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Channel 4 has confirmed one of the worst-kept secrets in British TV — that The Circle is going to be renewed for a third season. It has also revealed there will be a celebrity version for charity Stand Up To Cancer, and the show will be tweaked because of the coronavirus crisis. The Studio Lambert and Motion Content…

Netflix is doubling down on its reality slate – ordering a new series from Marie Kondo, handing two season renewals to Love Is Blind and The Circle and renewing Rhythm + Flow. The streamer has been recently stepping up its game in the non-scripted space, with Love Is Blind, produced by Red Arrow's Kinetic Content…

EXCLUSIVE: The Circle and Undercover Boss producer Studio Lambert has cooked up its latest format for Netflix — a dance show that will aim to find the world’s next superstar choreographer. Deadline can reveal that Studio Lambert is about to begin production in London on the show, which has been given the working title…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4’s director of programs Ian Katz has said he would consider bringing back Big Brother, and revealed that youth channel E4 is conducting a major hunt for a new reality show. In an exclusive interview with Deadline, Katz said he would not dismiss out of hand an approach from Endemol Shine Group…

At the BBC’s Christmas drinks earlier this month, I gatecrashed an animated conversation between two senior figures from the UK production sector. After a sheepish glance at each other, they revealed that the subject of their discussion was a certain Ian Katz, the director of programs at Channel 4. They are far from…

EXCLUSIVE: Most things James Corden touches turn to gold these days, but a new comedy entertainment show from his company Fulwell 73 may be a rare exception to the rule. Pants On Fire, an extreme bluffing format hosted by The Circle presenter Emma Willis, has been quietly rested by Channel 4’s youth station E4…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 is lining up a third season of Studio Lambert format The Circle. This comes ahead of the launch of a slew of international remakes including a U.S. adaptation for the Studio Lambert-produced format via Netflix. Deadline understands that the British broadcaster is keen to bring the reality show…

The Circle, the latest creation from the format gurus at Undercover Boss producer Studio Lambert, is back on British television — and it proved popular with younger viewers. Channel 4 launched the second season on Tuesday ahead of its U.S. debut on Netflix, which picked up the show last year, calling it “compelling…

Alex Mahon, the chief executive of British broadcaster Channel 4, has attacked the streaming giants for stuffing their platforms with indistinct “trans-territory filler” and putting their commercial needs above all else. In a speech at the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Convention on Thursday, Mahon took the…

Former Big Brother host Emma Willis is to host the second season of Channel 4's reality series The Circle. She is to replace Alice Levine and Maya Jama for the second run of the format, which is being remade by Netflix in the U.S. and in a number of other territories. The social media based-show will also move from…

EXCLUSIVE: Motion Content Group, the WPP-backed business that has co-produced and financed international hits including reality format Love Island and Syfy's Western horror thriller Wynonna Earp, is one of the most recondite TV producers and financiers in the industry. The company, which is in 26 international markets…

Social media-based reality series The Circle is returning to Channel 4 after the British broadcaster ordered a second season. This comes after Netflix snapped up the international rights to the format and Deadline revealed that it was making French and Brazilian series as well as a U.S. adaptation. The series, which…