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After winning the Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series or Special in 2017, Scientology and the Aftermath has been nominated for the third year in the row. 

Nominees in the category for 2019 include:

Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath – A&E
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown – CNN
Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee – Netflix
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman – Netflix
Surviving R. Kelly  –  Lifetime

The 2019 Emmy Awards will air Sept. 22 on Fox.

Read more via – Variety – Television Academy

IPC’s new Oxygen series examines cases involving wrongful accusations, unjust sentences and similar issues. Grace says her goal for the series is to lend a voice to victims whose cases never got the attention they deserved.

“There’s a lot of high-profile cases that get all the spotlight and all the attention, and that’s really not fair. Lady justice is blind for a reason. She doesn’t look at the celebrity, or the education, or the wealth of a particular victim or defendant… They are cases that just stuck with me, where an injustice was done. I really believe that these victims have the right to be heard.”

Read more via – The Wrap – Fox News – Deadline

Actress and YouTuber Shay Mitchell revealed on social media Friday that she is six months pregnant with her first child with boyfriend Matte Babel — and her “pregnancy journey” will be documented in an original series on YouTube. The biweekly YouTube original series “Almost Ready” will premiere every other Wednesday starting July 17 on Mitchell’s YouTube channel and will be free to view (it’s not part of YouTube Premium). The show will follow her as she eats for two, continues the endless hunt for non-alcoholic wine and lathers herself in every oil known to humanity on her journey to motherhood.

“Almost Ready” will be executive produced by Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman for Industrial Media’s Intellectual Property Corp. (IPC), alongside Shay Mitchell and Matte Babel and executive producer and showrunner Tracy Wares.

Read more via – Variety

Over a year ago, it was announced that Meek Mill was working on an Amazon Prime Video documentary series about his legal journey. Earlier this year, Amazon unveiled the first Free Meek teaser, and now they have shared the first trailer.

Mill previously said of the series, “Not only will this documentary give viewers an unprecedented look at my life, but it will also allow me to use my public platform to highlight the need for criminal justice reform.”

Executive producer Eli Holzman also said previously, “Every day of Meek’s adult life has been lived under the threat of incarceration, if not actually behind bars. With our partners at Roc Nation and the incredible team at Amazon Studios, we are privileged to take on the responsibility of crafting the definitive documentary on Meek’s story, the corrupt system he continues to navigate to ensure his freedom, and the larger issue of long-tail probation in our country. Hopefully Meek and the millions like him won’t have to wait for justice much longer.”

Read more via – UpRoxx – Deadline – Rolling Stone – Vulture – Complex – Pitchfork – The Source

TV Critic Mark Perigard says “It’s almost an unwritten commandment that summer TV should be escapist — but there’s at least one docuseries worth your attention: A&E’s “Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole,” and notes “It never ever loses sight of the victims or the horrific nature of the crimes these inmates committed.”

Read the full review via – The Boston Herald

As previously announced, each episode of the investigative series will follow former felony prosecutor and television journalist Nancy Grace as she takes viewers through past cases in which justice may have been miscarried, including instances of unclear motives, botched investigations, wrongful accusations, unjust sentencing and suppressed evidence. Injustice with Nancy Grace will utilize first-hand interviews and archival footage in its attempt to uncover true crime stories with vindication.

Injustice with Nancy Grace is produced by The Intellectual Property Corporation, an Industrial Media company, in conjunction with KT Studios and TAP Inc. Executive producers on the series include Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Nancy Grace, John Terenzio, Stephanie Lydecker and showrunner Steve Katz.

Premieres July 13 at 6 p.m. ET/PT on Oxygen. 

Read more via – Realscreen

Produced by The Intellectual Property Corporation, an Industrial Media company, in conjunction with KT Studios and TAP INc., with Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Nancy Grace, John Terenzio, Stephanie Lydecker and showrunner Steve Katz serving as executive producers.

This standalone true crime series exposes riveting stories involving unclear motives, botched investigations, wrongful accusations, unjust sentencing and suppressed evidence that will keep viewers on bated breath until the final resolve. Through exclusive first-hand interviews, archival footage, and cinematic recreations, every episode will be told through the unique perspective of Nancy Grace, who spent a decade as a felony prosecutor and twenty years as a journalist, and whose fiancé was murdered when she was just 19 years old, giving her a personal and significant drive to seek justice.

Read more via Variety – Deadline – Hollywood Reporter – Realscreen

Nickelodeon’s new hit series, The Substitute, returns with guest star and multi-talented comedian Lilly Singh on Saturday, May 18, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The Substitute is a hidden-camera, prank show featuring celebrities who are transformed by a team of special effects artists to go undercover as substitute teachers, surprising classes of unsuspecting students.

Read more via Broadway World

Hotel heiress, early ’00s “It girl” and The Simple Life star Paris Hilton is getting her own YouTube documentary which is set to premiere in 2020. 

The yet-to-be-titled Parisl Hilton film will uncover the unfiltered side of the international icon and the as-yet-unheard story of Paris and her famous family, telling the real story behind all of the headlines as Paris speaks publicly for the first time about the heartbreaking moments in her life that forged who she is today. With unvarnished candor, Paris will open up about trying to make peace with her past while contending with the excitement and challenges of her current global endeavors. This deeply compelling portrait will reveal the woman behind the icon and shed new light on our view of fame, the power of social media, and our celebrity-obsessed culture.

Read more via Deadline – Realscreen

Nickelodeon’s new prank series The Substitute got off to a strong start in its April 1 series debut. The premiere episode drew four million total viewers across all four of its airings Monday, and scored big with kids 2-11 and 6-11. 

The Substitute, the first series to air from the network’s recently announced content slate, ranked as the top show with Kids 6-11 in its time period across all TV, and it scored year-over-year double and triple-digit increases with Kids 2-11 and Kids 6-11, respectively. It averaged a 1.9/454K with Kids 2-11–up 36% over last year; a 1.4/212K with Kids 6-11–up 100%; and 866K total viewers, up 14%. 

Read more via – Deadline