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EXCLUSIVE : Range Media Partners has added two key staffers to it scripted television division at Range Studios, with Sarah Brownstein joining as VP of Scripted Television, and Kathleen Schenck coming aboard as a Creative Executive of Scripted Television. The pair will work under President of Scripted Television Heather Kadin, who recently joined Range Media Partners after a 12-year stint at Secret Hideout to bolster the company’s Television business. These hires come on the heels of the strategic investment between Range Media Partners and A+E Networks, which will help build a wide-ranging production and content slate for Range Studios’ Scripted Television division. Prior to joining Range Media Partners, Brownstein was the Director of Heyday Television U.S. ( Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , Marriage Story ), there developing series based on Liane Moriarty’s #1 New York Times bestseller Apples Never Fall and Dolores Redondo’s book The North Face of the … [Read more...] about Range Media Partners Adds Two To Scripted Television Division

EXCLUSIVE: Danielle Pinnock , the breakout star of CBS hit comedy Ghosts , has signed with ICM Partners for representation. On Ghosts , Pinnock plays Alberta, a Prohibition-era lounge singer turned ghost who is trapped in a modern-day country estate recently inherited by two unexpecting new tenants. The hit comedy series recently wrapped its first season and has been renewed for a second season on CBS. Pinnock also co-created with Punam Patel ( I Love That For You ), the adult animated series Unmentionables , which is being developed for television by Emmy-winning producer Anthony Hemingway and Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson. The project revolves around a rag-tag group of undergarments and the occupational hazards and triumphs they go through with their millennial owner. Pinnock most recently hosted the Casting Society’s 37th Annual Artios Awards, which recognize execellence in casting from the year in entertainment. She also is developing a pilot of her … [Read more...] about ‘Ghosts’ Star Danielle Pinnock Signs With ICM Partners

Janelle James , one of the stars of ABC ’s breakout comedy hit Abbott Elementary, is doubling down with the Disney-owned network. She is hosting game show The Final Straw , which has seen NFL legend Peyton Manning join as one of the exec producers. The network announced last month that the Jenga-esque format will air alongside the likes of Celebrity Family Feud and The $100,000 Pyramid starting on July 10. It sees four teams of contestants face off to combat tremendous tipping towers. Each life-sized themed tower is chock full of various objects ranging from basketballs to small kitchen appliances as contestants try to successfully pull items from the stack without tipping it over in order to earn prizes. If the tower falls, the team is eliminated and the last team standing will compete against The Mega Stack, an epic battle of physics where the odds are literally stacked against them, in hopes of winning a life-changing grand prize. James has written … [Read more...] about ‘Abbott Elementary’s Janelle James To Host ABC Game Show ‘The Final Straw’ With Peyton Manning As EP

Broadway’s legendary Angela Lansbury will receive the 2022 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, the Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today. “Angela Lansbury’s contributions to the stage are insurmountable,” said Charlotte St. Martin, President of The Broadway League and Heather Hitchens, President and CEO of the American Theatre Wing. “From her groundbreaking role in Mame to her iconic performances in Deuce and Sweeney Todd , and most recently, in the revival of A Little Night Music , Ms. Lansbury has given us a lifetime of unforgettable performances, and it is a great honor to present her with the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award.” Lansbury made her Broadway debut in 1957 in Hotel Paradiso , followed by A Taste of Honey (1960), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), and, winning her first Tony, Mame (1966).  She also won Tonys for Dear World (1969), Gypsy (1974) and Sweeney Todd (1979). After a 24-year hiatus, she … [Read more...] about Angela Lansbury To Receive Special Tony Award For Lifetime Achievement

SiriusXM has acquired Team Coco , Conan O’Brien’s podcast network and digital media business, including his popular podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend . Team Coco’s staff will continue to produce the network’s slate of podcasts and collaborate on new content for SiriusXM. The deal includes a five-year talent agreement for O’Brien to remain host of his namesake podcast, which will continue to be available widely. He’ll also collaborate with SiriusXM to create and exec produce a new full-time, original Team Coco comedy channel for SiriusXM subscribers. The agreement also includes distribution of select video from Conan’s podcast as well as from the archives of his long-running late-night show on TBS, live events and merchandise from the Team Coco brands. Team Coco launched a decade ago and has garnered more than 1 billion annual video views across YouTube and Facebook. It averages 180 million annual podcast downloads and reaches 17 million fans across social … [Read more...] about SiriusXM Buys Team Coco; Conan O’Brien To Remain Host Of Flagship Podcast, Launch New Comedy Channel In Multi-Year Deal

