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Overall and first-look deals still drive the television business.

Although some mega-producers have moved to the streaming world, including Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes at Netflix, the overwhelming majority of pacts are still at the studio and linear network level. These deals help lock in show services, as well as keep the development pipeline flowing.

Here is a snapshot at most of the deals currently in place across Hollywood, as of mid-May.

A+E Studios

Appletree Pictures

Ross Fineman

Sarah Gertrude Shapiro

Thruline (Ron West/Chris Henze/Jb Roberts)

ABC Studios

Eli Attie

Alec Baldwin/Mallory Schwartz El Dorado Pictures

Kenya Barris Khalabo Ink Society

Julie Bean

Kevin Biegel

Sherry Bilsing-Graham/Ellen Kreamer

Bluegrass Fanfare

Chris Brancato Churchill Road Prods.

Jeremy Bronson

Danny Chun

Adam Ciralsky

Eliza Coupe

Liz Craft/Sarah Fain

Carlton Cuse

Paul Davies

Viola Davis/Kaylon Hunt JuVee Prods.

Tim Doyle

Dan Dworkin/Jay Beattie

Randall Einhorn...

For a short film, “Night Shift” has a backstory of its own which gives more than the film’s glimpse into a day in the life of a bathroom attendant in a Los Angeles nightclub.

Filmmaker Marshall Tyler’s “Night Shift”, stars Tunde Adebimpe and is executive produced by JuVee Productions, the company founded by Viola Davis and her husband Julius Tennon established to empower diverse voices and emerging artists. It is produced by Moira Griffin, Efuru Flowers and Roberta Marie Munroe.

Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/198757828

Marshall and I had a long conversation at the Yarrow in Sundance the day of the premiere of his film.

Let’s start with who you are…

Well, I was born in Philadelphia and raised in Hawaii and then moved to San Diego. I went to Howard University. Now I am based in La. My first documentary, “Skid Row”, followed Pras Michél,...

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