Paramount+ has announced the June 18 premiere of Chopper Cops, an all-new docuseries that takes viewers into the cockpit of an elite Florida police team of helicopter pilots as they attack crime from the skies.
They’re just north of Disney World, but to the men and women of the Marion County Sheriff’s Department, the 1,600 square-mile area they patrol is no fantasy. Marion County’s highways, forests, and suburban neighborhoods are crime scenes for more than 7,000 felonies a year. But with a jurisdiction larger than the state of Rhode Island, ground units find it impossible to have eyes everywhere.
With 10 half-hour episodes, Chopper Cops showcases the Marion County Sheriff’s Department’s secret weapon: state-of-the-art helicopters manned by elite police pilots. Known as Air One, these chopper cops operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and are equipped with high-tech infrared cameras and augmented-reality mapping capabilities that allow police on...
They’re just north of Disney World, but to the men and women of the Marion County Sheriff’s Department, the 1,600 square-mile area they patrol is no fantasy. Marion County’s highways, forests, and suburban neighborhoods are crime scenes for more than 7,000 felonies a year. But with a jurisdiction larger than the state of Rhode Island, ground units find it impossible to have eyes everywhere.
With 10 half-hour episodes, Chopper Cops showcases the Marion County Sheriff’s Department’s secret weapon: state-of-the-art helicopters manned by elite police pilots. Known as Air One, these chopper cops operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and are equipped with high-tech infrared cameras and augmented-reality mapping capabilities that allow police on...
- 5/22/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Paramount+ has announced that the three-part docuseries Pillowcase Murders will premiere exclusively on the service beginning Tuesday, May 14.
Directed by true-crime filmmaker Randy Ferrell, the series reveals how an unknown serial killer, Billy Chemirmir, preyed upon the residents of high-end retirement communities and left a trail of death and devastation in his wake.
When dozens of women enjoying their golden years unexpectedly died at Senior Living Communities across the Dallas area, authorities classified the deaths as natural causes. No one suspected that a cold-blooded serial killer posing as a maintenance man was targeting one of the most vulnerable populations: elderly women.
Pillowcase Murders unravels how Chemirmir operated undetected for nearly two years, exploiting a demographic that’s often forgotten.
Over the three episodes, the series uncovers the shocking oversights and security failures that allowed the killer to pursue his reign of terror unimpeded. The victims’ families felt doubly tormented – at...
Directed by true-crime filmmaker Randy Ferrell, the series reveals how an unknown serial killer, Billy Chemirmir, preyed upon the residents of high-end retirement communities and left a trail of death and devastation in his wake.
When dozens of women enjoying their golden years unexpectedly died at Senior Living Communities across the Dallas area, authorities classified the deaths as natural causes. No one suspected that a cold-blooded serial killer posing as a maintenance man was targeting one of the most vulnerable populations: elderly women.
Pillowcase Murders unravels how Chemirmir operated undetected for nearly two years, exploiting a demographic that’s often forgotten.
Over the three episodes, the series uncovers the shocking oversights and security failures that allowed the killer to pursue his reign of terror unimpeded. The victims’ families felt doubly tormented – at...
- 5/1/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Exclusive: Elvis Presley was a big fan of peacocks until he banned them from Graceland after they started pecking at his gold Cadillac.
Streamer Peacock is not holding a grudge and will air a recent docuseries on The King and his relationship with various women. The NBCU-platform has picked up Loving Elvis from British production company Renowned Films. It will launch on November 13.
The series was originally ordered by Amazon Prime Video, which aired it in the UK and across certain European territories earlier this year. It was titled Elvis’ Women internationally.
The series will look at the loves, dalliances, and forbidden courtships of Presley and will feature conversations with his nurse, his fiancé, his live-in girlfriends, and a few young fans who desperately dreamt of more.
The story is told by seventeen women and two men who observed the King across the decades from the 1950s through to the 1970s.
Streamer Peacock is not holding a grudge and will air a recent docuseries on The King and his relationship with various women. The NBCU-platform has picked up Loving Elvis from British production company Renowned Films. It will launch on November 13.
The series was originally ordered by Amazon Prime Video, which aired it in the UK and across certain European territories earlier this year. It was titled Elvis’ Women internationally.
The series will look at the loves, dalliances, and forbidden courtships of Presley and will feature conversations with his nurse, his fiancé, his live-in girlfriends, and a few young fans who desperately dreamt of more.
The story is told by seventeen women and two men who observed the King across the decades from the 1950s through to the 1970s.
- 11/10/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Zee-Sony Merger Back On Track
The merger of Zee Entertain Enterprises and Sony’s Indian arm looks to be back on track after an order banning Punit Goenka from managing the new entity was lifted yesterday. The merger of Zee and Culver Max Entertainment was given the go-ahead in August, but the merger has run into several problems. The India Securities and Exchange Board had barred Goenka and his father, Zee founder Subhash Chandra, from the boardrooms of listed companies for a year over allegations of insider trading. However, the Securities Appellate Tribunal has overturned that decision, paving the way for the $10B merger to go ahead and for Goenka to resume his role as MD and CEO of Zee. Sony and Zee have been planning the union for over two years now.
JFK Doc Set For Channel 5/Paramount+
UK network and its stablemate Paramount+ have ordered...
