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Rose Matafeo’s millenial comedy Starstruck will be back for a second go-round. HBO Max has renewed the series, produced by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Breeders producer Avalon Television, for a second season. News of the pickup comes the same day as the season one debut on the WarnerMedia streaming…

Cris Abrego was named as boss of MasterChef and Big Brother producer Banijay in the U.S. and Latin six months into the Covid-19 pandemic. Abrego oversees a group of production companies that produced the aforementioned Fox food format and long-running CBS series during the pandemic as well as a reboot of Wipeout for…

HBO Max launched with a slew of British series and that shows no sign of slowing down as international originals chief Jen Kim outlined some of her upcoming projects for the nascent streamer. Kim, who is SVP for International Originals for HBO Max, was speaking on a virtual Edinburgh International TV Festival panel…

HBO Max and BBC Three have partnered on a six-part comedy created by, written by and starring New Zealand-born comedian Rose Matafeo. They have ordered Starstruck from the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, who is based in London and has appeared on BBC's Have I Got News For You, W1A and Channel 4's The Great British…