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Kolbrenner ’s Lit Entertainment Group is expanding its ranks, adding Raquelle David as Manager and Producer and Patrick White as Creative Executive. David established herself as an indie producer and held executive positions at Screen NSW and The Seven Network in her native Australia before launching her U.S. management career in 2017. She brings with her to Lit Entertainment Group clients including screenwriters/filmmakers Jenny Yang (The Gordita Chronicles), Amos Mac ( Gossip Girl) , Dani Parker ( Midnight Mass ), Sean King O’Grady ( We Need To Do Something ), Perry Blackshear ( They Look Like People ), Aisling Chin-Yee ( The Rest of Us ) Johnny Ma ( To Live To Sing ) Jovanka Vuckovic ( Riot Girls ) and Peter Hutchings ( The Hating Game ). “When the opportunity arose to join Adam and the Lit Entertainment Group team, it was a no-brainer for me and my clients. His taste and instincts in an ever-changing market are both prolific … [Read more...] about Lit Entertainment Group Adds Raquelle David As Manager, Producer & Patrick White As Creative Executive

EXCLUSIVE : Gersh has signed actor, writer and producer David Koechner ( Anchorman ) for representation. Koechner is perhaps best known for his turn as Michael Scott’s pal Todd Packer on NBC’s The Office , and as the Anchorman films’ Champ Kind. He currently co-hosts A&E’s America’s Top Dog and plays Bill Lewis on ABC’s The Goldbergs , having recently appeared on ABC’s Bless This Mess , CBS’s Superior Donuts , Showtime’s Twin Peaks , Comedy Central’s Another Period and IFC’s Stan Against Evil . Koechner voices recurring characters on Fox’s American Dad , as well as on Netflix’s series F is for Family and The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants . Recent projects on the film side include the dramedy Then Came You with Asa Butterfield , Maisie Williams and Nina Dobrev; Sean McEwen’s dramatic comedy Braking for Whales with Tom Felton and Wendi McLendon-Covey; Roman White’s Netflix pic A Week Away ; Cody Calahan’s horror-comedy Vicious Fun ; and … [Read more...] about ‘The Office’ And ‘Anchorman’ Actor David Koechner Signs With Gersh

EXCLUSIVE : J.K. Simmons ( Being the Ricardos ), Jackie Earle Haley ( The First Lady ), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ( Suicide Squad ), Jessica De Gouw ( The Secrets She Keeps ) and Alice Lee ( Brittany Runs a Marathon ) have signed on to star alongside Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry in the Netflix thriller Our Man from Jersey , from director Julian Farino ( Ballers ). The film centers on Mike (Wahlberg), a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, who is quickly thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school ex-girlfriend Roxanne (Berry) recruits him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission. Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Jeff Waxman will produce the pic written by David Guggenheim and Joe Barton. Simmons won his first Oscar back in 2015 for his portrayal of cut-throat jazz instructor Fletcher in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash , notching his second nom this year for his supporting turn in Aaron Sorkin’s Being the … [Read more...] about Netflix’s Spy Pic ‘Our Man From Jersey’ Adds J.K. Simmons, Jackie Earle Haley, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica De Gouw & Alice Lee

EXCLUSIVE : One of the longest-tenured ABC/ ABC Signature executives, Stephanie Leifer , is leaving her post as EVP Current Programming for ABC Signature after combined 28 years at the studio and ABC. I hear this is an executive move made by ABC Signature President Jonnie Davis. Leifer, who is very well liked in the creative community, has served as head of current programming at ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios, and predecessor ABC Studios since 2010, overseeing all current series. Prior to joining the studio in 2006, Leifer worked for 12 years at ABC, rising through the ranks from an assistant in the Movie of the Week department to an executive in Current Programming, Drama Development and Comedy Development. Before that, from 2002-2006, she was SVP of Comedy Development for the ABC network, which she joined in 1994. Leifer began her career as a production associate at WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts and was a literary assistant at Writers … [Read more...] about Stephanie Leifer Exits As ABC Signature Head of Current After 28 Years At Disney