The merger of Zee Entertain Enterprises and Sony’s Indian arm looks to be back on track after an order banning Punit Goenka from managing the new entity was lifted yesterday. The merger of Zee and Culver Max Entertainment was given the go-ahead in August, but the merger has run into several problems. The India Securities and Exchange Board had barred Goenka and his father, Zee founder Subhash Chandra, from the boardrooms of listed companies for a year over allegations of insider trading. However, the Securities Appellate Tribunal has overturned that decision, paving the way for the $10B merger to go ahead and for Goenka to resume his role as MD and CEO of Zee. Sony and Zee have been planning the union for over two years now.
JFK Doc Set For Channel 5/Paramount+
UK network and its stablemate Paramount+ have ordered...
- 10/31/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The documentary JFK: What the Doctors Saw offers a behind the scenes look at the day President John F. Kennedy was shot as his motorcade was traveling through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. The documentary will premiere on Paramount+ on November 14, 2023, just days ahead of the 60th anniversary of JFK’s assassination.
Barbara Shearer (Loving Elvis) directed and serves as an executive producer with Jacque Lueth, Bill Garnet, and Lucky Elephant Media’s Adam Somer, Cheryl Leib, Joseph Leib, and Joseph Marvel. See It Now Studios’ Susan Zirinsky and Terence Wrong also executive produce along with Guy Davies.
Poster for ‘JFK: What the Doctors Saw’ (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Paramount+)
Paramount+ released this description of the documentary:
“The film reveals startling medical observations about JFK’s wounds when seven doctors who were in the Parkland Hospital ER reunite to discuss a day none of them can forget. In never-before-seen footage from this reunion,...
Barbara Shearer (Loving Elvis) directed and serves as an executive producer with Jacque Lueth, Bill Garnet, and Lucky Elephant Media’s Adam Somer, Cheryl Leib, Joseph Leib, and Joseph Marvel. See It Now Studios’ Susan Zirinsky and Terence Wrong also executive produce along with Guy Davies.
Poster for ‘JFK: What the Doctors Saw’ (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Paramount+)
Paramount+ released this description of the documentary:
“The film reveals startling medical observations about JFK’s wounds when seven doctors who were in the Parkland Hospital ER reunite to discuss a day none of them can forget. In never-before-seen footage from this reunion,...
- 10/30/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Paramount+ has dropped a trailer for the hard-hitting, two-part docuseries “Crush” that premieres on the streamer October 17 ahead of the first anniversary of the devastating crowd catastrophe in Seoul, South Korea that unfolded on October 29 of last year. Watch the trailer above.
“Crush” is described as “a spine-tingling account of what happened when a Halloween night of celebration turned into a nightmare.” More than 100,000 mostly young revelers who were packed like sardines into the narrow bar-lined alleyways of Seoul’s trendy Itaewon neighborhood became trapped in a mass panic. The toll was astonishing: 159 people, including two American students studying abroad, suffocated in the ensuing bedlam and died. Nearly all of those who perished were in their twenties.
From the co-producers of “11 Minutes,” the four-part docuseries about the mass murder at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas,” “Crush” tells the tale of the Seoul tragedy in an immersive style,...
“Crush” is described as “a spine-tingling account of what happened when a Halloween night of celebration turned into a nightmare.” More than 100,000 mostly young revelers who were packed like sardines into the narrow bar-lined alleyways of Seoul’s trendy Itaewon neighborhood became trapped in a mass panic. The toll was astonishing: 159 people, including two American students studying abroad, suffocated in the ensuing bedlam and died. Nearly all of those who perished were in their twenties.
From the co-producers of “11 Minutes,” the four-part docuseries about the mass murder at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas,” “Crush” tells the tale of the Seoul tragedy in an immersive style,...
- 10/11/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Paramount+ just released the trailer for Painkiller: The Tylenol Murders, a five-part documentary series that takes a deep dive into the 1982 Tylenol murders. The docuseries premieres on October 10, 2023 and examines the tragic deaths of seven people in Chicago after they purchased bottles that contained pills laced with poison.
The seven innocent victims ranged from 12 (Mary Kellerman) to 35 years old. Three of the unfortunate victims were members of the same family.
Nurse Helen Jensen discovered the thread between the victims, and it was determined someone had opened the packaging, injected captures with cyanide, and then resealed the bottles. The discovery forced stores across the U.S. to remove Tylenol from their shelves, and Johnson & Johnson initiated a recall of all Tylenol capsules.
The FBI and multiple law enforcement agencies investigated, but the person or persons responsible was never apprehended.
‘Painkiller: The Tylenol Murders’ poster (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Paramount+)
The Plot,...
The seven innocent victims ranged from 12 (Mary Kellerman) to 35 years old. Three of the unfortunate victims were members of the same family.
Nurse Helen Jensen discovered the thread between the victims, and it was determined someone had opened the packaging, injected captures with cyanide, and then resealed the bottles. The discovery forced stores across the U.S. to remove Tylenol from their shelves, and Johnson & Johnson initiated a recall of all Tylenol capsules.
The FBI and multiple law enforcement agencies investigated, but the person or persons responsible was never apprehended.
‘Painkiller: The Tylenol Murders’ poster (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Paramount+)
The Plot,...
- 9/29/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Today, CBS announced the first five episodes of FBI True. This docuseries takes viewers into some of the most significant and astonishing cases in FBI history through the eyes of the agents who were there.
FBI True will debut on CBS Tuesday, October 3 and is available to stream on Paramount+.
FBI True pulls no punches as the agents share emotional stories. They relive the heart-stopping moments of their most significant cases, revealing new details of how they foiled major criminal and terrorist plots.
Each week, FBI True introduces audiences to courageous agents who took significant personal risks in the line of duty. Each episode focuses on a single case or two cases where agents had to make hair-trigger decisions where lives hung in the balance.
