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More celebrities from Sean “Diddy” Combs’ inner circle are set to talk about the disgraced hip-hop mogul in a 20/20 primetime special from ABC to air Wednesday night.

Secret Life of Diddy — A Special Edition of 20/20, from ABC News Studios, will feature singer, rapper and actor Ray J in an interview to address recent criminal charges brought against Diddy, who remains in jail awaiting a trial.

Also interviewed as part of the Oct. 9 special is Lizzette Martinez, who survived abuse by R. Kelly and will talk about an encounter she claims she had with Diddy.

Tiffany Red, a friend of Cassie Ventura, the rap and fashion mogul’s ex-girlfriend and herself a Grammy-winning producer and songwriter, will appear in an interview to address Ventura’s relationship with Diddy. In May, a 2016 video surfaced showing Combs physically assaulting Ventura. Ventura filed a lawsuit against Diddy detailing years of physical and sexual abuse.

Today, ABC News Studios announced Little Miss Innocent: Passion. Poison. Prison., a chilling three-part docuseries that tells the story of Kaitlyn Conley, a 31-year-old former receptionist who claims she has been wrongfully convicted of the 2015 killing of Mary Yoder, her former boss and the mother of her ex-boyfriend Adam.

Known as a polite young woman in her town of Sauquoit, New York, Conley’s conviction sent shockwaves through the local community, dividing the town about what and who to believe. Little Miss Innocent: Passion. Poison. Prison. begins streaming Friday, Sept. 20, only on Hulu.

Photo courtesy of ABC News Studios

For the first time since her sentencing, convicted killer Kaitlyn Conley speaks out, staunchly maintaining her innocence, detailing her toxic relationship with Adam, and offering her theories on who killed Mary and why.

The docuseries also features never-before-seen police interviews, exclusive audio recordings of the victim on the day she was poisoned,...

Kaitlyn Conley is a convicted killer, accused of manslaughter in the death of her former boss and the mother of her ex-boyfriend. But in the new three-part Hulu docuseries “Little Miss Innocent: Passion. Poison. Prison.,” Conley attempts to explain why she was wrongfully sent to prison for the 2015 killing.

ABC News Studios is behind the series, which launches Friday, Sept. 20 on Hulu. The series includes the first interview with Conley since her sentencing.

Hailing from Sauquoit, New York, Conley was seen as a “polite young woman” in town, per the docuseries, until she was accused of the death of Mary Yoder, who was the mother of her ex-boyfriend Adam.

In speaking out for the first time, Conley tells the doc that she is innocent, and details what she describes as a toxic relationship with Adam. She also offers her theories on who killed Yoder and why.

According to the series description,...

ABC News anchor Robin Roberts is set for double duty on Emmys weekend. Roberts will host The 76th Emmys: A Night of Firsts, primetime special airing Friday, September 13 at 8 p.m. Edt.

The hourlong special will look at this year’s Emmy nominees who are breaking barriers and shattering ceilings, providing insight into the milestone moments, historic nominations, and powerful storytelling that has defined an epic year of firsts. It will include interviews with actor Hiroyuki Sanada, star FX’s drama Shōgun,” which already earned 14 Emmys in this past weekend’s Creative Arts Emmy awards. as well as first-time nominees Lionel Boyce, star of FX’s The Bear, and Lily Gladstone, star of Hulu miniseries Under the Bridge. Roberts also sits down with television icon Carol Burnett, who talks about her career spanning more than 70 years on the small screen.

In the special, ABC News correspondent Chris Connolly will interview Eugene and Dan Levy,...

Autlook has taken on international sales, excluding the US, for Ted Passon’s documentary Patrice: The Movie, ahead of its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

Hulu has US rights to the film, which plays in TIFF Docs.

Patrice: The Movie combines observational documentary and fantastical stage-play recreations to follow Patrice Jetter who has found the love of her life, Garry Wickham. Both are disabled, and want to get married and live together, but doing either could jeopardise the government benefits they need to make ends meet. With long-time friend, director Passon, Jetter recreates scenes from her life,...

ABC News Studios, in partnership with All Ages Productions and in association with Ess Projects and Cedar Road, today announced Patrice: The Movie, a feature-length documentary from Peabody and Gotham Award-winning director Ted Passon and producers Kyla Harris (We Might Regret This), Innbo Shim (Amend), and Emily Spivack (Worn Stories).

The documentary will premiere on Monday, Sept. 30, on Hulu, following its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.

Patrice: The Movie is a documentary romantic comedy about the next frontier of marriage equality — disability. Patrice Jetter has finally found the love of her life, Garry Wickham, who is also disabled.

They want nothing more than to get married, but if they do — or even if they just move in together — the government benefits they need to survive would be cut. Despite the scrutiny they’re under, they decide to plan a commitment ceremony that could risk their entire future.

