NBCU Moves Unscripted TV Development Under Pearlena Igbokwe

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Radar Pictures, the Los Angeles production outfit with credits including Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle and Sony’s upcoming fantasy series The Wheel Of Time, is making its first foray into factual programming with a reality series focusing on environmentalism.So You Wanna Save The Planet? will see naturalist and author Paul Rosolie take a group of intrepid initiates into nature on a variety of rescue missions for the planet.

Lauren Goodger's whirlwind romance with toyboy Charles Drury is moving at a rapid pace, and now Lauren Goodger has reportedly been warned by some of her pals to slow things down or risk getting seriously hurt again. Lauren, 34, was reported to have moved Katie Price’s ex, Charles, 23, into her Essex home just three weeks after the pair publicly revealed they were dating.

NHS in England will move to it's highest state of emergency alert from midnight tonight. The health service is set to return to level 4 alert status at 00.01 on Wednesday in line with the beginning of the second national lockdown.

Nicola Sturgeon has warned Lanarkshire could be moved into the toughest level of lockdown when existing restrictions are reviewed next week.The First Minister said it was "not enough" to merely stabilise the number of people testing positive for Covid in Scotland as the winter months drew in.North and South Lanarkshire are currently at level three - meaning non-essential shops and some hospitality businesses can remain open - but it had been widely tipped the counties would be placed at level

teenage model had returned to Dublin at the start of the year with her boyfriend Mark Elebert and lived with her brother Jack.However, Missy let her followers know that she was on her way back to England as she shared a photo on her Instagram as she sat on the plane.Along with the selfie, she wrote: ‘Back to London I go.’However, it seems that Missy wasn’t the only one excited about her moving back in with her dad and Storm.Storm Keating shared a video of three-year-old Cooper as he wrote a

Lana Del Rey has revealed that she donated an advance payment from her latest book to provide clean water for some of the most vulnerable communities of America’s Navajo Nation.In an Instagram post, Del Rey revealed how the payment, which she received for the book Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass, has been donated to the Dig Deep Water project.“No matter what the results of the election just remember we can each as individuals shine brightly and contribute to our world in our own individual

Comcast's entertainment unit NBCUniversal reported lower third-quarter financials as the coronavirus pandemic continued to hit results, especially at the conglomerate's theme parks unit. TV advertising revenue fell again, but the drop was less pronounced than in the second quarter, which observers have called the bottom of the pandemic hit so far.

The restructuring of the TV and streaming business of Comcast's NBCUniversal featured prominently on the company's third-quarter earnings conference call on Thursday. "In essence, we have done away with the concept of creating a piece of work for a specific network," Comcast chairman and CEO Brian R0berts said.

Becca Kufrin seems to have thoughts about her ex-fiancé, Garrett Yrigoyen, moving on with Alex Farrar less than two months after the former Bachelorette star confirmed their split.“Sunday lesson,” the 30-year-old captioned an Instagram Story post on Sunday, November 1, as she shared a quote from We the Urban’s account.

NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock has reached more than 22 million sign-ups and isthe "opposite of Quibi” because of its broad-based offering of familiar content,NBCUniversalCEO Jeff Shell said on Thursday. Short-form mobile-first service Quibi, led by Jefffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, recently said it was closing down.

B.J. Novak gave Mindy Kaling a major shout-out after she took on the viral “How It Started vs.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentPay TV platform Sky and NBCUniversal Global Distribution have announced a long-term partnership that will bring Sky customers in the U.K. and Ireland hundreds of hours of animated series from DreamWorks Animation.

Salisbury Novichok attack has quit the force because he "can no longer do the job". Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey said on Twitter he "had to admit defeat" and is leaving the force after 18 years, adding the incident in March 2018 "took so much from me".

Jake Kanter International TV EditorHello, Jake Kanter here, and welcome to the latest edition of International Insider. This week, we ponder Mipcom’s slim pickings and examine the problems of production in a pandemic.

, NBC’s newest sitcom about a group of friends staying in touch via video chat during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, debuted in October, it made history for transgender visibility.

Will Thorne Staff WriterAfter outlining her exec team, recently appointed Universal Studio Group chief Pearlena Igbokwe is adding another studio to that group.Igbokwe has announced, via a letter obtained by Variety, that the Universal Television Alternative Studios is being incorporated into Universal Studio Group.

Peter White Television EditorUniversal Television Alternative Studios, the division responsible for shows including The Wall and World of Dance, has become part of the Pearlena Igbokwe-run Universal Studio Group.The move, which becomes official today, follows the departure of Meredith Ahr, who was President of NBC Entertainment’s Alternative and Reality Group, and who oversaw the non-scripted studio.It means that UTAS, which is run by President Toby Gorman, now joins sister studios including