: Jane Root’s Nutopia. The Washington/London indie’s Co-founder Jane Root has spent recent…

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU) is seeking a Head of Development, with incumbent Gavin Boyland moving to series-produce an unannounced major landmark brand that he has developed for the division. A job advert was issued earlier this week for one of the most senior roles within the NHU, overseeing…

EXCLUSIVE: The Nat Geo UK-based commissioning and production team has been restructured and now feeds into Disney's EMEA production hub, reporting to Liam Keelan. The move is understood to have taken place several weeks ago, with the Nat Geo London-based team now focusing on international productions, regional…

Following the success of National Geographic limited series The Hot Zone, showrunner-EPs Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson and EP David Zucker looked at around 100 ideas for a second season, landing subject-wise on the harrowing anthrax attacks of 2001. From the perspective of Peterson, The Hot Zone: Anthrax was…

EXCLUSIVE: Free Solo, which earned Nat Geo its first Oscar, was one of the channel’s signature programs selected to launch Disney+, with Free Solo’s Alex Honnold featured in the streamer’s first trailer alongside Marvel superheroes and classic Disney/ Pixar animated characters. Now Disney+ has greenlighted a…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ and Nat Geo have greenlit their latest UK-produced natural history series in the shape of Supernatural Planet, which hails from Hostile Planet and Yellowstone Live outfit Plimsoll Productions. Deadline understands that the six-part series has been in production for some time and will use…

National Geographic has unveiled a trailer and premiere date for 9/11: One Day In America, a documentary series, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania. The six-part series, produced in official partnership with the 9/11 Memorial…

On Genius: Aretha, cinematographer Kevin McKnight was challenged to develop a visual approach to a story spanning 50 years, helping viewers to tap into the emotional experience of one of the greatest performers of all time. The third season of Nat Geo's anthology series follows Aretha Franklin's (Cynthia Erivo)…

National Geographic has ordered three new unscripted series including a trip down memory lane fronted by Rob Lowe. The Brat Pack star is hosting and exec producing The '80s: Top Ten, a series that will feature six thought-provoking top 10 countdowns of 1980s pop culture, as voted by a panel of experts. It will feature…

America's National Parks – from Yosemite to the Grand Canyony – will be the subject of a ten-part documentary series narrated by Garth Brooks for Nat Geo. The Disney-owned cable network has ordered National Parks, which will explore the breathtaking landscape and extraordinary wildlife in parks across America from…

The Hot Zone: Anthrax, the six-part follow-up to National Geographic’s hit limited series The Hot Zone, will premiere on Sunday, Nov. 28, the final night of the Thanksgiving weekend, and air as a three-night event. It will follow the air pattern of the six-hour original installment, which debuted on the final night of…