{"id":22741,"date":"2025-03-17T11:24:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T11:44:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:44:56","slug":"channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni Documentary to Debut on 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

He Said, She Said: Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni<\/em>, a 90-minute special from ITN Productions examining the legal battle between the two actors, is slated to bow on the U.K.’s 5 on March 17.<\/p>\n

The documentary delves into Blake Lively\u2019s allegations of Justin Baldoni\u2019s sexual misconduct on the set of It Ends With Us <\/em>and his hiring of a PR firm to engage in an online smear campaign against her, followed by a $400 million countersuit accusing her of defamation.\u00a0A condensed 60-minute version, In Dispute: Lively v Baldoni<\/em>, will air on ID in the U.S. on March 31 and will be available to stream on Max and discovery+.<\/p>\n

With the trial set for March 2026, the special examine the evidence on both sides, as well as the response on social media.<\/p>\n

Blue Ant Studios is overseeing global licensing and distribution of the special.<\/p>\n

\u201cProduced by ITN\u2019s transatlantic team, this special is a timely and in-depth telling of the Hollywood story which has captured the global zeitgeist,\u201d said Ian Russell, head of international at ITN Productions.<\/p>\n

Denise Seneviratne, commissioning editor at 5, added, \u201cThis story has captivated the world, perpetuated by social media, which is still gaining momentum. It feels really pertinent for us as a channel to be making this film within the context of #MeToo. We\u2019re very happy to be working with ITN on this U.K. feature-length version.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He Said, She Said: Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni, a 90-minute special from ITN Productions examining the legal battle between the two actors, is slated to bow on the U.K.’s 5 on March 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[10686,4024,7095,10684,629,10685,1560],"class_list":["post-22741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-10686","tag-blue-ant-studios","tag-denise-seneviratne","tag-he-said-she-said-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni","tag-id","tag-in-dispute-lively-v-baldoni","tag-itn-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\nBlake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni Documentary to Debut on 5 - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni Documentary to Debut on 5 - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"He Said, She Said: Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni, a 90-minute special from ITN Productions examining the legal battle between the two actors, is slated to bow on the U.K.'s 5 on March 17.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-17T15:24:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-17T15:44:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Channel5-HeSaidSheSaidBlakeLivelyvsJustinBaldoni-0325.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/\",\"name\":\"Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni Documentary to Debut on 5 - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-17T15:24:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-17T15:44:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni Documentary to Debut on 5\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. She can be reached at jstalcup@worldscreen.com.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/author\/jamiestalcup\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni Documentary to Debut on 5 - TVREAL","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni Documentary to Debut on 5 - TVREAL","og_description":"He Said, She Said: Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni, a 90-minute special from ITN Productions examining the legal battle between the two actors, is slated to bow on the U.K.'s 5 on March 17.","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/","og_site_name":"TVREAL","article_published_time":"2025-03-17T15:24:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-17T15:44:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":394,"url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/03\/Channel5-HeSaidSheSaidBlakeLivelyvsJustinBaldoni-0325.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jamie Stalcup","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jamie Stalcup","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/","name":"Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni Documentary to Debut on 5 - TVREAL","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-03-17T15:24:43+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-17T15:44:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/channel-5-to-debut-blake-lively-vs-justin-baldoni-documentary\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni Documentary to Debut on 5"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/","name":"TVREAL","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb","name":"Jamie Stalcup","description":"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. She can be reached at jstalcup@worldscreen.com.","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/author\/jamiestalcup\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1412"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}