The docuseries is from executive producers Craig Turk’s Thinking Hat Productions, Anne Beagan’s Anne Beagan Productions, and Shawn Efran’s Efran Films Canada.
FBI True will debut on CBS Tuesday, October 3 and is available to stream on Paramount+.
FBI True pulls no punches as the agents share emotional stories. They relive the heart-stopping moments of their most significant cases, revealing new details of how they foiled major criminal and terrorist plots.
Each week, FBI True introduces audiences to courageous agents who took significant personal risks in the line of duty. Each episode focuses on a single case or two cases where agents had to make hair-trigger decisions where lives hung in the balance.
The docuseries is from executive producers Craig Turk’s Thinking Hat Productions, Anne Beagan’s Anne Beagan Productions, and Shawn Efran’s Efran Films Canada.
- 9/28/2023
- by Laura Nowak
- TVfanatic
Sean Penn’s documentary Superpower, which follows an embattled Ukraine’s fight against an invading Russia and interviews president Volodymyr Zelensky, will debut on Ukrainian TV today.
The Fifth Season film will premiere the same day on Ukrainian broadcaster Inter as the feature documentary starts streaming in the U.S. on Paramount+. The day-and-date release will include other Ukrainian airdates on major channels Ntn, Mega and Sonce.
The documentary, co-financed with Vice Studios, chronicles Ukraine’s fight for freedom from invading Russian military forces and is directed by Hollywood actor and activist Penn and Aaron Kaufman. Superpower includes Penn conducing intimate interviews with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and others during seven trips to Ukraine over a two-year period.
Besides centering Zelensky as a wartime president, the documentary also explains how the conflict started, the stakes as it continues into a second year for the war and who remain the key players.
The Fifth Season film will premiere the same day on Ukrainian broadcaster Inter as the feature documentary starts streaming in the U.S. on Paramount+. The day-and-date release will include other Ukrainian airdates on major channels Ntn, Mega and Sonce.
The documentary, co-financed with Vice Studios, chronicles Ukraine’s fight for freedom from invading Russian military forces and is directed by Hollywood actor and activist Penn and Aaron Kaufman. Superpower includes Penn conducing intimate interviews with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and others during seven trips to Ukraine over a two-year period.
Besides centering Zelensky as a wartime president, the documentary also explains how the conflict started, the stakes as it continues into a second year for the war and who remain the key players.
- 9/18/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Superpower, Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman’s doc about Ukraine’s fight for freedom, is getting a launch in the war-torn Eastern European country today.
Fifth Season, which shops the film, has coordinated a day-and-date release for the doc in Ukraine alongside its launch on Paramount+ in the U.S. today.
The film will screen on leading Ukrainian net Inter, before running on other channels including Ntn, Mega, and Sonce, as part of a plan to support the Ukrainian people in their struggle against Russia’s invasion.
Superpower is billed as “a heart-wrenching glimpse into a country fighting for its freedom, featuring a series of intimate interviews done by Penn with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and others from seven trips over nearly a two-year period.” Penn and Kaufman are co-directors.
It began as a light-hearted project about Zelenskyy’s unusual rise from comic actor to President. However, when Russian troops...
Fifth Season, which shops the film, has coordinated a day-and-date release for the doc in Ukraine alongside its launch on Paramount+ in the U.S. today.
The film will screen on leading Ukrainian net Inter, before running on other channels including Ntn, Mega, and Sonce, as part of a plan to support the Ukrainian people in their struggle against Russia’s invasion.
Superpower is billed as “a heart-wrenching glimpse into a country fighting for its freedom, featuring a series of intimate interviews done by Penn with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and others from seven trips over nearly a two-year period.” Penn and Kaufman are co-directors.
It began as a light-hearted project about Zelenskyy’s unusual rise from comic actor to President. However, when Russian troops...
- 9/18/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Sean Penn’s “Superpower,” the actor’s upcoming documentary about Ukraine’s fight to maintain its freedom from Russia, is set to premiere on September 18. The film will be available to watch exclusively on Paramount+.
Co-directed by Penn and Aaron Kaufman, the documentary features several interviews between Penn and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over the production’s seven trips to the country over the past two years. The film chronicles the months before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the hours leading up to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch rockets into Kyiv and the devastating aftermath.
“Superpower” has followed an unconventional road. Filming started in 2021, and at the time, the documentary was intended to be a deep dive into Zelensky, an actor and comedian who played a president on TV before becoming Ukraine’s actual president. But while Penn was filming in Kyiv, Russia’s army attacked the capital,...
Co-directed by Penn and Aaron Kaufman, the documentary features several interviews between Penn and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over the production’s seven trips to the country over the past two years. The film chronicles the months before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the hours leading up to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch rockets into Kyiv and the devastating aftermath.
“Superpower” has followed an unconventional road. Filming started in 2021, and at the time, the documentary was intended to be a deep dive into Zelensky, an actor and comedian who played a president on TV before becoming Ukraine’s actual president. But while Penn was filming in Kyiv, Russia’s army attacked the capital,...
- 8/23/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The team behind award-winning documentary 11 Minutes, which told the story of the mass shooting at Las Vegas’ Route 91 Harvest music festival, have set up another docuseries at Paramount+.
The streamer has ordered Crush, which will explore the Halloween tragedy in Seoul, South Korea, that left 159 dead and hundreds injured.
The series, which is set to launch this fall, likely around the anniversary of the tragedy, comes from See It Now Studios, Triage Entertainment, and All Rise Films. It is exec produced by Jeff Zimbalist, who directs, Stu Schreiberg, Terence Wrong and Susan Zirinsky with Josh Gaynor as co-exec producer, Aysu Saliba as supervising producer and Alana Saad as producer.
