Disney Television Studios To House Tim McNeal’s Creative Talent Development & Inclusion Team

Dade Hayes Finance EditorFox Television Stations will revive storied game show You Bet Your Life, with Jay Leno as host, in the fall of 2021.The show will be carried by Fox’s owned-and-operated stations and also syndicated nationally. Tom Werner will serve as the executive producer, along with showrunner and executive producer David Hurwitz.

As Disney's mega-budget live-action remake of Mulan prepares to roll out in theaters in select markets across Asia, pro-democracy activists in several countries in the region are calling on audiences to steer clear of the movie via the growing #BoycottMulan movement.

Cameron Roach will in the spring step down from his role as director of drama at Sky's production and sales arm Sky Studios, the company said on Friday. The news was shared by Sky Studios CEO Gary Davey in a memo, in which he said Roach would "spend more time with his family." No successor was named.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterCameron Roach, Director of Drama at Sky Studios, is leaving his position at the UK producer.In an internal note to staff, CEO Gary Davey said the exec was departing to “spend more time with his family”.Roach has been at Sky since 2013, working on shows including Britannia, Bulletproof and Riviera. Since Autumn 2018 he has led Sky Drama in the UK, delivering series including Chernobyl and Gangs of London.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentIn an internal note seen by Variety, Gary Davey, CEO of London-based Sky Studios, has revealed to staff that Cameron Roach is to step down from his role as director of drama at Sky Studios in the spring.In his memo, Davey wrote: “Cameron has decided to take some time out and spend more time with his family in Manchester.”Roach joined Sky Drama as commissioning editor in 2013, and worked across a range of titles including Sky Originals

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsFormer president of 20th Century Fox Television and Turner chairman W. Russell Barry has died.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterVariety International Editor Manori Ravindran will moderate a conversation about succeeding in the global streaming economy with Yulia Poltorak, Head of International Content Distribution, Roku; Jane Millichip, Chief Commercial Officer, Sky Studios; Kelly Day, Chief Operating Officer, ViacomCBS Networks International; Debbie Weinstein, VP, YouTube and video global solutions, Google; and Stefan Lederer, CEO, Bitmovin.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix and BBC’s serial killer series “The Serpent” is one of the international shows whose filming was impacted by the pandemic, and required shifting production from Asia to Europe.The drama, which stars Tahar Rahim (“A Prophet”) as the French conman and mass murderer Charles Sobhraj, was on its last stretch of shooting on location in Thailand in late March when the country went into lockdown.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterFacebook is preparing to mount a legal challenge to the Thai government order that this week forced it to block content posted by an anti-monarchist group.Facebook began blocking access within Thailand to a group called Royalist Marketplace, which was formed in April and had over a million followers.

In a bid to better influence its content and hiring, Disney is moving Tim McNeal's creative talent development and inclusion team into its studio arm. The team will now be housed under Disney Television Studios and report directly to unit president Craig Hunegs.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterWalt Disney Company executive Tim McNeal and his creative talent development and inclusion team will now be housed within Disney Television Studios.McNeal will now report directly to Disney TV Studios president Craig Hunegs. McNeal and his team will work to increase representation for marginalized communities across the studios’ executive, talent, and production ranks.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThree staffers at Television City in Los Angeles have tested positive for the coronavirus, the LA County Department of Public Health revealed as part of its daily release of COVID-19 data classified by location and demographic.The current list, last updated on Wednesday night, has three confirmed staff infections at Television City’s address of  7800 Beverly Blvd.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAn outbreak of COVID-19 has been reported at Television City, the studio where “The Bold and the Beautiful” and other shows are produced.Three staffers have come down with the virus at the studio formerly known as CBS Television City, at 7800 Beverly Blvd. in Los Angeles.The outbreak was publicly reported on Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

Fans are even more convinced that Porsha Williams broke up with Dennis McKinley after the pair’s social media activity on Aug. 18. It started when Dennis posted a now-deleted image of Porsha with the caption, “Somebody go to P page and tell her, ‘I ain’t ever leaving my b***h, she’s a dime, why would I switch out for a dime for a penny?”” It seems Porsha caught wind of her man’s message, because she then shared a cryptic quote on her own page.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsEXCLUSIVE: Nature-loving cinephiles can catch David Cross and Debra Messing in their Robert Pyle-inspired The Dark Divide next month thanks to Strike Back Studios, REI Co-op and the National Wildlife Federation.The Public House and TBVE film, directed by Spirit Award winner Tom Putnam, will make its virtual theatrical release on Sept. 18.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThailand is famous for having a tourist industry that repeatedly bounces back from military coups, natural disasters, and unfortunate man-made incidents.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChina’s Tencent Music Entertainment has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Thailand’s GMM Grammy.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterParts of Thailand aren’t necessarily responding well to the Imelda Marcos documentary The Kingmaker directed by Lauren Greenfield. The country has banned the pic in the South.Thida Polpalitkarnpim, the founder of the Documentary Club in Thailand, posted on Facebook that they would be showing the docu, but has since pushed the screening.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAmerican-made documentary “The Kingmaker” has been banned from screening to audiences in the South of Thailand.The film, about the life of infamous political wife Imelda Marcos, was written and directed by Lauren Greenfield.