Exclusive: Simon Cowell’s ITV format Walk The Line has started attracting interest from global buyers, according to exec producer Lee McNicholas, who praised South Korean entertainment shows for “ripping up the rulebook” and “forcing us to re-examine the way we approach formats.” Distributor ITV Studios Global Entertainment is in conversation with several territories over the sale of the six-parter, McNicholas said.
The show represents ITV’s latest big entertainment bet and will be stripped across next week, with the Syco Entertainment/ITV Studios-backed Lifted Entertainment offering launching as I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! closes on Sunday night.
South Korean hits such as The Masked Singer, The Masked Dancer and I Can See Your Voice have all been remade by British networks of late and there has been growing concern that the trend will have a damaging impact on homegrown creativity in a nation that...
The show represents ITV’s latest big entertainment bet and will be stripped across next week, with the Syco Entertainment/ITV Studios-backed Lifted Entertainment offering launching as I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! closes on Sunday night.
South Korean hits such as The Masked Singer, The Masked Dancer and I Can See Your Voice have all been remade by British networks of late and there has been growing concern that the trend will have a damaging impact on homegrown creativity in a nation that...
- 12/10/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Syco’s Lee McNicholas Joins ITV Studios’ Lifted Entertainment
Lee McNicholas, an executive producer and creative director at Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment, is joining Lifted Entertainment, a rebranded ITV Studios label housing its entertainment hits including I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and Love Island. McNicholas will become Lifted’s creative director in the north of England after a decade at Syco, where he has overseen Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor. He will report to Lifted’s managing director Angela Jain and will be based in Manchester’s MediaCityUK. Other Lifted creative directors include Tom Gould and Fiona Clark. The label, which is similar to ITV Studios’ non-scripted outfit MultiStory Media, has also been commissioned by ITV to make a pilot for hidden camera format Secret Gameshow, hosted by The Masked Singer UK presenter Joel Dommett. It features celebrities competing for bragging rights as...
Lee McNicholas, an executive producer and creative director at Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment, is joining Lifted Entertainment, a rebranded ITV Studios label housing its entertainment hits including I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and Love Island. McNicholas will become Lifted’s creative director in the north of England after a decade at Syco, where he has overseen Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor. He will report to Lifted’s managing director Angela Jain and will be based in Manchester’s MediaCityUK. Other Lifted creative directors include Tom Gould and Fiona Clark. The label, which is similar to ITV Studios’ non-scripted outfit MultiStory Media, has also been commissioned by ITV to make a pilot for hidden camera format Secret Gameshow, hosted by The Masked Singer UK presenter Joel Dommett. It features celebrities competing for bragging rights as...
- 3/15/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
ITV Studios Entertainment has rebranded as Lifted Entertainment, and Syco Entertainment’s Lee McNicholas is joining as creative director, north.
ITV Studios Entertainment is the label behind blockbuster shows “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!,” “Love Island,” “Dancing On Ice,” “The Voice,” “Countdown,” “University Challenge” and “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.”
Similarly, Simon Cowell’s Syco is behind hit brands “The X Factor” and the Got Talent franchise. McNicholas spent a decade there as creative director and executive producer.
Lifted has been commissioned to produce “Secret Gameshow,” a new primetime pilot for U.K. broadcaster ITV hosted by comedian and “The Masked Singer” host Joel Dommett. The show is a spin on the hidden camera format, in which celebrities compete for bragging rights as they take on hidden camera stunts to fool unsuspecting members of the public into helping them.
At Lifted, McNicholas will create and...
ITV Studios Entertainment is the label behind blockbuster shows “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!,” “Love Island,” “Dancing On Ice,” “The Voice,” “Countdown,” “University Challenge” and “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.”
Similarly, Simon Cowell’s Syco is behind hit brands “The X Factor” and the Got Talent franchise. McNicholas spent a decade there as creative director and executive producer.
Lifted has been commissioned to produce “Secret Gameshow,” a new primetime pilot for U.K. broadcaster ITV hosted by comedian and “The Masked Singer” host Joel Dommett. The show is a spin on the hidden camera format, in which celebrities compete for bragging rights as they take on hidden camera stunts to fool unsuspecting members of the public into helping them.
At Lifted, McNicholas will create and...
- 3/15/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix shows “The Crown” and “Black Mirror” each landed three nominations Wednesday for BAFTA Television Awards, as did BBC dramas “Line of Duty” and “Three Girls.”
Royal chronicle “The Crown” received nominations for best drama; for Claire Foy, who plays Queen Elizabeth II, as leading actress; and for Vanessa Kirby, who plays Princess Margaret, as best supporting actress. “Black Mirror,” the dark, dystopian anthology series, also bagged nominations in the leading actor, single drama, and supporting actor categories.
Police drama “Line of Duty’s” trio of nominations included one for drama series and one for lead actress Thandie Newton. “Three Girls,” about sexual abuse in a community in northern England, will compete for the best miniseries award.
The nominations were unveiled Wednesday morning at BAFTA’s Piccadilly headquarters in London, with Michelle Keegan and presenter and “Strictly Come Dancing Winner” Ore Oduba making the announcements.
BAFTA chairwoman Jane Lush told...
Royal chronicle “The Crown” received nominations for best drama; for Claire Foy, who plays Queen Elizabeth II, as leading actress; and for Vanessa Kirby, who plays Princess Margaret, as best supporting actress. “Black Mirror,” the dark, dystopian anthology series, also bagged nominations in the leading actor, single drama, and supporting actor categories.
Police drama “Line of Duty’s” trio of nominations included one for drama series and one for lead actress Thandie Newton. “Three Girls,” about sexual abuse in a community in northern England, will compete for the best miniseries award.
The nominations were unveiled Wednesday morning at BAFTA’s Piccadilly headquarters in London, with Michelle Keegan and presenter and “Strictly Come Dancing Winner” Ore Oduba making the announcements.
BAFTA chairwoman Jane Lush told...
- 4/4/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
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