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BURBANK, Calif., June 9, 2022 The Walt Disney Company has named Dana Walden as Chairman, Disney General Entertainment Content, it was announced today by Bob Chapek, Chief Executive Officer, The Walt Disney Company. ....
Disney TV Execs and Producers Talk Building a More Inclusive Talent Pool Mónica Marie Zorrilla, provided by Feb. 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Disney Television Studios mounted a panel Thursday at the TCA press tour entitled “Inclusion is Not A Spectator Sport” a panel on which five of the participants were white and two were Black. According to Tim McNeal, vice president, creative talent development and inclusion and DMA (Donna Michelle Anderson), director, creative talent development and inclusion at Walt Disney Television, that structure was intentional. “Because these panelists represent decision-makers, producers and executives, a majority of whom are still white, who have the ability and accountability to significantly change mindsets and practices,” McNeal said. ....
The CW Sets Kung Fu, The Republic of Sarah Premiere Dates (TV News Roundup) Natalie Oganesyan, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail RENEWALS CNN has picked up a second season of “ Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” an original series featuring the actor’s travels across Italy. Season 2, which will premiere in 2022, will follow Tucci as he explores the culinary sphere and cultural traditions of new regions in Italy. The series is executive produced by Tucci for Raw TV, Michael K. Williams’ “ While the Rest of Us Die” and “ The Devil You Know” have been greenlit for second seasons. Returning after a 5-year hiatus, “Black Market” explores the factors that lead people to participate in underground economies and illicit trades. Season 2 is produced by ....
ABC Orders Sonoma Valley Latino Drama Pilot Promised Land Joe Otterson, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail ABC has given out a pilot order to the drama project “Promised Land.” The show is described as an epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley. More from Variety Matt Lopez is set to write and executive produce the pilot, with Adam Kolbrenner also executive producing. ABC Signature will serve as the studio. Lopez has developed a number of projects with ABC and other broadcasters in the past. He most recently created the CTV drama “Gone.” As a feature writer, his credits include “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” “Race to Witch Mountain,” and “Bedtime Stories.” ....
Comedy Central Announces South Park COVID-19 Vaccine Special (TV News Roundup) Haley Bosselman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail CASTING The Good Doctor” will feature Southern California Special Olympics global messenger Caley Versfelt, Variety has learned exclusively. She portrays Jamie Chabner, a patient suffering from end-stage liver disease. Dr. Morgan Reznick (Fiona Gubelmann) forms a special with Jamie and takes it upon herself to try to find a matching donor in time to save her life. More from Variety March 21 at Emma Booth) and Alex O’Connell ( Ewen Leslie) endure a harrowing journey to find the truth about a woman who is brutally killed, but they end up coerced by the ghosts of the unsettled dead. The limited series, written by showrunner ....