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Peter White
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Peter, who joined Deadline in 2017, is a respected veteran TV journalist who previously worked at UK-based Broadcast, where after starting there in 2013 rose to News Editor responsible for putting together the weekly magazine as well as breaking daily news. Before that he was deputy editor of Television Business International magazine. He covers the television industry from Deadline's Los Angeles bureau.
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Luke Wilson, Vanessa Hudgens & Nick Swardson Star In Feature Comedy ‘Mini War’ From ‘Grandma’s Boy’ Team
EXCLUSIVE: The gang behind cult stoner comedy Grandma's Boy are getting back together for a new R-rated comedy and have brought Luke Wilson and Vanessa Hudgens with them.
Nick Swardson and Allen Covert, who wrote the 2006 film with Barry Wernick, have reteamed to pen Mini War with Joel David…
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Martin Sheen Signs With Paradigm
EXCLUSIVE: Martin Sheen, who has portrayed troubled U.S. Army special forces officers and Presidents, has new representation.
The Emmy-winning actor has signed with Paradigm. He has previously been repped by CAA.
Sheen is best known for roles including playing Captain Willard in Francis…
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‘The Challenge’ Moves To Paramount+ For Season 42 As Streamer Sets Premiere
The Challenge is officially moving to Paramount+ for Season 42 as a mix of veterans and newcomers compete in Thailand.
The reality competition series previously aired on MTV, while there have been spinoffs including The Challenge: All Stars that premiered on the streamer as well as a version for…
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‘Shifter’ Series, Based On Graphic Novel, In The Works At Hulu From ‘Severance’ Trio Adam Scott, Ezra Claytan Daniels & Eli Jorné
EXCLUSIVE: Three of the gang behind Severance have teamed up on a new sci-fi series for Hulu.
Adam Scott, who stars as Mark Scout in the Apple series, and writers Ezra Claytan Daniels and Eli Jorné are developing a series based on graphic novel Shifter for the Disney-owned streamer.
Shifter…
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Ed Simpson Launches Wonderloom Media With Content Partners, Buys YouTube True-Crime Channel Dr. Insanity
Former Wheelhouse exec Ed Simpson is getting into the creator business.
Simpson has teamed up with Content Partners to launch Wonderloom Media and the new venture has acquired its first YouTube channel, true-crime network Dr. Insanity.
This comes after Deadline revealed that Simpson had exit…
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Amanda Batula & Kyle Cooke Are Back For Another Reunion As Bravo Sets ‘In The City’ Two-Parter
After last month's Summer House reunion broke ratings records for Bravo, Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke are back in the hot seat with another.
The NBCUniversal cable network has set a two-part reunion for Summer House spinoff In The City, which features Batula and Cooke, fresh from their…
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USMNT’s World Cup Dream Is Over, But ‘U.S. Against The World’ Producers Want To Turn HBO Max Docuseries Into “Forever Franchise”
EXCLUSIVE: A Folarin Balogun brace helped the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team kick off their 2026 World Cup in style with a 4-1 win over Paraguay. This was followed by a 2-0 win over Australia and despite losing 3-2 to Turkey in their final group game, the team topped their qualifying group, followed…
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‘American Ninja Warrior’ Producers Bring Luck-Based Competition Series To U.S.
EXCLUSIVE: Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), the Japanese company behind the Ninja Warrior format, and A. Smith & Co. Productions, which produces the U.S. version for NBC, have teamed up again on another competition series.
The two companies are developing Dumb Luck, a series based on Japanese…
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45 Of The Most Anticipated New & Returning Scripted Shows of 2026
2026 is a big year for TV, and that's saying something as two of the most popular recent shows — Netflix's Stranger Things and Prime Video’s The Summer I Turned Pretty — concluded their stories in 2025 (unless the upcoming The Summer I Turned Pretty movie is taken into account, but that is a film and…
Netflix’s ‘Monopoly’ Reality Series Kicks Off Casting With $2M Prize On The Line
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is officially passing go on its reality competition series based on iconic board game Monopoly.
The streamer has greenlit the series, which comes from Studio Lambert, and has set a $2M grand prize.
This comes after Deadline revealed that The Traitors producer had won…
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USMNT’s World Cup Exit Scores Historic Ratings With 33M Viewers – Update
UPDATE 7/9: The final viewership numbers for the U.S.-Belgium match are in, and they are the biggest for any telecast since the Super Bowl. The Round of 16 game was watched by 33.086 million viewers — the most ever for a soccer telecast in the U.S. and the largest non-NFL audience on any network in a…
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Ex-Pineapple Street Pair Launch New Podcast Shingle, Set Projects With Dan Taberski, Amy Poehler & Patrick Radden Keefe
EXCLUSIVE: Pineapple Street Studios was one of the premier podcast production companies making narrative series such as Wind of Change, Missing Richard Simmons and The Clearing.
A year after the company's owner Audacy filed for bankruptcy, it shut down the studio.
Two of the company's top…
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