Deadline Hollywood - Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted - 04/23/22

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APRIL 23, 2022 | SPECIAL ISSUE




MOR N I N G PR E SE N TAT ION S

HULU

The Kardashians

Kim Kardashian (Star/EP) Ben Winston (EP)

ABC

Shark Tank

Clay Newbill (EP) Yun Lingner (EP) Kevin O’Leary (Shark/EP) Daymond John (Shark/EP)

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Life Below Zero

Joe Litzinger (EP) Sue Aikens (Subject) Crofton Diack (Field Producer) Michael Cheeseman (Cinematographer)

SHOWTIME

We Need to Talk About Cosby

W. Kamau Bell (Director/EP) Katie A. King (EP)

NETFLIX

Queer Eye

Bobby Berk (Host) Karamo Brown (Host) Tan France (Host) Antoni Porowski (Host) Jonathan Van Ness (Host)

jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy

Coodie Simmons (Writer/Director/Producer/Cinematographer) Chike Ozah (Director/Producer)

Cheer

Monica Aldama (Subject) Vontae Johnson (Subject) Greg Whiteley (Creator/Director/EP)

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Angeria Paris VanMichaels (Queen) Bosco (Queen) Kornbread (Queen) Lady Camden (Queen) Willow Pill (Queen)

VH1

SCHEDULE AND SPEAKERS SUBJECT TO CHANGE


AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

Lucy and Desi

Robert A. Martinez (Editor) Amy Poehler (Director/Producer) Justin Wilkes (Producer) Jeanne Elfant Festa (Producer)

Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy

Guy Torry (Creator/EP) Reginald Hudlin (Director/EP)

LuLaRich

Jenner Furst (Co-Director/EP) Julia Willoughby Nason (Co-Director/EP) Blye Faust (EP) Cori Shepherd Stern (EP) LUNCH BREAK

SCHEDULE AND SPEAKERS SUBJECT TO CHANGE


A F T E R N O ON PR E SE N TAT ION S

APPLE TV+

The Big Conn

James Hernandez (Director/EP) Brian Lazarte (Director/EP)

Dear...

Donny Jackson (Showrunner/EP) Jenna Rosher (Director/Cinematographer)

WARNER BROS. TELEVISION

True Story with Ed & Randall

Ed Helms (Host/EP) Randall Park (Host/EP)

COMEDY CENTRAL

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Jen Flanz (Showrunner/EP) Dan Amira (Head Writer/Producer) Roy Wood Jr. (Correspondent)

LIFETIME/A&E

Janet Jackson

Rick Murray (EP) Benjamin Hirsch (Director)

TLC

90 Day Fiancé

Matt Sharp (EP) Brooklyn Bagwell (Senior Director of Casting) Bilal Hazziez (90 Day Fiancé Season 9 Couple) Shaeeda Sween (90 Day Fiancé Season 9 Couple)

HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS

100 Foot Wave

Chris Smith (Director/EP) Joe Lewis (EP) Garrett McNamara (Subject) Nicole McNamara (Subject)

Nuclear Family

Ry Russo-Young (Creator/Director/Producer) Dan Cogan (Producer)

MTV

The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies

T.J. Lavin (Host) Chris “C.T.” Tamburello (Cast Member/Season Winner) Kaycee Clark (Cast Member/Season Winner) Emer Harkin (Showrunner)

FOX TELEVISION

The Masked Singer

Robin Thicke (Panelist) Craig Plestis (EP)

SCHEDULE AND SPEAKERS SUBJECT TO CHANGE


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THE REAL DEAL

Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary and Unscripted event delivers a delicious dose of reality BY M AT T C A R E Y

WHAT DOES IT REALLY TAKE to get

entrepreneurial series “bringing any kind

on leggings and other apparel before

Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness to show

of flavor”.

authorities in Washington State accused

up on time for shoots on the Emmy-

The Masked Singer panelist Robin

the firm of operating as a pyramid

Thicke throws shade at his fellow judge

scheme. Series executive producer Cori

Ken Jeong, and the show’s EP details his

Shepherd Stern brought some real-life

strategy for keeping the Fox show “fresh

experience to the project, having earlier

and inviting” for viewers, concealing

witnessed her own mother becoming

humorous and otherwise–you can

celebrities in costumes ranging from an

caught up in a different ‘multi-level

expect from Deadline’s all-day

armadillo, a baby mammoth, a space

marketing’ operation.

