After all the twists and turns on the Shane Salerno-directed docu Salinger that began with a January 2010 Deadline reveal that the film had been shot, how did the documentary do? The American Masters version totaled 2 million viewers, including repeat broadcasts and DVR viewers. This was strong considering the film had been released by The Weinstein Company and was in the top 10 of the year’s theatrical docus, and that it was viewable on Netflix at that time. The Simon & Schuster companion book written by David Shields and Salerno hit both the New York Times and La Times bestseller lists. And Salerno more than made back the $2 million he invested to make the film, after he made three 7-figure deals with TWC, S&S and American Masters. It didn’t hurt the Salinger estate either, as Catcher In The Rye hit the bestseller charts again, 62 years after its publication in...
- 3/11/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
After all the twists and turns on the Shane Salerno-directed docu Salinger that began with a January 2010 Deadline reveal that the film had been shot, how did the documentary do? The American Masters version totaled 2 million viewers, including repeat broadcasts and DVR viewers. This was strong considering the film had been released by The Weinstein Company and was in the top 10 of the year’s theatrical docus, and that it was viewable on Netflix at that time. The Simon & Schuster companion book written by David Shields and Salerno hit both the New York Times and La Times bestseller lists. And Salerno more than made back the $2 million he invested to make the film, after he made three 7-figure deals with TWC, S&S and American Masters. It didn’t hurt the Salinger estate either, as Catcher In The Rye hit the bestseller charts again, 62 years after its publication in...
- 3/11/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline TV
On Tuesday, January 21st at 9pm, PBS's "American Masters" documentary series will air the never-before-seen director's cut of Shane Salerno's divisive film "Salinger," about the life and influence of reclusive "Catcher in the Rye" author J.D. Salinger, who passed away three years ago. The premiere will be both the series' 200th episode and the premiere of its 28th season. It'll be the first without creator and executive producer Susan Lacy, who left PBS for HBO in September, on board, though Lacy engineered the "Salinger" deal with Wnet VP of Programming Stephen Segaller and is the executive producer of most of the films in the upcoming season. The director's cut will include 15 minutes of new material. PBS has shared an outtake from the film featuring interviewee David Shields, who co-authored an accompanying book on Salinger with Salerno, on the impact of World War II on J.D. Salinger's writing, including...
- 1/10/2014
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
PBS and Wnet have teamed up to produce Ted Talks Education, the first original Ted public television education special set to air April 16. The series, announced today at TCA by Wnet VP Stephen Segaller, will feature thought leaders on the topic of learning, including Bill Gates, author and educator Sir Ken Robinson, and social activist and educator Geoffrey Canada. Ted is a nonprofit organization dedicated to “ideas worth spreading.” It is not, joked Segaller, “Seth MacFarlane’s potty-mouthed teddy bear.”...
- 1/15/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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