Exclusive: Patrice: The Movie, a rare nonfiction film that can truly be described as a “documentary rom-com,” will bow on Hulu on September 30, following its world premiere this Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The film directed by Ted Passon (Philly D.A.) comes from ABC News Studios, in partnership with All Ages Productions and in association with Ess Projects and Cedar Road. It documents the relationship of a disabled couple – Patrice Jetter and the love of her life, Garry Wickham – and the dilemma they face that marriage equality does not extend to people with disabilities.

Patrice and Garry “want nothing more than to get married, but if they do — or even if they just move in together — the government benefits they need to survive would be cut,” notes a release about the film. “Despite the scrutiny they’re under, they decide to plan a commitment ceremony that could risk their entire future.

Alexandra Paul, who played lifeguard Stephanie Holden on “Baywatch” from 1992 to 1997, is one of several original cast members of the much-maligned NBC drama who feels that the beach and bikini show didn’t get enough credit back in the day.

Paul reminisces about the Malibu beach series in Hulu’s four-episode docuseries “After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun,” along with fellow cast members Nicole Eggert, Erika Eleniak, David Chokachi, Carmen Electra, Jeremy Jackson, Traci Bingham and Billy Warlock.

In a video interview with TheWrap, Paul said that “Baywatch” was ahead of its time for giving women’s characters equal importance as men.

“It actually was a show where the women had the exact same roles as the men. We had as many rescues as the men, we drove the boats like the men,” said Paul, citing how different that was from other ’90s movies or TV shows, where “women were...

Today, ABC News Studios announced After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun, a new docuseries that delivers a nostalgic and insightful exploration of Baywatch, the cultural phenomenon that defined an era, and an unprecedented look into the stars who brought the world’s most famous lifeguards to life.

Through dozens of new cast interviews and never-before-seen footage, this docuseries unpacks how the show captured the mythology of California’s beach culture, set physical beauty standards for an entire generation, and capitalized on the adage “sex sells.”

After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun begins streaming on Hulu on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.

Produced and directed by Matthew Felker in collaboration with ABC News Studios, this four-part series features exclusive interviews with over 35 beloved cast members and the show’s creators, including Nicole Eggert, Carmen Electra, Billy Warlock, Alexandra Paul, Gregory Alan Williams, David Chokachi, Jeremy Jackson, Traci Bingham, Erika Eleniak, Michael Newman, Michael Berk,...

A Baywatch docuseries is headed to Hulu. After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun, a four-episode docuseries that takes an inside look at Baywatch, “the cultural phenomenon that defined an era”, from ABC News Studios, will premiere Wednesday, August 28 on the platform.

After Baywatch will feature new cast interviews as well as a never-aired interview with Pamela Anderson, who starred as Cj Parker, and home videos shot by the cast themselves.

The “docuseries unpacks how the show captured the mythology of California’s beach culture, set physical beauty standards for an entire generation, and capitalized on the adage “sex sells,” according to the press release. The series also explores the show’s impact on pop culture and its enduring legacy.

Produced and directed by Matthew Felker in collaboration with ABC News Studios, the series features exclusive interviews with over 35 cast members and the show’s creators, including Nicole Eggert, Carmen Electra,...

A Baywatch docuseries is set to premiere on Hulu later this summer.

After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun is a four-part series that will dive into the untold stories of the iconic ’90s TV show, featuring exclusive interviews with its cast and creator.

The series will also include a never-before-seen interview with Pamela Anderson and more than a decade of home videos from other castmembers, including Nicole Eggert, Carmen Electra, Billy Warlock, Alexandra Paul, Gregory Alan Williams, David Chokachi and more. The intimate clips will give viewers a glimpse into the real struggles, dynamics, friendships and moments that happened off-camera.

Through dozens of interviews and new footage, After Baywatch “unpacks how the show captured the mythology of California’s beach culture, set physical beauty standards for an entire generation and capitalized on the adage ‘sex sells,'” according to a press release.

The four-part project will explore Baywatch‘s enduring...

Hulu, which touched on the legacy of “Baywatch” as part of its 2022 scripted limited series “Pam & Tommy,” is heading back to the beach. The streamer is set to premiere the four-part ABC News Studios docuseries “After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun” on Wednesday, Aug. 28.

Matthew Felker (“Public Figure”) is the producer and director behind the project, which began production in 2019 as “Baywatch: The Documentary” before evolving into “After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun” and landing ABC News Studios as the series’ production company.

Per the longline, the docuseries promises “a nostalgic and insightful exploration of ‘Baywatch,’ the cultural phenomenon that defined an era, and an unprecedented look into the stars who brought the world’s most famous lifeguards to life. Through dozens of new cast interviews and never-before-seen footage, this docuseries unpacks how the show captured the mythology of California’s beach culture, set physical beauty standards for an entire generation,...

ABC News Studios is teaming up with Imagine Documentaries to tell the story of Barbara Walters, the legendary broadcast journalist, anchor and host who died in 2022. Emmy winner Jackie Jesko is set to direct the film, which will debut on Hulu in 2025.

