This Week in Unscripted TV

27/2/26

With MIP and London Screenings this week, it’s a newsy one…

News 🗞️

• Netflix walks away from Warner Bros Discovery takeover deal 🔗

Commissions 💵

• MTV commissions “In Search of Peace with Jordan Stephens” from After Party Studios 🔗

• ITV recommissions “The Floor” from South Shore 🔗

• Channel 4 revamps “Aldi: The Next Big Seller” from South Shore 🔗

• MTV commissions Vodcast “Shall We?” With “Geordie Shore” stars Sophie Kasaei and Holly Hagan 🔗

• Fremantle’s “Hitster” ordered in The Netherlands, Germany and Canada 🔗

• Rob Beckett to front renewed season 3 of “Tempting Fortune” for Channel 4 from Voltage TV and Motion Entertainment 🔗

• RTL Hungary commissions “Catch Us if You Can” from Talpa Studios and renews “Most Wanted” 🔗

• UKTV recommissions “Red Flag” with Paul C. Brunson, FirstLookTV 🔗

• MTV renews “MTV Faces” for season 4 🔗

• “Parent’s Evening” commissioned in Spain (ITV Studios, Atresmedia, ITV Studios Iberia) 🔗

• “Dr Bob’s Wild Diaries” for Outdoor Channel from Rare TV 🔗

• “Virgin Island” commissioned in The Netherlands (Concept Street, Passion Distribution) 🔗

• Crave orders All Stars edition of “Canada’s Drag Race” from Blue Ant Studios and World of Wonder 🔗

Formats 📄

• Talpa Studios, Kinetic Content, Signal.Stream partner on “Survive Your Family” 🔗

• Blue Ant Studios and Nippon TV announce “Majority Rules”, a new social strategy experiment 🔗

• ITV Studios acquires “Your Song” from Love Productions 🔗

• Ranga Bee Productions takes over production of “Wolf & Owl”, expanding its video-first offering 🔗

• Fremantle acquires rights for “Special Delivery” (TBS, Blue Circle) 🔗

• Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired three “Days that Shocked the World” titles from BossaNova Media 🔗

Launches 🚀

• ITV Studios launches “Studio 55”, a brand partnership studio, led by Will Scougal 🔗

• Paul C. Brunson launches Soar Productions 🔗

• Good Food launches “Good Food Tasted” YouTube Channel 🔗

Deals 🤝

• Banijay Entertainment parters with Yoshimoto, announces rights to “You Laugh You Lose” 🔗

• Bell Media invests in podcast network and studio QCode 🔗

• BBC Studios renews first-look deal with Rogan Productions 🔗

Moves 🧳

• Channel 4 interim CEO Jonathan Allan to depart the organisation 🔗

• Netflix Director of Unscripted Sahara Bushue to depart 🔗

• Little Dot Studios promotes Will Ingham and Camilla Eden-Davies, hires Dino Burbidge as Chief Innovation Officer 🔗

• Rare TV promotes Christian Broadhurst to SVP of Development 🔗

• Audible appoints Marshall Lewy to lead original content for North America 🔗

• Creatorville hires Maryana Brown as Content Head 🔗

Thank you for reading, see you next week! 👋🏼