Lorena Bobbitt Doc
Amazon has greenlit ‘Lorena,’ a four-part documentary about John and Lorena Bobbitt to be executive produced by Oscar-winning director Jordan Peele
Industry Watch
‘Daytime’ Streaming Noms
Netflix grabs 51 Daytime Emmy Awards nominations; and Amazon Prime’s ‘The Bay’ 15 of its 49 nods
Bitcoin Box Office
Two Roads Picture Co. plans to release the comedy ‘No Postage Necessary’ as the first film people can pay for with cryptocurrency
No Diplomacy Channels!
Nearly a dozen Washington, DC broadcast channels providing news from international perspective will shut down at month’s end
2022: Nets Will Stream
All major TV networks will launch standalone direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming services by 2022, according to industry analyst firm The Diffusion Group
Reinventing Morning Chat
Buzzfeed’s head of programming, Cindy Vanegas-Gesuale, talks exclusively with ‘The Savvy Screener’ about how ‘AM to DM’ is looking to reinvent the morning show format
FuboTV To Add AMC Nets
Sundance Now and Shudder, usually standalone services, will join AMC’s cable channels in FuboTV’s Premier package
Martin Squared
Comedians Steve Martin and Martin Short, who are on tour across the US, will release a Netflix special later this year