Seaview Launches TV Division, Headed by Former A24 Exec Jess Lubben

Nancy Glass On Turning Podcasts Into True-Crime Docs

Nancy Glass, who runs Glass Entertainment Group, the company behind Netflix doc Bitconned, started a podcast business in 2021. Since then, she has produced a dozen audio series and has turned a number of them into true-crime television series and is shopping a few more. Titles such as Betrayal, Burden of Guilt and Curse of America’s Next Top Model have all been turned into docuseries. Betrayal has aired five seasons as a podcast; the first…

Blumhouse Television Wants to Be the Face of Horror TV Without Relying on Monsters and Slashers

Jason Blum has frequently said he wants Blumhouse to be for fear what Disney is for family. In film, he more than any other producer working today has mastered the model of economically-made thrills that can spawn franchises. But when it comes to television, where Blumhouse TV’s track record has been spotty between shows like “Sharp Objects” and “The Good Lord Bird,” it’s a lot harder to play the hits. Rather than lean on typical monster movies …

Seaview Launches TV Division, Headed by Former A24 Exec Jess Lubben

New York-based production company Seaview has launched a TV division, which will be run by former A24 exec Jess Lubben, Variety has learned. Also, as part of the news, Seaview has sealed a first-look deal with “Severance” production company Fifth Season. Seaview began life focused on Broadway productions, before branching out into a growing film […]