The untitled doc will chronicle Walters’ entire groundbreaking career, which started at NBC’s Wnbt in the 1950s and led to “Today,” where she was the show’s first female co-host. Walters then made history by joining the “ABC Evening News” as the first female network news anchor, and at the time the highest-paid of anyone in history. Walters then became known for “Barbara Walters Specials,” in which she landed some of the biggest gets in all of interview jounalism; she also co-anchored “20/20” and then created “The View” — which she anchored until retiring.

“The documentary will examine Walters’ pivotal role in the history of broadcast journalism and...

It’s often hard to pinpoint the precise origin of a cultural phenomenon. The opposite is true when it comes to Hollywood’s Brat Pack. The catchy moniker that came to define the ’80s cineplex can be traced to June 10, 1985, when New York Magazine published a cover story pegged to the release of “St. Elmo’s Fire.” The piece, written by David Blum, followed three of the film’s stars — Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe and Judd Nelson — over several nights of heavy boozing and douchey antics, like ogling Playmates, encouraging groupies and trash-talking their rivals. Blum dubbed the group of young movie stars the “Brat Pack,” a phrase still recognizable four decades later.

The trio’s “St. Elmo’s Fire” co-star Andrew McCarthy remembers the exact moment when the film’s producer, Lauren Shuler Donner, burst into an office on the Paramount lot waving a copy of the magazine. At first glance,...

ABC News Studios, in partnership with Neon and Network Entertainment, today announced Brats, a new feature-length documentary from director Andrew McCarthy.

Brats will premiere on Thursday, June 13, on Hulu in the U.S. and later this summer on Disney+ in select territories, following its world premiere at the 2024 Tribeca Festival.

Announced earlier this year, Brats looks at the iconic films of the 1980s that shaped a generation and the narrative that took hold when their young stars were branded the “Brat Pack.”

McCarthy reunites with his fellow Brat Packers—friends, colleagues, and former foes, including Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Jon Cryer, Lea Thompson, and Timothy Hutton, many of whom he has not seen for over 30 years—to answer the question: What did it mean to be part of the Brat Pack?

McCarthy also sits down for a first-time conversation with writer David Blum, who fatefully coined...

ABC News Studios, Neon and Network Entertainment announced on Tuesday that Brats, the feature-length Brat Pack doc directed by Andrew McCarthy, will premiere on Hulu in the U.S. on Thursday, June 13.

Set to launch on Disney+ in select territories later this summer, after world premiering at the 2024 Tribeca Festival, Brats looks at the iconic films of the 1980s that shaped a generation and the narrative that took hold when their young stars were branded the “Brat Pack.” McCarthy reunites with his fellow Brat Packers — friends, colleagues and former foes, including Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Jon Cryer, Lea Thompson and Timothy Hutton, many of whom he had not seen for over 30 years — to answer the question: What did it mean to be part of the Brat Pack? The actor-filmmaker also sits down for a first-time conversation with writer David Blum, who fatefully coined the term Brat...

What Would You Do? is heading back to our TV screens this month.

The hit hidden-camera series returns for a 16th season on Sunday (February 18) at 10 p.m. Et on ABC.

The show allows viewers to see how real people react when tricky situations and moral dilemmas arise in public settings.

“The staying power of What Would You Do? can be summed up simply: it is the search for the hero inside all of us,” said David Sloan, senior executive producer.

We now know who is hosting the show, and what will happen in the season premiere…...

What Would You Do? is back!

The hit hidden-camera series returns for a 16th season on Sunday, February 18 at 10 p.m. Et on ABC.

The show allows viewers toobserve how real people react when tricky situations and moral dilemmas arise in public settings.

“The staying power of What Would You Do? can be summed up simply: it is the search for the hero inside all of us,” said David Sloan, senior executive producer.

We now know who is appearing to host the show, and what will happen in the season premiere…...

Poster for ‘What Would You Do’ season 16 (Photo Credit: ABC News Studios)

ABC has set a February 18, 2024 premiere date for What Would You Do? season 16. ABC News’ John Quiñones will return as host, with Sara Haines and W. Kamau Bell joining the series as guest correspondents.

“The staying power of What Would You Do? can be summed up simply: it is the search for the hero inside all of us,” stated David Sloan, senior executive producer. “For nearly two decades, John Quiñones has artfully gone on this search to see who steps up and who steps away when ordinary people are confronted with an ethical dilemma. It’s about pure intentions that spark thoughtful conversations and make for provocative and compelling television.”

New season 16 episodes will air on Sundays at 10pm Et/Pt.

“In the season premiere, bystanders grapple with a schoolteacher’s side hustle on an adult-content site, objections...

ABC News Studios’ popular Truth and Lies documentary series returns with three new two-hour episodes, the first of which focuses on the hunt for the Long Island serial killer and the arrest of Rex Heuermann. Truth and Lies: The Hunted premieres on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Episode two takes viewers inside the Titan submersible tragedy and investigates the final voyage of the Titanic sightseeing service. Episode three examines the Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints (Flds) community and its controversial founder Warren Jeffs.

