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The afloat lineup for Deadline’s Reality TV Summit has been unveiled, pinch highlights including a keynote from 1 of nan genre’s astir influential figures of nan past 2 decades, Andy Cohen, and panels featuring starring executives from nan streamers, broadcasters and cablegram networks arsenic good arsenic top-tier talent and producers.
The acme takes spot Friday, May 1 opening astatine 1 p.m. PT astatine Lumen West LA (11355 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064). The curated assemblage will dwell of manufacture professionals and FYC voters crossed nan TV Academy and guilds. The thought is to bring together nan champion and nan brightest successful nan business to talk nan early of nan unscripted sector. You tin find much specifications connected tickets below.
Cohen’s keynote comes arsenic The Real Housewives franchise he executive produces celebrates its 20th anniversary. The unscripted franchise, arguably 1 of nan astir successful of each time, has had astir a twelve U.S. iterations, a plethora of world versions and much than 30 spinoffs.
The Emmy victor will talk RH‘s astir caller launch, The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, which premiered earlier this month; nan business of nan enduring franchise; nan occurrence of Watch What Happens Live!, his late-night show that is nan go-to-destination for reality stars and different A-listers specified arsenic Jon Hamm discussing nan latest Summer House drama; arsenic good arsenic his different ventures specified arsenic Radio Andy.
He will beryllium joined successful nan lineup by nan starring executives from streamers astatine Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Peacock; broadcast networks including ABC, CBS, Fox and The CW; positive cablegram groups including A+E Global Media and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Executives see Jeff Gaspin, VP, Unscripted astatine Netflix; Amazon’s Head of Unscripted and Documentary Television Jenn Levy; Rob Mills, EVP, Unscripted and Alternative Entertainment astatine Walt Disney Television; Mitch Graham, EVP, Alternative Programming astatine CBS; Rachel Smith, EVP, Unscripted Content, Lifestyle and Documentaries astatine NBCUniversal; and Allison Wallach, Head of Unscripted Programming astatine Fox Entertainment Studios.
Others to beryllium featured are Jason Sarlanis, President of TNT, TBS, TruTV, ID & HLN, Linear and Streaming astatine Warner Bros. Discovery; Heather Olander, Head of Unscripted Programming astatine The CW and Eli Lehrer, EVP and Head of Programming astatine The History Channel.
There will besides beryllium stars from apical shows including Joel McHale, who hosts Fox crippled show The 1% Club; Jay Pharoah, big of Fox’s The Quiz With Balls; and Kristen Kish, who hosts Bravo’s Top Chef.
Producers down immoderate of nan biggest unscripted bid connected tv and streaming will besides subordinate to talk nan highs and lows of making reality shows.
Among nan panels will beryllium a attraction connected “How to Have a Hit Reality Series,” pinch Alex Baskin, who runs Vanderpump Rules producer 32 Flavors; Jeff Jenkins, president of Jeff Jenkins Productions, nan institution down Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives; Carlos King, laminitis of Kingdom Reign Entertainment, which is down nan Love & Marriage franchise; Julie Pizzi, president and CEO of Bunim/Murray Productions, which makes Below Deck and Vanderpump Villa; and Steven Weinstock, co-president and CEO of Summer House shaper Truly Original.
Looking astatine nan authorities of making love shows, nan sheet “Love connected Television” will characteristic David Eilenberg, imaginative head of Love Island USA shaper ITV America’ Jazzy Collins, laminitis of Forced Perspective, who has formed shows including The Bachelor; Jennifer O’Connell, co-founder and co-CEO of Velvet Hammer Media, which is down Netflix’s Age of Attraction; and SallyAnn Salsano, laminitis of Jersey Shore producer 495 Productions, which is down Fox’s The Snake.
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