| NEW YORKER PRESENTS, THE (AMAZON)
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
1/15/15
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???
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STATUS:
on hiatus or fate to be determined |
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season |
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (11 episodes) |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
completed airing its first season on 3/15/16; has yet to be renewed for a second season |
DESCRIPTION:
(from Amazon's press release, January 2015) America's most award-winning magazine comes to life in this half hour docu-series pilot. The New Yorker Presents is a completely unique viewing experience that features Tony-Award winner Alan Cumming (The Good Wife) and actor Brett Gelman (Go On) in a short film based on a story by Simon Rich (Saturday Night Live) and directed by Emmy Award-winning director Troy Miller (Arrested Development); a poem by Matthew Dickman and narrated by Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spiderman); a documentary by Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs) about biologist Tyrone Hayes based on a Rachel Aviv article; and an interview with famous performance artist, Marina Abramovic, conducted by The New Yorker writer Ariel Levy. Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) is Executive Producer, joined by Dave Snyder (Death Row Stories) and Dawn Ostroff (The Fashion Fund). The pilot is co-produced by Condé Nast Entertainment and Jigsaw Productions. |
CREW INFORMATION:
· Alex Gibney as EP
· Dave Snyder as EP
· Dawn Ostroff as EP
· Kahane Cooperman as EP
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GENRE(S):
· reality (all)
· reality (documentary)
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Amazon Studios
· Condé Nast Entertainment
· Jigsaw Productions
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