The docuseries premiered in 2017 with three episodes on the Menendez brothers, Jeffrey Epstein, and the Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton scandal. Produced by ABC News Studios, the documentary series is executive produced by Muriel Pearson and David Sloan.

Truth and Lies Episode Descriptions, Courtesy of ABC:

Truth and Lies: The Hunted (Jan. 25)

After 23-year-old escort Shannan Gilbert disappeared in 2010, police stumbled upon a serial killer’s graveyard in Gilgo Beach,...

Lovers of 80s movies know the Brat Pack. The group of stars who graced the silver screen in films like Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and St. Elmos Fire were teen sensations and helped a generation grapple with coming-of-age issues in high school. Most have gone on to blossom into illustrious film careers, but they will always be remembered for their run in the 1980s film scene. While most also eventually bowed gracefully out of show business down the line, Andrew McCarthy was one member who had been out of the spotlight since the 90s.

Deadline is reporting that McCarthy will be rejoining his cohorts for the Hulu documentary titled Brats. McCarthy had written a memoir called Brat: An 80s story and has now written and directed the documentary that is currently in post-production. The film description reads, “McCarthy crisscrosses the country to meet up with some...

Andrew McCarthy is getting back together with his fellow Brat Pack alums Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Jon Cryer, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez and more for the feature documentary Brats, a revealing look at the cultural phenomenon they became in the 1980s and how that has impacted their lives ever since.

Brats, from ABC News Studios, Neon, and Network Entertainment, is set to premiere on Hulu later this year. McCarthy, author of the 2021 memoir Brat: An ‘80s Story, writes and directs the documentary, which is now in post-production. He co-starred with fellow Brat Packers in some of the biggest hits of the mid- ‘80s including St. Elmo’s Fire (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), and Less Than Zero (1987).

From left: ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’s Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson,

Ally Sheedy and Andrew McCarthy

“McCarthy crisscrosses the country to meet up with some of the stars of those beloved films,...

ABC News Studios’ ‘Death in the Dorms’ returns for season 2

Season two of ABC News Studios’ true crime drama Death in the Dorms will return for season two on Thursday, February 22, 2024. ABC News Studios also announced two brand new docuseries – Daughters of the Cult and Me, Hereafter – will stream on Hulu next year.

Season one of Death in the Dorms premiered on January 5, 2023 and included investigations of Western Kentucky University, University of South Carolina, University of Florida, and UCLA. ABC News Studios’ Carrie Cook executive produces along with Myles Reiff, Yes, Like The River’s Nile Cappello, and The Intellectual Property Corporation’s Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman. ABC News Studios’ David Sloan is a senior executive producer.

“Death in the Dorms follows six chilling stories of college students from different schools whose lives were tragically cut short by violent crime: Jackson State University accounting major Latasha Norman, Louisiana State University first-year student Max Gruver,...

Exclusive: ABC News Studios continues to provide true-crime docuseries to Hulu.

The studio is behind two new series for the streamer including Daughters of the Cult and Me, Hereafter as well as a second season of Death in the Dorms.

It is the third slate of true-crime docs from ABC News Studios since its 2022 launch and follows series such as Killing County, Betrayal: The Perfect Husband and three seasons of Wild Crime.

Daughters of the Cult, which launches on January 4, is a five-episode deep-dive into the history of a splinter group of Mormon fundamentalist cult members who perpetrated a deadly wave of violence and abuse for decades in the name of their fanatical prophet, Ervil LeBaron. Dubbed the “Mormon Manson,” LeBaron and his followers were hidden in plain sight throughout the Southwest and Mexico. Now, past members of the infamous cult tell the true story behind the string of murderous crimes.

The third season of ABC News Studios’ “Wild Crime” will examine the murder of experienced hiker Meredith Emerson, who, along with her dog, vanished without a trace on Blood Mountain in Georgia back in January 2008.

“Wild Crime: Blood Mountain,” will explore how authorities identified Gary Michael Hilton as a person of interest in Meredith’s disappearance and how, over the course of that investigation, he had become a top suspect in the similar disappearances of retirees John and Irene Bryant, who were hiking in North Carolina, and Sunday school teacher Cheryl Dunlap, who disappeared while hiking in Florida.

After Hilton is apprehended, his chilling confession leads authorities to a major development in Emerson’s case and peels back the curtain to expose his twisted mind.

The four-part docuseries, which premieres Nov. 30 on Hulu, is told from the point of view of the investigators working to solve the case in real...

ABC News Studios is shining a spotlight on the incredible world of dog dancing in a new trailer for “The Secret Life of Dancing Dogs” released Friday.

The six-part docuseries — which premieres Nov. 17 on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ in the U.K., Ireland, Balkans, Canada, South Africa, Singapore and the Philippines — follows seven women from around the globe and their furry friends, whose tails never stop wagging. They spend months preparing to compete on the world’s preeminent dog dancing stage, Crufts, in England.

