Tweet

NBC Signs Spike Lee for Drama Series

By Ben Grossman -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/18/2006 10:59:00 AM

NBC has signed Spike Lee to develop a new drama series for NBC Universal Television Studio.

While details of the project and Lee’s exact role are yet to be announced, NBC Entertainment’s new Senior VP of drama development Katie O’Connell says the deal makes sense for NBC.

"I wanted to be aggressive about bringing in a high-profile filmmaker who fits in so well with NBC's traditional brand of challenging quality dramas," she says.

Lee recently directed the CBS pilot for the new James Woods drama, Shark. His filmmaking career includes hits such as Do The Right Thing and Malcolm X.

Tweet

Talkback

We would love your feedback!

Post a comment

» View All Talkback Threads

Related Content

• Topics
• Author
• Most Popular Pages

No related content found.

Also by this author

• In a Flyover State: Go Hunting for This Demo

• In a Flyover State: Why 'Smash' Is (Shockingly)Music to My Ears

• Is NASCAR Back on Track?

• Exclusive: HBO Greenlights Jim Lampley-Hosted Boxing Series

• Peter Berg Working on Mike Leach Docu-Series

Also by Ben Grossman

Most Popular Pages

No Top Articles

• Resource Center
• Browse Categories
• Browse Companies

Featured Company

• Rovi

  Rovi Corporation is focused on revolutionizing the digital entertainment landscape by delivering solutions that enable consumers to intuitively connect to new entertainment from many sources and locations. The company also provides extensive entertainment discovery solutions for ..more

---

Most Recent Resources

• The New Normal for Promoting Tune-in
• Infrastructure Design for High Volume Video Workflows
• Mobile Media Strategies That Work
• Multi Format Encoding for Efficient Content Repurposing
• The CIOs Guide to Videoconferencing Security Keeping Pace with th..