The Seoul crush tragedy occurred on October 29, 2022 during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood of the South Korean city and was the country’s largest crowd crush in its history.
The multi-part series will be an immersive moment-by-moment dive...
The streamer has ordered Crush, which will explore the Halloween tragedy in Seoul, South Korea, that left 159 dead and hundreds injured.
The series, which is set to launch this fall, likely around the anniversary of the tragedy, comes from See It Now Studios, Triage Entertainment, and All Rise Films. It is exec produced by Jeff Zimbalist, who directs, Stu Schreiberg, Terence Wrong and Susan Zirinsky with Josh Gaynor as co-exec producer, Aysu Saliba as supervising producer and Alana Saad as producer.
The Seoul crush tragedy occurred on October 29, 2022 during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood of the South Korean city and was the country’s largest crowd crush in its history.
The multi-part series will be an immersive moment-by-moment dive...
- 5/11/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Paramount+ has unveiled a trailer for the upcoming docuseries FBI True premiering on the streaming service on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. The half-hour documentary series dives into big cases, with the agents involved walking viewers through what went down.
The 10-episode docuseries was created by Craig Turk, co-creator of CBS’s FBI, and veteran FBI special agent Anne Beagan. Turk, Beagan, Shawn Efran, and Azadeh de Leon serve as executive producers. See It Now Studios’ Susan Zirinsky and Terence Wrong also executive produce, and Adam Goldfried is the executive director. Mike Schultz guides the series as showrunner and producer. The series is produced by Efran Films Canada for See It Now Studios.
Paramount+ released the following lengthy description of FBI True:
Each edition of FBI True focuses on dynamic insider conversations between agents when they meet at the FBI’s favorite bar, the Arts & Crafts Beer Parlor, just down the block from their New York headquarters.
The 10-episode docuseries was created by Craig Turk, co-creator of CBS’s FBI, and veteran FBI special agent Anne Beagan. Turk, Beagan, Shawn Efran, and Azadeh de Leon serve as executive producers. See It Now Studios’ Susan Zirinsky and Terence Wrong also executive produce, and Adam Goldfried is the executive director. Mike Schultz guides the series as showrunner and producer. The series is produced by Efran Films Canada for See It Now Studios.
Paramount+ released the following lengthy description of FBI True:
Each edition of FBI True focuses on dynamic insider conversations between agents when they meet at the FBI’s favorite bar, the Arts & Crafts Beer Parlor, just down the block from their New York headquarters.
- 2/24/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Paramount+ has announced FBI True, a 10-episode original docuseries from FBI co-creator Craig Turk, focused on the real-life situations faced by FBI agents that have inspired the CBS series.
Turk has partnered with veteran FBI special agent-turned producer Anne Beagan, CBS’ See It Now Films and Efran Films Canada on the docuseries which begins streaming Tuesday, Feb. 28 in the U.S. and May 5 in Canada on Paramount+.
The 10 half-hour installments will provide a real-life look into FBI agents’ high-pressure world with never-before-seen surveillance video, interrogations with hostage takers and terrorists, and personal photos from the agents’ collections. You can watch a trailer below.
Each episode features insider conversations between agents when they meet at the FBI’s favorite bar, the Arts & Crafts Beer Parlor, just down the block from their New York headquarters. “In this relaxed setting, they share hair-raising stories of dangerous missions carried out by the FBI in the United States and worldwide,...
Turk has partnered with veteran FBI special agent-turned producer Anne Beagan, CBS’ See It Now Films and Efran Films Canada on the docuseries which begins streaming Tuesday, Feb. 28 in the U.S. and May 5 in Canada on Paramount+.
The 10 half-hour installments will provide a real-life look into FBI agents’ high-pressure world with never-before-seen surveillance video, interrogations with hostage takers and terrorists, and personal photos from the agents’ collections. You can watch a trailer below.
Each episode features insider conversations between agents when they meet at the FBI’s favorite bar, the Arts & Crafts Beer Parlor, just down the block from their New York headquarters. “In this relaxed setting, they share hair-raising stories of dangerous missions carried out by the FBI in the United States and worldwide,...
- 2/24/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Checkup with Dr. David Agus,” a six-episode docuseries featuring notable names in entertainment as they sit down with the doctor for intimate conversations about their personal health struggles, will premiere on Paramount+, with the first three episodes will debuting on the platform Tuesday, Dec. 6. The final three episodes will follow on Monday, Dec. 12.
Guests for the docuseries include Ashton Kutcher, Oprah Winfrey, Maria Shriver, Howie Mandel, Amy Schumer, Nick Cannon, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Each guest goes into personal detail about life-threatening diseases, women’s health issues such as reproductive health, the loss of a child and more.
The series is produced by Skydance Television and See It Now Studios. Agus serves as executive producer alongside Amy Coleman and David Ellison and Dana Goldberg for Skydance Television. For See It Now Studios, Susan Zirinsky and Terence Wrong are executive producers, Aysu Saliba is the supervising producer and Adam Goldfried is the executive director.
Guests for the docuseries include Ashton Kutcher, Oprah Winfrey, Maria Shriver, Howie Mandel, Amy Schumer, Nick Cannon, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Each guest goes into personal detail about life-threatening diseases, women’s health issues such as reproductive health, the loss of a child and more.
The series is produced by Skydance Television and See It Now Studios. Agus serves as executive producer alongside Amy Coleman and David Ellison and Dana Goldberg for Skydance Television. For See It Now Studios, Susan Zirinsky and Terence Wrong are executive producers, Aysu Saliba is the supervising producer and Adam Goldfried is the executive director.