They include Lorna Syrett and her border collie Nora (United Kingdom), Gina Pink and her working sheep dog Swagger (United Kingdom), Christine Bérczes and her Australian shepherd Meredith (Hungary), Marianne Elise Methi and her border collie Vega (Norway), Jennifer Fraser and her Australian shepherd Daiquiri (Canada), Sachiko Kuniyoshi and her border collie Alena (Japan), and Isa Randle and her chihuahua Lucky (United Kingdom).

Dog dancing,...

ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff, who was severely injured in a roadside bombing while covering Iraq in 2006, is returning to the country — and the exact spot where he was hurt — in a new special. ABC News Studios’ “After the Blast: The Will to Survive,” which chronicles Woodruff’s journey back to where it all happened, will premiere Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. Et on ABC and stream on Hulu the following day.

Woodruff was ABC’s “World News Tonight” anchor with Elizabeth Vargas in 2006, when he and cameraperson Doug Vogt suffered a near-death experience during a roadside bombing. Vargas simultaneously went on maternity leave and departed the newscast; Charles Gibson then took over “World News.”

Woodruff left Iraq with a traumatic brain injury and a long recovery process, although he returned to “World News Tonight” the following year as a correspondent. In the special, he visits Iraq with his son, Mack,...

ABC News Studios has dropped a full trailer for “Mother Undercover,” which will stream on Hulu on July 27.

The four-part docuseries follows four mothers on a mission to save or get justice for their children. In incidents of murder, international kidnapping, mass suicide and judicial corruption, the group transform into undercover detectives, mounting covert operations and taking matters into their own hands.

The series is produced by Pioneer Productions and ABC News Studios. Thomas Viner and Rachel Morgan are executive producers for Pioneer Productions. For ABC News Studios, David Sloan serves as senior executive producer and Beth Hoppe serves as executive producer.

“Mother Undercover” marks the third title in ABC News Studios’ true crime summer slate, following “The Ashley Madison Affair” and “Betrayal: The Perfect Husband.” In addition to “Mother Undercover,” ABC News Studios’ three-part series “Demons and Saviors,” which tells the story of the infamously known “poltergeist girl” Christina Boyer,...

It’s back to the “Futurama!” The trailer has been released for Season 11 of the animated futuristic sitcom. After a decade, the series has defrosted for 10 new episodes which will be added to Hulu on July 24.

Season 11 features “a whole new pandemic in town as the crew explores the future of vaccines, bitcoin, cancel culture, and streaming TV,” said the show’s official synopsis.

New New York will feature the voices of John Dimaggio, Billy West, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille, Maurice Lamarche, Lauren Tom, Phil Lamarr and David Herman. “Futurama” was created by Matt Groening and is executive produced by Groening, Cohen, Ken Keeler and Claudia Katz.

Watch the “Futurama” trailer below.

First Looks

Netflix released the “Sweet Magnolias” Season 3 trailer, which will return with 10 episodes on July 20.

Based on Sherryl Woods’ novel of the same name, “Sweet Magnolias” follows around three best friends Maddie (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), Helen (Heather Headley...

ABC News Studios has announced its summer slate of true crime docuseries, including an exploration of the rise and fall of scandalous dating site Ashley Madison.

The four series — “The Ashley Madison Affair,” “Betrayal: The Perfect Husband,” “Mother Undercover” and “Demons and Saviors” — will premiere throughout July and August, with each featuring multiple parts.

Read more about ABC News Studios’ summer docuseries below.

“The Ashley Madison Affair”

Friday, July 7

The docuseries will explore the dating platform Ashley Madison and its marketing tactics to recruit members to partake in extramarital affairs. As the platform gained attention, a group of hackers known as The Impact Team hacked into the site and caused a catastrophic data breach. Jeremy Dear, Fred Hepburn, David Sloan and Beth Hoppe serve as executive producers.

“Betrayal: The Perfect Husband”

Tuesday, July 11

Based on the “Betrayal” podcast, the upcoming docuseries will chronicle how one woman discovered that her husband,...

ABC News Studios’ Emmy-winning series Soul of a Nation will honor the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with a one-hour special called Hip-Hop @ 50: Rhythms, Rhymes & Reflections – A Soul of a Nation Presentation.

Master P, Mc Lyte, Fat Joe, The Lox, Coi Leray and others will be featured in the program, to be hosted by Angie Martinez, the veteran radio personality known as The Voice of New York. Martinez will executive produce the special alongside ABC’s Catherine McKenzie.

Hip-Hop @ 50 will air on ABC on June 19 at 10 p.m. Et. It will stream on Hulu the following day.

Master P, Mc Lyte and Angie Martinez

The special, which also celebrates Juneteenth and Black Music Month, will feature “thought-provoking conversations with artists, producers, executives and changemakers in the industry” and “detail the history of hip-hop, providing insight into its origins, growth and evolution over the last 50 years and where things stand today,...

