{"id":12281,"date":"2017-05-12T11:10:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T15:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/book-based-variety-series-the-who-was-show-set-for-netflix\/"},"modified":"2017-05-12T12:42:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T16:42:24","slug":"book-based-variety-series-the-who-was-show-set-for-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/book-based-variety-series-the-who-was-show-set-for-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"Book-Based Variety Series The Who Was? Show Set for Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has ordered <em>The Who Was? Show<\/em>, a new family variety program based on Penguin Workshop\u2019s best-selling <em>Who Was?<\/em> series.<\/p>\n<p>Slated for release in 2018, the 13 half-hour\u00a0episodes of\u00a0<em>The Who Was? Show<\/em> will offer a combination of comedy and history featuring key leaders, creative trendsetters and innovators. It will showcase live action, animated shorts, improvisation, sketches, musical performances and guest appearances. Comedy writers attached to the show include Brian McCann (<em>Conan<\/em>), head writer Elliott Kalan (<em>The Daily Show<\/em>), Eric Gilliland (<em>Roseanne<\/em>), Delaney Yeager (<em>The Daily Show<\/em>) and Tami Sagher (<em>Inside Amy Schumer<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><em>The Who Was? Show<\/em> is being developed by Penguin Workshop and producers FremantleMedia Kids &amp; Family (FMK), with Matador Content (<em>Lip Sync Battle<\/em>) co-producing and Bento Box Entertainment (<em>Bob\u2019s Burgers<\/em>) on board as the animation studio. Comedy producer Rich Korson (<em>Those Who Can\u2019t<\/em>, <em>Great Minds with Dan Harmon<\/em>) has been tapped as the showrunner and executive producer. Bob Higgins, Jay Peterson, and Penguin Workshop\u2019s president and publisher, Francesco Sedita, will also executive produce.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2002, the <em>New York Times<\/em> best-selling biography series <em>Who Was?<\/em> tells the stories of trailblazers, legends, innovators and creators throughout history and today. The <em>Who Was?<\/em>\u00a0series generated two spin-off series, <em>What Was?<\/em> and <em>Where Is?<\/em> All three series are now published under the Who HQ brand. There have been 185-plus titles published to date and more than 20 million copies sold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has ordered The Who Was? 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