- 11/30/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus is headlining a new docuseries for Paramount+ in which he will talk with Ashton Kutcher, Amy Schumer, Nick Cannon and other celebrities about some of their personal health struggles.
The Checkup with Dr. David Agus will debut its first three episodes on Dec. 6, and the final three will drop on Dec. 12.
Kutcher will chat about his battle with a rare life-threatening disease, and is interviewed with his twin brother Michael, who was born with cerebral palsy and recently had a heart transplant. Cannon will talk about the loss of his son Zen to a brain tumor, and also reveals his lupus diagnosis. Amy Schumer will talk about her reproductive health struggles and battles with depression early in life.
Also featured will be Oprah Winfrey and Maria Shriver talking about women’s health; Jane Fonda, who will talk about her diagnosis with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
The Checkup with Dr. David Agus will debut its first three episodes on Dec. 6, and the final three will drop on Dec. 12.
Kutcher will chat about his battle with a rare life-threatening disease, and is interviewed with his twin brother Michael, who was born with cerebral palsy and recently had a heart transplant. Cannon will talk about the loss of his son Zen to a brain tumor, and also reveals his lupus diagnosis. Amy Schumer will talk about her reproductive health struggles and battles with depression early in life.
Also featured will be Oprah Winfrey and Maria Shriver talking about women’s health; Jane Fonda, who will talk about her diagnosis with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
- 11/29/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The two-minute trailer for Paramount+’s 11 Minutes documentary series opens with Country music fans enjoying the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas before their joy was erased by a mass shooter. Using interviews with concertgoers, cellphone footage, and other videos, 11 Minutes recalls the horrific mass shooting and its aftermath.
The four-part docuseries was directed by Emmy and Peabody-winning director Jeff Zimbalist and features the very first in-depth interview with Jason Aldean. The Country music star was actually on stage when the shooting began.
“When I turned around, my bass player was just looking at me like a deer in the headlights. And my security guy was on stage at that point, telling me to get down, waving me off the stage,” recalled Aldean.
Aldean admits to feeling survivor’s guilt. “It’s hard not to feel a little guilty. I mean, those people were there to support us,...
The four-part docuseries was directed by Emmy and Peabody-winning director Jeff Zimbalist and features the very first in-depth interview with Jason Aldean. The Country music star was actually on stage when the shooting began.
“When I turned around, my bass player was just looking at me like a deer in the headlights. And my security guy was on stage at that point, telling me to get down, waving me off the stage,” recalled Aldean.
Aldean admits to feeling survivor’s guilt. “It’s hard not to feel a little guilty. I mean, those people were there to support us,...
- 9/12/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Paramount+ has picked up the missing person docuseries Never Seen Again for a second season, with the next debut set for Tuesday.
The series first launched in May.
The new season will examine 10 cases of individual disappearances and the families and friends looking for clues and answers.
The first episode looks at the case of Caleb Diehl, a high school senior who failed to show up for school. According to Paramount+, the investigation ended up “uncovering sinister secrets that had lain hidden for years in a small Texas town, including shocking revelations about the man who has been a pillar of the tightknit community.”
The season also will look at other cases, including the vanishing of Ashley Loring Heavy Runner, who left the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana to pursue college, and Heather Teague, a former high school cheerleader who was abducted at a country lake.
Each of the episodes...
The series first launched in May.
The new season will examine 10 cases of individual disappearances and the families and friends looking for clues and answers.
The first episode looks at the case of Caleb Diehl, a high school senior who failed to show up for school. According to Paramount+, the investigation ended up “uncovering sinister secrets that had lain hidden for years in a small Texas town, including shocking revelations about the man who has been a pillar of the tightknit community.”
The season also will look at other cases, including the vanishing of Ashley Loring Heavy Runner, who left the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana to pursue college, and Heather Teague, a former high school cheerleader who was abducted at a country lake.
Each of the episodes...
- 7/25/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Tyler Perry will executive produce the first two episodes of a new Paramount+ documentary series about family members who go missing and those who struggle in the aftermath of their various disappearances.
Each episode of “Never Seen Again” starts with a loved one recounting the last time they saw their son, daughter, brother, sister, boyfriend or girlfriend before they vanished into thin air. The series comes from See It Now Studios, the new production shingle overseen by veteran CBS News producer and former CBS News President Susan Zirinsky. To generate awareness of the program, Paramount+ will make the first episode available for free Saturday, May 7 through Monday, May 10 on the CBS News app, and the first season will be available to stream Tuesday, May 10 on Paramount+.
In the first episode, Aa27-year-old Black man named Terrance Williams disappears in Naples, Fl in 2004 after he last being seen getting into a...
Each episode of “Never Seen Again” starts with a loved one recounting the last time they saw their son, daughter, brother, sister, boyfriend or girlfriend before they vanished into thin air. The series comes from See It Now Studios, the new production shingle overseen by veteran CBS News producer and former CBS News President Susan Zirinsky. To generate awareness of the program, Paramount+ will make the first episode available for free Saturday, May 7 through Monday, May 10 on the CBS News app, and the first season will be available to stream Tuesday, May 10 on Paramount+.
In the first episode, Aa27-year-old Black man named Terrance Williams disappears in Naples, Fl in 2004 after he last being seen getting into a...
- 5/4/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Paramount+ announced today that its four-hour docuseries Ghislaine — Partner in Crime, exploring the life of Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, will be available for streaming in full starting April 7.
