Kristin Brzoznowski

NEW YORK: A&E Network has ordered the new nonfiction series The Lowe Files from Critical Content.

NEW YORK: A&E Network is marking the 25th anniversary of the infamous L.A. riots with an original two-hour documentary from executive producer John Singleton and directors One9 and Erik Parker.

NEW YORK: A new HBO miniseries will chronicle the events of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, with Jay Roach attached to direct and executive produce and Playtone's Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman as executive producers.

LONDON: Hat Trick International has scored a range of new deals for Keo Films’ three-part documentary special Exodus: Our Journey to Europe.

NEW YORK: Showtime has ordered a second season of the political documentary series The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, which this time will focus on Donald Trump's first 100 days in office.

NEW YORK: Following on the debut of Planet Earth II, BBC Studios' Natural History Unit has unveiled Blue Planet II, which will be narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: Discovery Communications and Snap Inc. have entered into a partnership that will see new shows being developed for Snapchat’s Discover platform.

LONDON: Discovery is launching its second free-to-air channel in the U.K., Quest Red, on March 15, positioning the service as the "home of irresistibly real TV."

NEW YORK: Ross Kemp shares with World Screen Newsflash how he and his team go about putting together Extreme World’s hard-hitting episodes and ensure that things go as smoothly as possible when embedded in hostile situations.

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment's Wilshire Studios is teaming up with BuzzFeed News to develop a crime investigation docuseries based on the mysterious death of Jessica Chambers, the Mississippi teen who was doused with gasoline and set on fire in December 2014.