ABC News Studios dropped the trailer for Jelly Roll: Save Me, the documentary chronicling the singer-songwriter’s mental health and addiction struggles. The doc is set to begin streaming on Tuesday, May 30 on Hulu and you can watch a preview in the video posted above.

Jelly Roll: Save Me gives viewers an inside look as Jelly Roll begins the biggest tour date of his career, Nashville’s famed Bridgestone Arena in his hometown.

The film includes never-before-seen tour footage and interviews with the musician and those closest to him, revealing a raw and unflinching artist, incarcerated as a teen and adult, now using the power of his platform to raise awareness and funds for at-risk youth across the country.

Jelly Roll shares a behind-the-scenes look at how he balances life on tour with his philanthropic work, including visiting the juvenile detention facility where he was incarcerated multiple times to share...

ABC News has dropped a trailer for “Prisoners of the Snow,” which will air on the network on May 22 and stream next day on Hulu.

The two-hour documentary tells the story of the 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed into a remote location in the snow-covered Andes Mountains while carrying a rugby team traveling with family and friends to a match in Chile. Of the 45 passengers, only 16 survived the incident.

With reporting by ABC News contributor Chris Connelly, the two-hour documentary features new interviews with five of the crash survivors, Nando Parrado, Roberto Canessa, Carlitos Páez Rodríguez, Eduardo Strauch and Roy Harley, who share their firsthand accounts and stories of determination and perseverance, which helped inspire the popular series “Yellowjackets.”

The program also includes interviews with mountaineers, adventurers and survival experts who have studied their experience, visited the crash site and followed the escape route explaining the incredible challenges the passengers endured.

ABC News Studios has greenlit a new documentary centering on country singer-songwriter Jelly Roll.

“Jelly Roll: Save Me” will offer an inside look as the 38-year-old prepares to perform at the famed Bridgestone Arena in his hometown of Nashville, featuring never-before-seen tour footage and interviews with the musician and those closest to him.

It will also show how Jelly Roll balances life on tour with philanthropic work, including a visit to a juvenile detention facility where he was incarcerated multiple times to share his story in the hopes of inspiring positive change in others.

“Jelly Roll: Save Me,” which will stream on Hulu on May 30, is executive produced by Edward Hambleton and Claire Weinraub. David Sloan serves as senior executive producer and Monica Escobedo is senior entertainment producer. ABC News Studios is led by Mike Kelley.

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Exclusive: ABC News will air a new four-part series unpacking the history and impact of game shows across eight decades of American culture.

“The Game Show Show” will explore the contestants, hosts, visionary creators and industry scandals that encapsulate iconic game shows.

The four-part series will feature interviews with game show legends including Drew Carey, Vanna White, Ken Jennings, Chuck Woolery, Amy Schneider, Bob Eubanks, Howie Mandel, Wayne Brady and more.

The first episode, titled “The Answer Is…” will premiere on ABC on May 10, featuring interviews with Michael Strahan, Sara Haines, Jay Leno, Mark Cuban, Sherri Shepard and more.

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“Since the radio age, America’s love for the quiz show has remained constant, transcending technological innovation and surviving scandals. Today, the quiz show continues to evolve, with new formats and revivals capturing the attention of millions across the country. But the...

Last week, we posted a list of five forgotten actors we’d like to see make a comeback, and the reaction was so strong, we decided to post a bunch more! There’s a ton of forgotten actors from the 80s and 90s we’d love to have back on our screen, so let’s take a look at another group of them today.

Kelly Jo Minter

Let’s start with a horror favorite and a regular presence on the convention circuit, Kelly Jo Minter. Most folks will remember her from A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, The People Under the Stairs, and a slew of television series appearances. She was everywhere for a while in the 1980s and 1990s, then projects started becoming further and further apart, with nothing between 2008 and 2019, then nothing since. This actress is beloved by many people, and she should get a new part,...

ABC News Studios will unveil three new true crime docuseries on Hulu beginning in January, including one which comes from Colin Kaepernick and another from “The Way Down” executive producer Nile Cappello.

“Death in the Dorms”, which premieres Jan. 5, follows the tragic stories of six college students whose lives were cut short by violence crime: UCLA student Andrea DelVesco, University of Florida first-year student Christian Aguilar, University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love, Baruch College first-year student Michael Deng, University of South Carolina senior Samantha Josephson and Western Kentucky University first-year student Katie Autry.

Through emotional testimony from family and friends and interviews with key law enforcement, each episode focuses on the life of one bright young student, diving into their lost potential, their loved ones’ grief, and the fight to bring their killers to justice.

The series is produced in association with The Intellectual Property Corporation (a part of Sony Pictures Television), and Yes,...

Exclusive: ABC News Studios is ramping up its slate of true-crime docuseries for Hulu with new projects from the likes of Colin Kaepernick and The Way Down’s Nile Cappello.

The streamer will launch three new docuseries from the fledgling production division that was launched last year with plans for 100 hours of programming this year.

Three new titles that will air in January are: Killing County, Death in the Dorms and Web of Death.