Contenders Documentary and

bunny, to a queen cobra.

winning Netflix series? “Tough love,” jokes fellow cast member Bobby Berk. That’s one of the many revelations–

Each panel begins with a compelling

Queens of another sort make a

clip from the film or show that is being

inside the hottest nonfiction series and

glittering appearance at Contenders

featured. The teaser from jeen-yuhs: A

films competing for honors during this

Documentary and Unscripted—the stars

Kanye Trilogy contains a moving moment

awards season.

of RuPaul’s Drag Race.

from Kanye West’s past, when the rap

Unscripted virtual event, taking you

Lucy and Desi director Amy Poehler

In all, more than 60 creators,

star went back home to Chicago to visit

reveals how she uncovered the “human

showrunners and talent will join us to

his mom. That tees up a discussion of

story” of television icons Lucille Ball

share secrets from their series and

what the late Donda West meant to her

and Desi Arnaz, mining a trove of

movies, as our event represents more

famous son, especially as he struggled

never-before-heard audio tapes of the

than a dozen networks, cable channels

to make the transition from acclaimed

showbiz couple. W. Kamau Bell tells us

and streamers.

record producer into a performer in his

about taking on a fallen television icon,

The executive producers of Amazon

own right. Janet Jackson goes home again

Bill Cosby, with his Showtime series

Prime Video’s LuLaRich and the

We Need to Talk about Cosby, revealing

upcoming Apple TV+ series The Big

too, in the Lifetime multi-parter Janet

when he first began to believe scores of

Conn break down an emerging subset

Jackson, as she revisits her hometown of

women accusing the actor-comedian of

of the true crime documentary genre–

Gary, Indiana, where she spent the first

sexual assault.

stories devoted to alleged fraud on a

few years of her life before she followed

massive scale. The Big Conn goes deep

her famous brothers onto the concert

the larger-than-life subject of HBO’s

with the aptly named Eric C. Conn, a

stage. The show’s EP and director tell us

documentary series 100 Foot Wave,

Kentucky lawyer convicted of pulling off

what it was like to accompany Janet on

explains in dramatic detail what it’s

a Social Security disability scam that ran

that journey.

like to be chased by a tsunami-sized

to $550 million.

Big wave surfer Garrett McNamara,

wall of water, and Daymond John,

LuLaRich takes an entertaining look at

Insights abound in Deadline’s Contenders Documentary and

one of the stars of Shark Tank, boldly

DeAnne and Mark Stidham, founders of

Unscripted event, showcasing TV’s

declares he’s the only Shark on the ABC

LuLaRoe, a company that made billions

leading nonfiction content. Enjoy! ★


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Meet the moderatoRS The Deadline staffers who’ll be guiding you through this year’s Contenders Television YOUR EMCEE JOE UTICHI

EXECUTIVE AWARDS EDITOR

Joe oversees Deadline’s awards coverage, including its dedicated print magazine for the Oscar and Emmy seasons, AwardsLine. He also edits Deadline’s special “Disruptors” edition for the Cannes Film Festival and serves as the emcee for its Contenders events. He has been aboard since 2012. Prior to joining, his work regularly appeared in his native UK—for outlets including The Sunday Times and The Guardian—and around the world. He has also worked extensively in film and television, producing EPK and production notes and working as a unit publicist. He is a member of BAFTA and has sat on multiple juries for the BAFTA Film Awards.

YOUR MODERATORS MIKE FLEMING

Playboy, Details, TV Guide and Esquire.

CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, FILM

Emmy nominations for writing. Pete is only the second journalist to have

Mike joined Deadline in 2010 after

PETE HAMMOND

received the Publicists Guild of America’s

working at Variety for 20 years as a

AWARDS COLUMNIST/CHIEF FILM CRITIC

Press Award twice, in 1996 and 2013.

reporter, writer and columnist. He

Pete, widely considered to be one of

was not only nationally recognized

the pre-eminent awards analysts for

MATTHEW CAREY

as Variety’s premiere film reporter

both film and television, has for the

DOCUMENTARY EDITOR, AWARDS

but also for his “Dish” and “The Buzz”

past 11 years been Deadline’s Awards

Matthew Carey joined Deadline fulltime

columns. Mike is known for his industry

Columnist covering what is seemingly

in 2020, after a long association as a

relationships and his ability to break

now the year-round Oscar and Emmy

freelancer, to specialize in coverage of

news wherever it happens, including on

seasons. He is also Deadline’s Chief

the nonfiction film landscape. Matthew

the ground at festivals like Sundance,

Film Critic, having previously reviewed

is a writer and producer whose work has

Cannes and Toronto. He also is an author:

films for MovieLine, Boxoffice magazine,

appeared on CNN, CNN International

Doubleday published his book about

Backstage, Hollywood.com and Maxim,

and CNN en Español. He has written

The Three Stooges, From Amalgamated

as well as Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide

extensively about documentary film

Morons to American Icons, which ABC

for which he was a contributing editor.

for CNN and CNN.com, Documentary

turned into a telepic executive produced

In addition to writing, Pete is also host

magazine, NBCNews.com and TheWrap.

by Mel Gibson. One of Mike’s early jobs in

of both the KCET Cinema Series and the

journalism was editor of the well-known

weekly KCET television series, Must See

ROSY CORDERO

Media Industry Newsletter (MIN). He

Movies. He previously held producing

SENIOR TV REPORTER

then joined New York Newsday as a

positions at Entertainment Tonight,

Rosy joined Deadline in July 2021 as

columnist, reviewer and entertainment

Extra, Access Hollywood, The Arsenio Hall

Senior TV Reporter, where she will cover

writer. During his career, he has written

Show, The Martin Short Show and AMC

the small-screen industry, continue to lift

for numerous magazines including

Networks and is the recipient of five

up talent from marginalized communities


and spearhead Deadline’s Diversity

co-edited the site’s sister publication

to the television team in March 2021.

& Inclusion coverage. She previously

AwardsLine, Anthony covered the box

Previously she was at The Hollywood

worked at Entertainment Weekly, where

office beat for Indiewire’s Thompson on

Reporter, where she had been freelancing

she had been a digital news writer

Hollywood. He also co-produced Matt

after serving as an intern both there and

the past two years. Before that in her

Walsh’s film A Better You.

at TheWrap. Her work has also appeared

freelance career she wrote for Deadline,

in Billboard. A Los Angeles native, she

Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Latina.

LYNETTE RICE

graduated from UCLA where she worked

com and the New York Daily News. She is

TV EDITOR, AWARDSLINE/

as an arts and entertainment reporter at

based in Los Angeles.

SENIOR WRITER, DEADLINE

the Daily Bruin.

Lynette Rice joined Deadline in February ANTHONY D’ALESSANDRO

and comes from Entertainment

PETER WHITE

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR/BOX OFFICE EDITOR

Weekly, where she wrote for the

TELEVISION EDITOR

Anthony covers box office, breaking

magazine and the website. Before

Peter, who first joined Deadline in 2017, is

film news, awards-season features

that, she worked for The Hollywood

a respected veteran television journalist

and festival news. His first job in the

Reporter and Broadcasting & Cable.

who previously worked at the UK-based

film industry was at Savoy Pictures’

