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The producers of Jeopardy! said today that a “human error” in post-production was responsible for a contestant’s answer being ruled incorrect in Friday’s episode. Read their statement below, followed by a video of the question and answer that they say should have aired instead. The show created an uproar on social…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television producer Electric Ray has turned a profit for the first time since launching in 2014. The company, which made BBC Two’s My Million Pound Menu and soccer series Class of ’92: Out of Their League, posted a pre-tax profit of £74,000 ($97,000) in the 12 months to March 2019. According…

All3Media International has signed a content sales deal with HOOQ, the Southeast Asian streaming service launched in 2015 as a joint venture between Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros and Singapore telco Singtel. Under the deal, All3Media will sell HOOQ Originals internationally, unless the rights are retained by…

EXCLUSIVE: Quibi’s latest addition to its growing slate of short-form programming is the scripted series Dead Spots from Sony Pictures Television. The series, which is currently in development, is based on the book by Melissa F. Olson. As described in the official logline, Dead Spots is “an urban fantasy dramedy about…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television unveiled the 12 helmers selected for the next class of its Diverse Directors Program: Jeannie Donohoe, Alexandra Fisher, Alesia Glidewell, Mousa Kraish, Sarah Lancaster, Kantú Lentz, C.C. Miller, Aldo Pisano, Aemilia Scott, Monique Sorgen, Ham Tran and Zao Wang. Read more about them…

EXCLUSIVE: The Crown season three scooped up a record haul of Golden Globes nominations earlier this week, and now the Netflix juggernaut and shows like White Lines have helped boost producer Left Bank Pictures’ earnings to an unparalleled high. According to earnings filed at Britain’s Companies House, Left Bank’s…

Sony Pictures Television has acquired British kids producer Silvergate Media for just under $200M. The Hollywood studio has bought the Octonauts and Peter Rabbit producer from the LA-based investment firm Shamrock Capital and Silvergate's management team for a total of $195M. The company's CEO Waheed Alli and Chairman…

Sony Pictures Television has boarded Freddie Highmore-fronted international co-production Leonardo. The Hollywood studio will co-produce and distribute the eight-part limited series, which takes a fresh look at the life and legacy of the iconic artist Leonardo da Vinci, positing that he was a gay outsider who used his…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 is working to salvage a format from Sony Pictures Television’s British production outfit Electric Ray following casting issues. The British broadcaster commissioned factual entertainment show One Click Away in April last year, with the intention of testing it with viewers as a broadcast pilot…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has put in development Tough Love, a single-camera family comedy from writer Lacey Friedman (9JKL, The Goldbergs), Jamie Tarses and Sony Pictures Television. Written by Friedman, Tough Love, loosely based on Friedman’s real-life experience, centers around an aimless, self-involved 21-year-old who…

Larysa Kondracki, the director of Picnic at Hanging Rock, has inked a deal to become an executive producer on Amazon’s original horror event series Them: Covenant. Kondracki, who signed a first-look television deal with Amazon Studios in 2018, also will direct multiple episodes of the Little Marvin-created show…

Sony has acquired AT&T’s 42% stake in Game Show Network in a transaction with a total value of $500 million. After the deal, Sony will own 100% of the multimedia entertainment company, whose offerings are anchored by its namesake cable network, which airs original and classic game programming. Game Show Network…