Death in the Dorms, which launches on January 5, tells the true stories of six college students whose lives tragically ended in murder: UCLA’s Andrea DelVesco, University of Florida’s Christian Aguilar, University of Virginia’s Yeardley Love, Baruch College’s Michael Deng, University of South Carolina’s Samantha Josephson, and Western Kentucky University’s Katie Autry.

Each episode will focus on the life of one bright young student, diving into their lost potential, their loved ones’ grief,...

ABC News has launched ABC News Studios, a premium, narrative nonfiction originals producer and commissioner of feature documentary films, series and specials. David Sloan has been tapped as senior executive producer and creative lead of the venture.

The studio already has three feature docs and 15 series in production across ABC, Hulu, Disney+ and National Geographic. Its current slate features projects from filmmakers Dawn Porter, Irene Taylor, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Stanley Nelson.

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In an announcement to ABC News staff, president Kim Godwin congratulated Sloan on the new role, which will include overseeing production and completion on ABC News Studios programming. He will report to Mike Kelley, ABC News Studios lead, who reports to Reena Mehta, senior vice president of streaming and digital content.

Throughout Sloan’s tenure at ABC News, the exec has received nine Emmys,...

ABC News Studios unveiled a slate of narrative non-fiction projects as part of its official launch, with three feature documentaries and 15 series and specials in production.

Plans are to produce more than 100 hours of programming for ABC, Hulu, Disney+, National Geographic and other platforms in 2022. Dawn Porter; Irene Taylor, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard; and Stanley Nelson are among those attached to projects.

Reena Mehta is senior vice president of streaming and digital content, and Mike Kelley, the vice president and ABC News Studios lead, will oversee the creative and business direction of the unit.

David Sloan will serve as senior executive producer and creative lead of ABC News Studios, while Jacqueline Glover is head of documentary for Onyx Collective and oversaw the initial slate of feature documentary films for ABC News Films.

“We’ve been creating longform for quite a while, but we are really formalizing it under the ABC News umbrella,...

George Stephanopoulos is known at ABC News for his turns co-anchoring “Good Morning America” and the Sunday public affairs program “This Week.” As Hollywood’s streaming wars intensify, however, he may soon be recognized for something else.

Stephanopoulos will be at the center of a new political documentary series slated to appear on Hulu that will examine the upcoming midterm election along with important races and key issues. The program is one among many currently in the pipeline at ABC News Studios, a new effort by the Disney-backed news organization to centralize its efforts to produce documentary programming aimed at fueling the fortunes of Disney properties.

“We want to leverage our intellectual property that is generated across the news division in service of entertaining narrative storytelling. That is an absolute priority for us,” says Mike Kelley, vice president and head of ABC News Studios, in an interview. “We know that...

Exclusive: Hulu will drop six-episode ABC News limited series next week, City of Angels, City of Death, focusing on the hunt for serial killers in Los Angeles during the 1970s and 80s.

The focus of the episodes will be on notorious murders like the Freeway Killer, the Hillside Strangler and the Sunset Strip Killer, as more than 20 murderers gripped media attention in the city and nationwide.

The episodes will debut on Nov. 24 on the platform. The Hulu Original comes from the producers of ABC News’ 20/20, and was produced for Hulu by ABC News Studios and Highway 41 Productions. Hulu in September debuted the ABC News series Wild Crime, about a murder investigation in Rocky Mountain National Park.

The new docuseries will feature dramatic recreations and interviews with law enforcement as they grappled with multiple investigations. It features the accounts of retired LAPD detectives Tom Lange, Robert Souza, Bob Grogan, Frank Garcia and Jerry LeFrois,...

ABC will ring in the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World with a television special hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. Unveiled ahead of ABC’s TCA session on Thursday, The Most Magical Story On Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World is a two-hour program that will take viewers on a historical journey spanning half a century and beyond at the Florida amusement park and resort.

The special airs on Friday, Oct. 1 on ABC. Christina Aguilera and The Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey will perform in front of the Cinderella Castle alongside the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra at Magic Park for the television celebration. Also set to join for50 Years of Walt Disney World are Anthony Anderson, John Stamos, Marsai Martin, Melissa Joan Hart, and celebrities. Kevin Feige, Pete Doctor, James Cameron are among the creatives scheduled to join the celebration. The event also touts appearances by Disney executives past and present including Bob Chapek,...

Netflix announced the second season of “The Baby-Sitters Club” will premiere on Oct. 11.

“The Baby-Sitters Club,” based on the best-selling book series of the same name by Ann M. Martin, follows a group of friends as they start a baby-sitting business in Stoneybrook, Conn. As they juggle their new responsibilities as local caregivers, they also face friendship challenges with each other, various pressures from their home lives and unique situations that include diabetes (for Stacey), an absentee father (for Kristy) and parents who are dating each other (for Mary Ann and Dawn).

“In Season 2, we really get to see a maturation of the club and of the girls,” said creator and showrunner Rachel Shukert in a statement. “There are two new members [and] they’re all a year older and have more experience running a business, deeper friendships and are growing into a deeper understanding of themselves as people.

