Content Creators' Impact On UK TV; Julia Roberts Interview; Ireland's Unscripted Tax Credit

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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. HOW UK CONTENT CREATORS ARE HELPING SHAPE THE TV INDUSTRY "IT'S NO LONGER JUST ABOUT WHO HOLDS THE MIC," SAYS CAA'S GLENN MILLER Angry Ginge, a Twitch streamer who went viral after uploading a fictional outburst about chips (fries in U.S. parlance), won one of Britain’s biggest entertainment shows, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! A fortnight later, George Clarke, an entertainment vlogger with more than 3 million followers, reached the final of another juggernaut, Strictly Come Dancing. The debut season of The Celebrity Traitors, meanwhile, landed Niko Omilana, who made his name creating prank YouTube videos. In what became one of Celebrity Traitors’ most viral moments, he discovered that British screen doyen Stephen Fry was a fan. These staple TV shows are watched by families up and down the country, enjoyed by every age demographic and rooted in the mainstream. While the rise and rise of content creators has not gone unnoticed by this publication, a shift has taken place over the past 12 months, and will surely continue into 2026, that has seen creators get more involved behind the camera, as the traditional gatekeepers of British TV think desperately hard about how to remain attractive to younger audiences. >>>More Involved Behind The Scenes Deadline Exclusives & Originals Julia Roberts Talks Cinema & AI - The actress, a Golden Globe nominee for After the Hunt, says of AI, “I think that at the root of every book and play and movie and TV show and essay and article is someone’s heart and soul, and those are not manufacturable.” >>>Baz Bamigboye's Column Tony Dokoupil's 'CBS Evening News' Debut - Tony Dokoupil seems determined to break through to new audiences with a more casual, social media-friendly Evening News that he says will be focused on the average American. >>>Analysis ‘The Testament Of Ann Lee’: Read The Screenplay - Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with The Testament of Ann Lee from Searchlight Pictures. Directed by Mona Fastvold, who co-wrote the script with Brady Corbet, her husband and filmmaker behind last year’s Oscar-nominated The Brutalist, Ann Lee won the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival. >>> See The Script THE DEADLINE INTERVIEW ‘One Battle After Another’ Producer & Editor On Getting PTA Epic Across The Line; Budget Was “Not Wasteful” On Deadline's Crew Call podcast we talk with One Battle After Another producer Sara Murphy and editor Andy Jurgensen, both longtime Paul Thomas Anderson collaborators, hot off the film’s three Critics Choice Awards wins Sunday night, including for Best Picture. >>>Listen      QUOTABLE   "Sure, I’ll do the remake. I’m doing it. I’m committed" - Kristen Stewart on whether she would direct a 'Twilight' remake RENEWALS, CANCELLATIONS & PICKUPS ‘Emily In Paris’ Renewed For Season 6 By Netflix ‘Mayor Of Kingstown’ To End: Taylor Sheridan Drama Starring Jeremy Renner Renewed For Fifth & Final Season By Paramount+ Gisèle Pelicot Documentary Set At HBO CASTING ABOUT exclusive Ahead of Tyler Perry's Sistas Season 10 premiere on January 7, it has been revealed that Ebony Obsidian and Novi Brown will not be returning for the highly-rated drama’s milestone season. Jordan Coleman (All American: Homecoming) and Tunde Oyeneyin (Life & Beth) have become series regulars.   exclusive Nava Mau (Baby Reindeer) and Malia Pyles (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin) are set for guest-starring roles in Season 2 of the NBC drama Brilliant Minds. The series aired its midseason finale December 1 and returned last night on NBC. Confirming earlier reports in Deadline, Amazon says Jason Isaacs and Sigourney Weaver will star in Phoebe Waller Bridge’s Tomb Raider series alongside Sophie Turner , who is stepping into the lead role played by Angelina Jolie in the film version. BY THE NUMBERS   $7.4B - Total B.O. in China for 2025 MORE NEWS 🤼‍♂️WWE's library has officially moved to Netflix after the wrestling circuit's rights deal with Peacock expired at the end of 2025. 🖥️ Roku will be the first major streamer to use measurement firm iSpot's Outcomes at Scale metric as the companies look to improve targeting for advertisers. The partnership was announced Tuesday at CES. 🕯️ Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr, best known for dark and distinctive works of feature filmmaking like The Turin Horse and Satantango, has died. He was 70.  ☘️ Ireland is launching Europe’s first tax credit for unscripted shows, offering a rebate of up to 20% of expenditure. The credit Is a means of supporting Irish and European culture and will require a cultural test to assess whether programs qualify for support.  📺 The board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted to dissolve the organization after Donald Trump‘s successful effort last year to roll back federal funding. The move is not a surprise: The CPB announced in August it would be shutting down operations. ON THE RADAR Wed - Actor & Art Directors Guild Awards nominations Thu - ASC & NAACP Awards nominations Sun - The Golden Globes Mon - Oscar nomination voting begins PHOTO OF THE DAY Confetti Moment - Versant media executives led by CEO Mark Lazarus were on hand at the Nasdaq market for Monday's debut of the newly stand-alone entity. This email was sent to punjabsvera@gmail.com by Deadline. Please add email@email.deadline.com to your address book to ensure delivery to your inbox. 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