The San Diego State graduate is also

publication Broadcast, where, after

headquarters in New York where he

the author of the 2021 New York Times

starting there in 2013, he rose to News

worked in film distribution. In the

bestseller How to Save a Life: An Inside

Editor and was responsible for putting

summer of 1999, he was hired by Variety

Story of Grey’s Anatomy.

together the weekly magazine as well as

and moved to Los Angeles, and remained

breaking daily news. Before that he was

in the newsroom covering numerous

ALEXANDRA DEL ROSARIO

the deputy editor of Television Business

parts of the industry, including box office,

TV REPORTER

International magazine. He covers the

for about a decade. Prior to arriving at

Alexandra joined Deadline in July 2020

television industry from Deadline’s Los

Deadline in the fall of 2011, where he

as an Associate Editor before she moved

Angeles bureau.




THE

SHOWS HULU

THE KARDASHIANS

The Kardashians The Kardashian family came back to reality television on April 14th with this new Hulu series. Focusing on the personal lives of the Kardashian-Jenner family, the series begins with Kim preparing to host Saturday Night Live, Kylie expecting a son, and Kourtney visiting a fertility specialist with her partner Travis Barker. ABC

SHARK TANK

Shark Tank A longtime flagship show for ABC, this acclaimed program has won the Emmy for Outstanding Structured Reality Program four times. Created by Mark Burnett, the reality series spotlights entrepreneurs as they make business presentations to a panel of high-profile investors, or ‘sharks’ who then get to decide whether they’d like to personally invest in the entrepreneurs’ companies or respectfully decline.



LIFE BELOW ZERO

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY

QUEER EYE

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Life Below Zero National Geographic’s fan-favorite long-running documentary series returns to some of the remotest areas of Alaska for its 18th season. The series follows the daily lives of people who survive off the land and make money where they can to overcome the challenges of living largely off-grid in the cold and unforgiving environment of Alaska.

SHOWTIME

We Need to Talk About Cosby W. Kamau Bell wrote and directed this four-part documentary series exploring the descent of Bill Cosby from ‘America’s Dad’ to convicted sexual predator. Bell interviews comedians, educators, journalists and Cosby survivors as he documents the complex story of Cosby’s life and work in this candid and unfiltered look the legacy of Bill Cosby.

NETFLIX

Queer Eye A reboot of the 2003 Bravo series of the same name, the show stars Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk and Jonathan Van Ness as the new Fab Five. A decade after the original show, the reboot action has left New York for other locales, as the style experts give lifestyle and fashion makeovers to guests nominated by friends and family.



CHEER

NETFLIX

jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah direct this three-part docuseries about the life of rapper, record producer and fashion designer Kanye West. After his time in the Chicago hip-hop scene, Kanye West moves to NYC where he struggles to get signed until his 2004 debut album The College Dropout goes platinum and thrusts him into stardom. Cheer Created by Greg Whiteley, this sport docuseries just released its second season on Netflix in January. After winning the National Cheerleading Championship in Daytona at the end of the first season, Navarro College can’t rest as their rivals at Trinity Valley Community College train hard to take back the Daytona crown.

JEEN-YUHS: A KANYE TRILOGY

VH1

RuPaul’s Drag Race Iconic drag artist and host RuPaul searches for America’s next drag superstar in this VH1 reality competition. The contestants compete in various challenges that test their performance skills, for the chance to win $100,000, a year’s supply of cosmetics, and a crown and scepter that will signify them as a drag superstar.

RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE



AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

Lucy and Desi Amy Poehler directs this Amazon Prime documentary about the groundbreaking comedian Lucille Ball. Along with her husband Desi Arnaz, Ball created the iconic sitcom I Love Lucy that forever changed Hollywood. Using archived recordings and home movies, the film tells the story of both their professional and personal relationships.

