For more than a year, Belisa Balaban has been responsible for Pivot’s alternative programming including the network’s popular series HitRECord and documentary Teach. Now Participant Media’s Pivot has promoted Balaban to Evp Original Programming for the network targeting millenials. She’ll be based at Participant’s Los Angeles offices and will report to Pivot President, Evan Shapiro. Balaban’s prior projects include the 10-episode documentary series The Swell Life and the Emmy-nominated special It Gets Better. As co-founder of Snackaholic, she executive produced pilots and series, including Tabloid Wars for Bravo, and Bollywood Hero, a three-hour musical comedy for IFC, as well as the recent Grammy nominee From The Sky Down about the making of U2’s Achtung Baby. Previously Balaban oversaw and developed pilots and series for Actual Reality Pictures including, Freshman Diaries for Showtime, Military Diaries for VH1, and Thin for HBO Documentary Films.
- 4/10/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Bravo said Tuesday that it has given a series pickup to the tentatively titled Welcome to the Parker, a docu series set in the luxurious Parker Palm Springs hotel.
Each one-hour episode will follow the lives, relationships and drama of the hotel staff and their guests. Viewers will see "the work that goes into keeping the Parker's sterling reputation intact," Bravo said.
Production begins this month, with the series set to air in 2007. Bravo did not indicate how many episodes were ordered.
In addition, the network has signed production company Snackaholic (Bravo's Tabloid Wars) to produce the series.
"Bravo continues to create the kind of docu-drama series that our viewers crave," said Frances Berwick, executive vp programming and production at Bravo. "This time we're pulling the curtain back on the culture of high-class hotels and taking a look at the unique personalities that work and play at the Parker."...
Each one-hour episode will follow the lives, relationships and drama of the hotel staff and their guests. Viewers will see "the work that goes into keeping the Parker's sterling reputation intact," Bravo said.
Production begins this month, with the series set to air in 2007. Bravo did not indicate how many episodes were ordered.
In addition, the network has signed production company Snackaholic (Bravo's Tabloid Wars) to produce the series.
"Bravo continues to create the kind of docu-drama series that our viewers crave," said Frances Berwick, executive vp programming and production at Bravo. "This time we're pulling the curtain back on the culture of high-class hotels and taking a look at the unique personalities that work and play at the Parker."...
- 11/8/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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