“We also...

ABC News’ “20/20,” anchored by David Muir and Amy Robach, won the broadcast season as Friday’s No. 1 newsmagazine in “live” viewership across all key demos for the first time in five years, according to Nielsen Media Research ratings data.

Adding in a week of DVR viewing, however, “Dateline NBC” still comes out on top. Friday shows tend to get a more significant percentage of their viewership on a delayed basis than other weeknights do, though news programming — even magazine shows — have more of an urgency to view night-of than scripted fare.

In total “live” viewership since the season began on Sept. 21, “20/20” had a 3% lead on “Dateline,” but the lead was greater in the advertiser-coveted age demographics. In the 18-to-49 demo, the 9 p.m. Et show was up by 25% while in the 25-to-54 range, its lead was 17%.

The season, which capped Wednesday, drew a total of 3.141 million Live + Same Day viewers,...

Janice Johnston has been promoted to executive producer of ABC’s newsmagazine 20/20.

Johnston, who has been senior producer of the show, is only the fourth person to lead the show as EP since its launch in 1978 (with original hosts Harold Hayes and Robert Hughes quickly replaced by Hugh Downs).

Johnston will report to David Sloan, senior executive producer of network primetime content, who oversees the news division’s primetime programming.

In a memo to staff, ABC News President James Goldston wrote that Johnston has “been at the helm of critical programming in the last year, including our two-hour broadcast on Vanessa Guillen and three breaking news specials on the Covid-19 pandemic. Janice also led two-hour 20/20 events on John Lennon’s life, legacy and last days, the Yosemite Serial Killer and Robin Roberts’ interviews with three women kidnapped and held captive in Cleveland for a decade.”

Johnston joined 20/20...

Getting quality footage for a competitive newsmagazine is tricky under normal circumstances, but ABC News’ “20/20” had a “wake-up call” about just how hard it would be once everyone was working remotely during the pandemic, according to senior executive producer David Sloan.

“Last March’s lockdown was a wake-up call,” Sloan told TheWrap. “In order to stay on the air with original episodes, we knew we had to reinvent the way ’20/20’ collected material for its stories and news-gathered. We had to innovate ways to remote control a lot of our production, reporting, shooting and editing.”

When it came to finding those “innovate ways” to film, the team realized that having subjects figure out their own recording methods wasn’t going to meet producers’ standards for “20/20,” which switched to a two-hour show in 2019 and maintained that format during lockdown.

Producer Marc Dorian explained, “My colleague Jeff Schneider and I...

ABC News will air a one-hour primetime special tonight on the life and legacy of Alex Trebek, the iconic television host of “Jeopardy!” who died earlier today.

Alex Trebek, Remembered: A ‘20/20’ Special hosted by ABC News’ Chris Connelly airs tonight at10 Pm on the ABC Television Network.

In interviews over the past year with Good Morning America co-anchor Michael Strahan and GMA3: What You Need To Know” co-anchor T.J. Holmes, Trebek spoke candidly about living with cancer and the lessons he learned. He also talked about what he hoped his last days would be like and how grateful he was that he had a chance to discover all the love his viewers held for him as he confronted stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

Prior to his passing, Strahan had a rare interview with Jean Trebek, Alex’s wife of more than 30 years, in which she talked about dealing with her...

ABC News has announced that they will celebrate the life of late “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, who died on Sunday at the age of 80, with an hour-long primetime special.

Titled “Alex Trebek, Remembered: A 20/20 Special,” the show will air on ABC Sunday night at 10 p.m. Et. The special will profile Trebek’s life and career with rare footage of his early days on television, and will feature his interviews with “Good Morning America” co-anchor Michael Strahan and “GMA3: What You Need to Know” co-anchor T.J. Holmes. In these conversations, Trebek discussed what he wanted his final days to be like and what he learned while confronting stage four pancreatic cancer.

Strahan’s interview with Trebek’s wife of more than 30 years, Jean Trebek, will also air during the special. In the interview, Jean Trebek opened up about living with Trebek’s cancer and how it has impacted both of their lives.

ABC will air a special tribute to beloved TV host Regis Philbin on Tuesday to celebrate his life and career.

The hour long tribute, “Regis Philbin: The Morning Maestro – A Special Edition of 20/20,” will air on ABC on Tuesday, July 28 at 8 p.m. Edt.

Per ABC, the special edition of “20/20” features an exclusive interview with “Live with Kelly and Ryan” host Kelly Ripa, Philbin’s former co-host for a decade. The program will also include Philbin’s final television interview with Jimmy Kimmel in March 2020 as well as interviews with his co-hosts through the years, including Kathie Lee Gifford and Mary Hart; interviews with his childhood friends; a tour of the Bronx where he grew up; an emotional surprise visit with students at his high school; and a trip down memory lane with Philbin screening some of his favorite clips of “Live.” Philbin hosted the “Live!” franchise for 28 years.