Deadline’s annual Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event is getting underway Saturday, the latest in the annual series that brings together TV’s top creators and talent for in-depth conversations about their buzzy small-screen shows.
This year’s presentation features nine nonfiction series and films that fit that bill for our virtual livestream today, a format that will present four new shows as well as five encore presentations from last month’s in-person Contenders TV: Documentary live event.
The new shows include two from National Geographic. Stanley Tucci joins to dish up details on his travel series Tucci in Italy, while director Keith Scholey sits down to reveal the process behind Ocean with David Attenborough, the latest nature series fronted by a force of nature himself Sir David, who just celebrated his 100th birthday.
Also on the docket, we’ll unleash MrBeast himself, Jimmy Donaldson, who with executive producer Michael H. Miller will talk about Prime Video’s Beast Games, and how the king of YouTube pulled off a second season of a game show only he could create.
Speaking of YouTube, the world’s biggest streaming platform is also with us today, as five of its top creators/producers/hosts discuss the magic sauce of making their popular shows. That list feature Hot Ones host Sean Evans, Kareem Rahma from SubwayTakes, Brittany Broski of Royal Court, Challenge Accepted‘s Michelle Khare, Huge* If True‘s Cleo Abram and Julian Shapiro-Barnum of Celebrity Substitute.
From last month’s in-person Contenders Doc event, you’ll also see conversations with the teams behind ID’s Lost Women of Alaska, with narrator/EP Octavia Spencer on the panel; Hulu’s Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, about the creation of the groundbreaking music festival; Prime Video’s John Candy: I Like Me, with a conversation including the comedy icon’s son and daughter, both EPs, and director Colin Hanks; Apple TV’s docuseries Mr. Scorsese, featuring director Rebecca Miller; and You See L.A., Fox Sports’ docuseries that went inside the locker room to follow a season with the UCLA women’s basketball team (that one includes a twist in the end).
Follow along all day for Deadline’s panel coverage on the site and via #DeadlineContenders, and check back Monday when we launch the site’s streaming hub with all the panel videos.
Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson (Creator/Host/Executive Producer)Michael H. Miller (Executive Producer)
Royal Court – Brittany Broski (Creator/Producer/Host)Challenge Accepted – Michelle Khare (Creator/Producer/Host)Huge* If True – Cleo Abram (Creator/Producer/Host)Celebrity Substitute – Julian Shapiro-Barnum (Creator/Producer/Host)SubwayTakes – Kareem Rahma (Creator/Producer/Host)Hot Ones – Sean Evans (Creator/Producer/Host)
Octavia Spencer (Narrator/Executive Producer)Matt Robins (Executive Producer)
Ally Pankiw (Director)Cassidy Hartmann (Executive Producer)
Colin Hanks (Director/Producer)Chris Candy (Executive Producer)Jennifer Candy-Sullivan (Executive Producer)
Kelsey Trainor (Executive Producer)Jeff Luini (Executive Producer)Harshal Dave (Executive Producer)Cori Close (UCLA Women’s Head Basketball Coach)
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