TV shows from the U.K., Brazil, India, the Netherlands, Turkey and Colombia scored International Emmy Awards at a gala Monday that was sort of like the Primetime Emmys but not televised and with a really nice cheese course.
The Grand Ballroom at the New York Hilton was packed as host, Ronny Chieng of The Daily Show, called it “so great to be honoring all these great programs that Hollywood will remake and f**k up in three years.”
Actor John Turturro presented the first award of the night with a major gaffe a’ la Warren Beatty at the 2017 Academy Awards. After rolling the four clips for best TV Movie/Miniseries, Turturro announced the winner was McMafia of the U.K., a show competing in a completely different category, Drama Series — which was the final award of the evening.
Turturro’s winner was actually Safe Harbour from Australia, about a...
The Grand Ballroom at the New York Hilton was packed as host, Ronny Chieng of The Daily Show, called it “so great to be honoring all these great programs that Hollywood will remake and f**k up in three years.”
Actor John Turturro presented the first award of the night with a major gaffe a’ la Warren Beatty at the 2017 Academy Awards. After rolling the four clips for best TV Movie/Miniseries, Turturro announced the winner was McMafia of the U.K., a show competing in a completely different category, Drama Series — which was the final award of the evening.
Turturro’s winner was actually Safe Harbour from Australia, about a...
- 11/26/2019
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Viacom’s digital content studio is partnering with Facebook to make a slew of Watch shows internationally, including spin-offs of MTV brand Geordie Shore.
Viacom Digital Studios International, the global arm of Viacom Digital Studios, will make short-form Facebook Watch shows in the UK, Germany, Spain, France, Asia and the Americas under the deal.
It is part of Facebook’s collaborations with digital publishers, through which it is matching them up with Facebook influencers to create shows for Watch, the social media giant’s video-first destination.
In Europe, Viacom Digital Studios International will make spin-offs of MTV UK shows for Watch. In Geordie More and Geordie OGs, members of the Geordie Shore cast will reflect on the most recent episode with special guests. The shows launch on Tuesday.
Facebook is also lining up a Watch show based on MTV reality format True Love or True Lies?, titled More Love and More Lies.
Viacom Digital Studios International, the global arm of Viacom Digital Studios, will make short-form Facebook Watch shows in the UK, Germany, Spain, France, Asia and the Americas under the deal.
It is part of Facebook’s collaborations with digital publishers, through which it is matching them up with Facebook influencers to create shows for Watch, the social media giant’s video-first destination.
In Europe, Viacom Digital Studios International will make spin-offs of MTV UK shows for Watch. In Geordie More and Geordie OGs, members of the Geordie Shore cast will reflect on the most recent episode with special guests. The shows launch on Tuesday.
Facebook is also lining up a Watch show based on MTV reality format True Love or True Lies?, titled More Love and More Lies.
- 10/29/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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