Maxwell’s journey began as the daughter of Robert Maxwell, a wealthy media magnate scrutinized over questionable business deals, who then died mysteriously while out to sea in his yacht. It ends with Epstein, a money manager and convicted sex offender, who died while being held on federal sex trafficking charges.
Ghislaine — Partner in Crime looks at how deeply Maxwell was involved in recruiting, grooming, and trafficking some girls as young as 14 for sexual abuse. Testimony described a ring that abused hundreds of women and girls, and how the former socialite became an accomplice to one of the worst sex offenders in history. The docuseries features interviews with Maxwell’s siblings Ian, Kevin and Isabel Maxwell; her friends; legal experts; and her alleged victims,...
Maxwell’s journey began as the daughter of Robert Maxwell, a wealthy media magnate scrutinized over questionable business deals, who then died mysteriously while out to sea in his yacht. It ends with Epstein, a money manager and convicted sex offender, who died while being held on federal sex trafficking charges.
Ghislaine — Partner in Crime looks at how deeply Maxwell was involved in recruiting, grooming, and trafficking some girls as young as 14 for sexual abuse. Testimony described a ring that abused hundreds of women and girls, and how the former socialite became an accomplice to one of the worst sex offenders in history. The docuseries features interviews with Maxwell’s siblings Ian, Kevin and Isabel Maxwell; her friends; legal experts; and her alleged victims,...
- 4/5/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Susan Zirinsky, the former CBS News chief and longtime leader of its “48 Hours,” is refashioning herself as a streaming-video maven.
Zirinsky will lead the new See It Now Studios, a new production unit that will create news, documentary and unscripted programming for the Paramount Plus streaming-video hub, the CBS broadcast network and other networks owned by parent company ViacomCBS. Zirinsky will serve as president of the new division and report directly to George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS, and chief content officer of news and sports programming for Paramount Plus. The studio will also create spinoffs of CBS News brands, and produce “insta-docs” in the wake of major current events.
“This is a studio built on the foundation of the incredible journalism and storytelling of CBS News but with a broader remit,” Cheeks said in a prepared statement. “See It Now Studios will have the flexibility to work...
Zirinsky will lead the new See It Now Studios, a new production unit that will create news, documentary and unscripted programming for the Paramount Plus streaming-video hub, the CBS broadcast network and other networks owned by parent company ViacomCBS. Zirinsky will serve as president of the new division and report directly to George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS, and chief content officer of news and sports programming for Paramount Plus. The studio will also create spinoffs of CBS News brands, and produce “insta-docs” in the wake of major current events.
“This is a studio built on the foundation of the incredible journalism and storytelling of CBS News but with a broader remit,” Cheeks said in a prepared statement. “See It Now Studios will have the flexibility to work...
- 9/8/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
CBS News has launched See It Now Studios, led by longtime producer and former news division president Susan Zirinsky, to produce non-fiction content across ViacomCBS brands and other platforms.
Zirinsky stepped down as president of CBS News in the spring, and reportedly had been in talks for a new production role. See It Now Studios, taking its name from the Edward R. Murrow newsmagazine of the 1950s, will produce news, documentary and unscripted programming for Paramount+ and CBS and other ViacomCBS brands, as well as third parties and in partnership with outside production companies. Its productions will be distributed globally by the ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group.
Zirinsky will report to George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS and Chief Content Officer, News and Sports for Paramount+.
The production outfit’s first projects will be on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, with The 26th Street Garage: The FBI’s Untold Story of...
Zirinsky stepped down as president of CBS News in the spring, and reportedly had been in talks for a new production role. See It Now Studios, taking its name from the Edward R. Murrow newsmagazine of the 1950s, will produce news, documentary and unscripted programming for Paramount+ and CBS and other ViacomCBS brands, as well as third parties and in partnership with outside production companies. Its productions will be distributed globally by the ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group.
Zirinsky will report to George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS and Chief Content Officer, News and Sports for Paramount+.
The production outfit’s first projects will be on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, with The 26th Street Garage: The FBI’s Untold Story of...
- 9/8/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Apa has promoted Jules Urbanski to agent in the concerts department. Urbanski joined Apa in 2015, working in the mailroom before joining the agency’s Agent Training Program. He grew up on film and TV sets with parents Diane Wilk, executive producer of The Nanny, and Doug Urbanski, a Broadway producer, talent manager and Oscar-nominated film producer. Jules Urbanski works closely with Apa partner and co-head of talent, Jim Osborne, with whom he shares crossover clients, including T.I., Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, and Tyrese Gibson. He also represents Mateo Arias aka ¿Téo? and the bands Blac Rabbit and Kid Bloom.
Triage Entertainment, the production unit of Levity Live, has inked an exclusive partnership with producer Terence Wrong and his Third Force Productions. A former Executive Producer of Special Series at ABC News, he will lead development of documentary series and will remain based in New York. Triage also said today that Josh Poole,...
Triage Entertainment, the production unit of Levity Live, has inked an exclusive partnership with producer Terence Wrong and his Third Force Productions. A former Executive Producer of Special Series at ABC News, he will lead development of documentary series and will remain based in New York. Triage also said today that Josh Poole,...
- 10/16/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
O.J. Simpson won’t ever be charged again for killing Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Double jeopardy rules would prevent that, as the former football star was famously acquitted of the murders in 1995. But in Sunday night’s Fox special “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?,” he makes a pretty solid case for why he ought to be behind bars.
