Seth MacFarlane is on the move with a big new overall deal at NBCUniversal Content Studios, the new unit of NBCUniversal under Bonnie Hammer.
The deal came in through Universal Content Productions president Dawn Olmstead. According to sources, the deal is for five years and valued at nearly $200 million. NBCUniversal declined to comment on the specific terms of the deal.
Under the deal, he and his Fuzzy Door Productions company will develop television projects for both internal and external networks, including NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, Peacock. Erica Huggins heads up Fuzzy Door and is overseeing all content.
This is the first overall deal announced since the three NBCUniversal television studios — Universal Television, Universal Content Productions and NBCUniversal International Studios — aligned under the new banner.
MacFarlane is now the latest in an ever-growing string of high-profile creators and producers to ink substantial television deals. Shonda Rhimes, Kenya Barris, and Ryan Murphy...
The deal came in through Universal Content Productions president Dawn Olmstead. According to sources, the deal is for five years and valued at nearly $200 million. NBCUniversal declined to comment on the specific terms of the deal.
Under the deal, he and his Fuzzy Door Productions company will develop television projects for both internal and external networks, including NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, Peacock. Erica Huggins heads up Fuzzy Door and is overseeing all content.
This is the first overall deal announced since the three NBCUniversal television studios — Universal Television, Universal Content Productions and NBCUniversal International Studios — aligned under the new banner.
MacFarlane is now the latest in an ever-growing string of high-profile creators and producers to ink substantial television deals. Shonda Rhimes, Kenya Barris, and Ryan Murphy...
- 1/10/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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