EXCLUSIVE: CBS is turning to musical superfans for its next unscripted order.
03.02.2022 - 21:10 / deadline.com
Epix is continuing to rock with new music documentaries and is throwing some scares into the equation.
The MGM-owned cable network has ordered four-part series Women Who Rock, exec produced by John Varvatos, who was behind its Punk series.
It is the latest music-focused series for the network, which recently aired Mr. A & Mr. M: The Story of A&M Records, and has put a slew of titles into development (see below).
It has also ordered docuseries The Making of a Haunting: The Amityville Murders and renewed NFL Icons for a second season.
Women Who Rock will feature interviews with the likes of Nancy Wilson, Chaka Khan, Pat Benatar, Mavis Staples, Sheila E, Macy Gray, Rickie Lee Jones, Norah Jones, Aimee Mann, Tori Amos, Kate Pierson, Tina Weymouth, and Nona Hendrix. It will pay homage to the egion of female pioneers in music who have stormed the stage and wielded their instruments.
Produced by Network Entertainment, Varvatos exec produces alongside Derik Murray, Jessica Hopper and Rachel Brill.
Four-part series The Making of a Haunting: The Amityville Murders is based on the infamous haunted house story. While there have been classic films and series, many people don’t know the real story behind the murder and the supernatural tales that followed. Produced by B17 Entertainment, it is exec produced by Lesley Chilcott, Blaine Duncan, Brooklyn Hudson and Amanda Raymond, Rhett Bachner and Brien Meagher.
NFL Icons also returns for a second season. The series, which comes from NFL Films, will provide profiles of the likes of Walter Payton, Troy Aikman, Jimmy Johnson, and Cris Carter, following the first season, which featured the likes of Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, Joe Namath, Brett Favre, and Vince Lombardi. Narrated by Rich Eisen, it is
EXCLUSIVE: CBS is turning to musical superfans for its next unscripted order.
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The Girls On The Bus‘ long journey to the small screen has come to a successful conclusion with a straight-to-series order at HBO Max. The drama series adaptation of Amy Chozick’s best-selling book Chasing Hillary, from Julie Plec, Chozick, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. TV, originally landed at Netflix with a series order three years and moved to the CW for development earlier in this broadcast cycle.
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