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CBS Entertainment has appointed Sharon Vuong as senior VP of alternative programming.

Bravo Media has revealed a diversified slate that includes six new projects, including one featuring The Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel and Fredrik Eklund of Million Dollar Listing New York, along with 18 returning shows.

MTV International has commissioned Meetinghouse Productions to produce the new series Clickbait, which exposes viewers to music-inspired video content from the internet.

Ryan Seacrest Productions and Endemol Shine North America have unveiled Best.Cover.Ever., a musical talent competition series hosted by Grammy winner Ludacris that is set to premiere exclusively on YouTube later this year.

Emma Morgan, who recently served as executive producer of the A Very British Hotel (Inside the Mandarin Oriental) series, has been appointed as the new creative director of factual at Firecracker.

Nat Geo’s Hamish Mykura, Foxtel’s Hannah Barnes, Canal+’s Isabelle Antraygue and ORF’s Andrew Solomon weighed in on acquisition and commissioning trends in a MIPDoc session moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati before each receiving a Factual Trendsetter Award.

HBO has slated the premiere of the true-crime film Mommy Dead and Dearest, which explores a real murder case, for May 15.

Production has commenced on the new documentary series Evidence of Innocence for TV One, which will explore the stories of individuals who were convicted of crimes they did not commit and their struggles to get their convictions overturned.

GRB Entertainment has sold Confessions of a Superhero and several other titles from its documentary slate across the U.K., Germany and Japan.

All 4 has commissioned Burning Bright Productions to produce a new documentary focused on same-sex parenting, hosted by actor and soon-to-be father Kieron Richardson (Hollyoaks).