The story of the Brown Simpson and Goldman murders has been fairly well covered through the years, including the recent FX series “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” and ESPN’s doc “O.J.: Made in America.” But “The Lost Confession” digs deep into Simpson’s take on his tumultuous relationship with his ex-wife — and along the way, provides a stunning case for motive, something that a prosecution team could easily use if they were able to try him once again for murder.
“The one thing that concerns me,...
The story of the Brown Simpson and Goldman murders has been fairly well covered through the years, including the recent FX series “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” and ESPN’s doc “O.J.: Made in America.” But “The Lost Confession” digs deep into Simpson’s take on his tumultuous relationship with his ex-wife — and along the way, provides a stunning case for motive, something that a prosecution team could easily use if they were able to try him once again for murder.
“The one thing that concerns me,...
- 3/11/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Publisher and TV/film producer Judith Regan, who was fired by News Corp. in 2006 (and later sued the company) after her plans to publish the O.J. Simpson quasi-confessional “If I Did It” — and turn it into a Fox special — fell apart, has agreed to take part in next Sunday’s telecast of the unaired interview.
Also appearing on “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?”: Attorney Christopher Darden, who helped lead the prosecution team with Marcia Clark (and was later famously played by Sterling K. Brown in FX’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”). Nicole Brown Simpson family representative Eve Shakti Chen, anti-domestic violence advocate Rita Smith, and retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente will also serve with Regan and Darden as analysts on the two-hour special, which airs Sunday, March 11 at 8 p.m. Et.
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Also appearing on “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?”: Attorney Christopher Darden, who helped lead the prosecution team with Marcia Clark (and was later famously played by Sterling K. Brown in FX’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”). Nicole Brown Simpson family representative Eve Shakti Chen, anti-domestic violence advocate Rita Smith, and retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente will also serve with Regan and Darden as analysts on the two-hour special, which airs Sunday, March 11 at 8 p.m. Et.
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- 3/7/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
More than 11 years after Judith Regan was fired by HarperCollins over an O.J. Simpson book and Fox special she was overseeing, her Simpson interview has finally been given an airdate.
Fox has dusted off that special, and repackaged it as “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?” — now hosted by Soledad O’Brien. The two-hour special will air Sunday, March 11 at 8 p.m. The special will air as counterprogramming against ABC’s “American Idol.”
Per the network, the telecast will “air with limited interruptions and will feature public service announcements on domestic violence awareness throughout the program.” O’Brien will also moderate a talk with a panel of analysts giving context to the interview.
Regan spoke in 2006 to Simpson, who gave “a shocking hypothetical account” of the night that his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman were murdered. That interview was the basis of “If I Did It,...
Fox has dusted off that special, and repackaged it as “O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?” — now hosted by Soledad O’Brien. The two-hour special will air Sunday, March 11 at 8 p.m. The special will air as counterprogramming against ABC’s “American Idol.”
Per the network, the telecast will “air with limited interruptions and will feature public service announcements on domestic violence awareness throughout the program.” O’Brien will also moderate a talk with a panel of analysts giving context to the interview.
Regan spoke in 2006 to Simpson, who gave “a shocking hypothetical account” of the night that his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman were murdered. That interview was the basis of “If I Did It,...
- 3/1/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
If you're in an emergency room and think you're about to die, maybe your last wish should be that Dr. Mehmet Oz passes through. It happens to a young man — writhing in agony after his aorta tears — on Thursday's season premiere of NY Med (June 26, 10/9c, ABC). Oz is back in action in the eight-part summer series from ABC News that takes viewers on an emotionally intense journey through New York-Presbyterian and other Manhattan-based hospitals. The show will also cross the Hudson River for a look inside University Hospital, which serves the rough streets of Newark, N.J. NY Med executive producer Terence Wrong offers some insights on what's coming up.
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- 6/25/2014
- by Stephen Battaglio
- TVGuide - Breaking News
It's been two years since the premiere of NY Med, and since then, producer Terence Wrong (Boston Med and many other medical documentaries) has been busy collating and weaving together stories for the show's second season. Though the focus remains on the ER staff of New York-Presbyterian — a teaching hospital that allows for a great variety of stories (regarding both patients and doctors) — this second season has expanded to include Newark's University Hospital, which brings in a very different set of cases. Like the first season, NY Med will run a restricted eight episodes, each seemingly positioned
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- 6/24/2014
- by Allison Keene
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After two years off the air, ABC News' real-life hospital series NY Med returns to television on June 26. This year, in addition to showcasing the cutting edge surgeries and cases involving doctors and patients at New York-Presbyterian, NY Med goes across the river to Newark's University Hospital, highlighting its life-threatening trauma cases, including gunshot wounds, stabbings and other violent injuries. Photos Summer TV Preview At a screening of the second season's first episode at ABC News' offices in New York, executive producer Terence Wrong talked about showing the other side of big-city medicine. Featuring both
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- 6/12/2014
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Perhaps the worst moments of our lives are better endured than recorded. Certainly emergency trips to the hospital would qualify in this category.
ABC's "NY Med," premiering Tuesday, July 10, manages to document these moments, and remarkably, the eight-part series does so without being sensational.
That's a neat trick when you consider the tabloid potential. Filmmaker Terence Wrong ("Boston Med," "Hopkins") turns his documentary talents to Columbia and Weill Cornell Medical Centers in New York for this series.
"I think hospitals are places where you see the most intimate things that happen in life," Wrong tells Zap2it. "The stakes are tremendously high; nothing is as critical. It is life and death. It is a tremendously rich environment, with the full gamut of humanity; people from all walks of life are there, and they are at turning points in their life."
In the first episode, we meet ER nurse Marina Dedivanovic,...
