{"id":19860,"date":"2023-07-12T08:50:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T12:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T11:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:24:01","slug":"scout-productions-david-collins-michael-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/scout-productions-david-collins-michael-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: Scout Productions\u2019 David Collins &amp; Michael Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month marks the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking reality show\u00a0<em>Queer Eye for the Straight Guy<\/em>. From Scout Productions, the series catapulted queer voices into mainstream pop culture and went on to run for five seasons in its original iteration. In 2018, Netflix rebooted the iconic show, which is currently in its seventh season with 65 episodes available on the platform. The series has spawned iterations and spin-offs, including\u00a0<em>Queer Eye for the Straight Girl<\/em>\u00a0and international versions in Germany, Brazil, France, the U.K., Italy, Belgium, Australia, Spain, Sweden and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6330994388112\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\n                    loop autoplay\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Queer Eye<\/em>\u00a0marked a beginning for Scout Productions in unscripted programming. Over the past year, the company has launched numerous series and documentaries, including\u00a0<em>The Secrets of Hillsong<\/em>\u00a0on FX,\u00a0<em>MerPeople<\/em>\u00a0on Netflix,\u00a0<em>Equal<\/em>\u00a0on Max and\u00a0<em>I Love You, You Hate Me<\/em>\u00a0on Peacock. David Collins and Michael Williams, co-founders and executive producers, talk to\u00a0<em>TV Real Weekly\u00a0<\/em>about the\u00a0<em>Queer Eye<\/em>\u00a0legacy and what Scout Productions is working on today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Collins and Michael Williams, co-founders and executive producers at Scout Productions, talk to\u00a0World Screen Newsflash\u00a0about the\u00a0Queer Eye\u00a0legacy and what the company is working on today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":19861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[7472,7816,2265],"class_list":["post-19860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-david-collins","tag-michael-williams","tag-scout-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Video Interview: Scout Productions\u2019 David Collins &amp; 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