LUCY AND DESI

Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy Reginald Hudlin directs this series documenting the 1990s Phat Tuesdays showcase at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. Guy Torry founded and hosted this event from 1995 to 2005 in an attempt to spotlight Black performers. The series includes interviews with comedians and celebrities like Tiffany Haddish, Steve Harvey and Snoop Dogg. PHAT TUESDAYS: THE ERA OF HIP HOP COMEDY



AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

LuLaRich Directors Jenner Faust and Julia Willoughby Nason investigate the pyramid scheme behind the billion-dollar clothing empire LuLaRoe in this documentary miniseries for Amazon Prime. Featuring stories from the owners and the former employees, the series explores how a leggings startup spiraled into a multi-level marketing scheme that misled thousands of women.

Dear… Produced by R.J. Cutler, this documentary series shows the lives of iconic people through the eyes of those they’ve influenced. Featuring celebrities as diverse as Spike Lee, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Oprah Winfrey, Big Bird, Gloria Steinem, Stevie Wonder and primatologist Jane Goodall, Dear... uses intimate letters from fans and admirers to draw out some previously unseen aspects of its subjects’ lives.

THE BIG CONN

APPLE TV+

The Big Conn James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte created this documentary about Eric C. Conn, the architect of the largest Social Security scam in U.S. history. Conn became one of the top Social Security disability lawyers in the country before he was caught for defrauding the government out of more than half a billion dollars.

LULARICH DEAR...



JANET JACKSON

WARNER BROS. TELEVISION

True Story with Ed & Randall Adapted from the Australian television series True Story with Hamish & Andy, Ed Helms and Randall Park host this Peacock series about the incredible stories of everyday Americans. As their unbelievable and often hilarious stories are being told, the events are recreated by actors in filmed dramatizations. COMEDY CENTRAL

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah South African comedian Trevor Noah executive produces, writes and hosts the third iteration of this iconic late-night series—the longest running program on Comedy Central. The comedic news program covers both Noah’s lampooning of current events, both in and outside of politics, and an engaging slew of interviews with an ever-growing list of A-list celebrities.

TRUE STORY WITH ED & RANDALL

LIFETIME (AEN)

Janet Jackson Filmed over the span of three years, this four-part documentary series tells the untold story of singer and actress Janet Jackson, directed by Benjamin Hirsch. Featuring archival footage and never before see home videos, the series goes from her beginnings in The Jacksons variety show to the 2004 Super Bowl controversy that caused her to be blacklisted and beyond as she refuses to accept defeat.

THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH



100 FOOT WAVE

TLC

90 Day Fiancé Long distance relationships are put to the test in this TLC reality series that documents couples with 90-day engagement visas. As the fiancés travel to the United States to be with their partners, they have 90 days to get married before their K-1 visas expire and they must return home. 90 DAY FIANCÉ

HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS

100 Foot Wave HBO brings this documentary series about big-wave surfer Grant McNamara’s time in Nazaré, Portugal. Directed by Chris Smith, the series follows McNamara’s decade-long journey to transform a small fishing town in Portugal into a surfing destination known for its immense waves, and his quest to conquer a 100-foot wave.

NUCLEAR FAMILY

Nuclear Family Ry Russo-Young tells her story of growing up in the ’80s as her adoptive mothers face an unexpected lawsuit involving Ry. Robin Young and Sandy Russo used sperm donors to start a family in the early ’80s, which was a blessing until Ry’s biological father sued the couple and brought Ry and her mothers into a landmark court case over paternal rights.



MTV

The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies Contestants pair up for another spy thriller-inspired showdown on the 37th season of this MTV reality competition, hosted by T. J. Lavin. Continuing in the partner format of last season, The Challenge: Double Agents, male-female pairs of various reality show alumni compete for a share of a million dollars. FOX TELEVISION

THE MASKED SINGER

The Masked Singer A reversal of the usual talent show format, The Masked Singer presents its celebrity panel with guests who are already well-known but who perform in disguise. At first airing, the mystery itself was the draw, with audiences drip-fed clues as to the competitors’ true identities, but since then, the outfits have brought in the ratings, such as a double snow owl costume worn by country singers Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black. THE CHALLENGE: LIES, SPIES & ALLIES






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