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EXCLUSIVE: Airbnb's damage control strategy when things go wrong during a vacation stay is to be explored in a docuseries from Queer Eye producer Scout Productions and Bloomberg Media. The two companies have teamed up to produce the series, which is based on Bloomberg Businessweek's recent cover story – Airbnb is Spend…

Amy Poehler and Peacock are cleaning house. The NBCU streamer has ordered a non-scripted series based on Margareta Magnusson's book The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning. Parks and Recreation star Poehler will produce via her Paper Kite Productions, alongside Queer Eye producer Scout Productions, and will narrate…

Amy Goodman Kass, showrunner and exec producer of Showtime documentary series Love Fraud, has joined Queer Eye producer Scout Productions. Goodman Kass has been named SVP, Documentary, reporting to Head of Documentaries Joel Chiodi. It comes as the company is bolstering its doc ranks with series including a Barney the…

EXCLUSIVE: Scout Productions, the company behind Netflix's hit unscripted series Queer Eye, is bolstering its executive ranks. The company has promoted Renata Lombardo and hired John Wehage from 495 Productions. Lombardo becomes SVP, Development and Current Non-Scripted Programming, while Wehage joins from SallyAnn…

Scout Productions, the company behind Netflix's Queer Eye and HBO Max's Legendary, is looking to take the "secret sauce" of those two unscripted shows in to new worlds that have yet to have had their moment on television. Co-founder David Collins and President Eric Korsh told Deadline that during the pandemic they…

HBO Max has given a series order to a streetwear competition that features rapper Offset that comes from the producers of Queer Eye. The streamer has ordered The Hype from Scout Productions. The series will see 10 streetwear professionals compete in a series of challenges that cover the intricacies of designing, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Hillsong, the church that has had celebrity worshippers including Justin Bieber, Kevin Durant, and Selena Gomez, has been mired in scandal after its New York pastor Carl Lentz admitted an extramarital affair last year. The church is now to be the subject of a limited documentary series from Queer Eye…

Scout Productions, the company behind Netflix's Queer Eye, is launching a dedicated documentary division. The unit will be headed by Joel Chiodi, SVP, Strategic Development, who will oversee the content development and production. Chiodi, who was part of the team that rebooted Queer Eye, will report to Rob Eric…

EXCLUSIVE: The last 30 years of reality television is to be the subject of a documentary series for Quibi. How's that for meta? The short-form platform, launched by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, is developing Get Real from Queer Eye producer Scout Productions and Brian Graden Media, the company behind YouTube's…

After more than a decade, Eric Korsh is coming back to Scout Productions and he will be stepping into the position of President. Scout founders David Collins and Michael Williams made the announcement of Korsh’s return at a time when the company has a growing slate of new projects. During his initial tenure a the Emmy…

The production company behind Netflix’s Queer Eye reboot is bolstering its executive ranks. Scout Productions said today that is has hired Joel Chiodi as SVP Strategic Development, Sean Perez as VP Production and Renata Lombardo as VP Talent and Development. As a consultant, Chiodi was a key member of the team that…

ITV America has signed Scout Productions, the company behind Queer Eye For the Straight Guy, to an exclusive pod deal. Under the pact, Scout Productions founders David Collins and Michael Williams will create and produce new reality, lifestyle, docuseries, competition shows and other content for broadcast, cable and…