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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T H U R S DAY
M AY 5, 2 02 2 R OYC E H A L L , U C L A Show starts at 6:30 p.m. PT
Set to a 50-piece orchestra, Sound & Screen will transport you through the melodic sounds of some of television’s most acclaimed shows. Following each performance, the composers will discuss the inspiration behind the scores, and how they set the tone for their respective show.
F E AT U R I N G AMAZON STUDIOS The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel APPLE TV+ Pachinko, Slow Horses, The Afterparty CBS STUDIOS. Star Trek: Picard, The Man Who Fell to Earth HBO MAX Station Eleven, Somebody Somewhere, A Black Lady Sketch Show NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Welcome to Earth PARAMOUNT+ Halo
F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N A N D T O R S V P V I S I T: D E A D L I N E S O U N D S C R E E N 2 0 2 2 . S P L A S H T H AT.C O M
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