ABC's "NY Med," premiering Tuesday, July 10, manages to document these moments, and remarkably, the eight-part series does so without being sensational.
That's a neat trick when you consider the tabloid potential. Filmmaker Terence Wrong ("Boston Med," "Hopkins") turns his documentary talents to Columbia and Weill Cornell Medical Centers in New York for this series.
"I think hospitals are places where you see the most intimate things that happen in life," Wrong tells Zap2it. "The stakes are tremendously high; nothing is as critical. It is life and death. It is a tremendously rich environment, with the full gamut of humanity; people from all walks of life are there, and they are at turning points in their life."
In the first episode, we meet ER nurse Marina Dedivanovic,...
- 7/10/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
ABC News will again take its cameras into one of the country's top hospitals for a summer documentary series called "NY Med."
The eight-week series will premiere July 10 and follow the staff and patients at Columbia and Weill Cornell Medical Centers in New York City. Among the doctors featured in the show is Dr. Mehmet Oz, who when he's not hosting a talk show and writing books is still a practicing heart surgeon at the hospital.
"Medicine is a universal subject. At some point in our lives we or those we love will become patients for one reason or another," executive producer Terry Wrong says. "This series takes you behind the curtain to learn about those we depend on to fix us and how sometimes they just can't."
Wrong previously produced "Boston Med" and the Peabody Award-winning "Hopkins" for ABC. "NY Med" will have a similar level of access in...
The eight-week series will premiere July 10 and follow the staff and patients at Columbia and Weill Cornell Medical Centers in New York City. Among the doctors featured in the show is Dr. Mehmet Oz, who when he's not hosting a talk show and writing books is still a practicing heart surgeon at the hospital.
"Medicine is a universal subject. At some point in our lives we or those we love will become patients for one reason or another," executive producer Terry Wrong says. "This series takes you behind the curtain to learn about those we depend on to fix us and how sometimes they just can't."
Wrong previously produced "Boston Med" and the Peabody Award-winning "Hopkins" for ABC. "NY Med" will have a similar level of access in...
- 6/1/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
"NY Med," an eight-episode documentary series follow-up to "Boston Med" and "Hopkins," is heading to ABC this July. The new documentary series will explore the lives of doctors and patients inside of Columbia and Weill Cornell hospitals, two of New York's most prestigious hospitals.
"NY Med" follows Dr. Mehmet Oz, of "The Dr. Oz Show," in addition to less recognizable names, as viewers "learn about those we depend on to fix us, and how sometimes they just can’t,” executive producer Terry Wrong said in a statement.
In a press release, examples of "NY Med"'s dramatic moments were offered:
When patients and doctors come together on “NY Med,” the stakes are frequently life or death. Rita Saverino, a Wall Street banker and mother of two, thought she would die from the grapefruit-size tumor in her stomach, but Dr. Tomoaki Kato, a maverick Japanese surgeon, believes he can help with...
"NY Med" follows Dr. Mehmet Oz, of "The Dr. Oz Show," in addition to less recognizable names, as viewers "learn about those we depend on to fix us, and how sometimes they just can’t,” executive producer Terry Wrong said in a statement.
In a press release, examples of "NY Med"'s dramatic moments were offered:
When patients and doctors come together on “NY Med,” the stakes are frequently life or death. Rita Saverino, a Wall Street banker and mother of two, thought she would die from the grapefruit-size tumor in her stomach, but Dr. Tomoaki Kato, a maverick Japanese surgeon, believes he can help with...
- 5/31/2012
- by Libby Coleman
- Huffington Post
It's no wonder ABC snagged the rights to air "Boston Med," an eight-part documentary series currently airing on Thursday nights at 10 Est. Those bastards probably bought it up and buried it among crappy summer programming so that it'd go unnoticed. Because once you watch "Boston Med," you may not be able to go back to "Grey's Anatomy." Because this docu-reality series, which follows the doctors, nurses, and patients at three Boston-area hospitals, is not only a more honest depiction of the goings-on inside a hospital, it's more dramatic, more heroic, and more emotionally satisfying and harrowing, precisely because it is real, because these life-and-death stakes apply to real people and not a lot of overzealous actors trying to win Emmys. What's even more remarkable -- or maybe not, depending on what you think of traditional hospital dramas -- is that the real doctors and nurses seem so much more personable,...
- 7/8/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
"There's no McDreamy or McSteamy here," says Amanda Grabowski, one of the nurses featured on the new ABC News series, Boston Med. The eight-part documentary chronicles the real-life drama of life, death and the toll they take on doctors, nurse and patients at three of Boston's top hospitals: Massachusetts General, Brigham and Women's, and Children's Hospital Boston.
There may not be any Owens or little Greys either, but there is an Arizona, of sorts. Kelly Wright is a second year resident in Ob-Gyn at Brigham and Women's, and an out lesbian.
The ABC episode guide says about Wright:
Working in women's health, she says, people assume she is pro-choice and liberal. In fact, she is a devout Christian who won't perform abortions, unlike most of her fellow residents. Her personal views don't seem to get in the way of her work, but her work definitely gets in the way of her life.
There may not be any Owens or little Greys either, but there is an Arizona, of sorts. Kelly Wright is a second year resident in Ob-Gyn at Brigham and Women's, and an out lesbian.
The ABC episode guide says about Wright:
Working in women's health, she says, people assume she is pro-choice and liberal. In fact, she is a devout Christian who won't perform abortions, unlike most of her fellow residents. Her personal views don't seem to get in the way of her work, but her work definitely gets in the way of her life.
- 6/24/2010
- by daranai
- AfterEllen.com
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