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HBO is getting into the Richard Gadd business. The premium cable network has come on board Lions, the BBC drama series created by the Baby Reindeer creator and star. The British public broadcaster unveiled the project in February, two months before Gadd became a massive international star thanks…

George Galloway, the controversial Scottish politician and TV personality, has said he was “relentlessly” and “physically” stalked by the real-life Martha from Baby Reindeer. In a clip from a Piers Morgan Uncensored interview, Galloway said the stalking took place in the late 1980s and involved…

Editor's note: Deadline's It Starts on the Page features standout limited or anthology series scripts in 2024 Emmy contention. Richard Gadd’s autobiographical Netflix limited series Baby Reindeer has been a bona fide cultural phenomenon, becoming one of the streamer's most popular English-language…

Deadline's TV Talk podcast is back for another season, taking listeners all the way to the 76th Emmy Awards ceremony September 15. Today’s podcast is the end of our Phase 1, but, like Arnold said, we’ll be back. It's less than a month until the nominations are revealed for the 76th Primetime Emmy…

The lawyer suing Netflix over Baby Reindeer has seized on a report in the UK alleging that the streaming giant pushed Richard Gadd into branding the series a true story. The Sunday Times reported over the weekend that Netflix requested the opening line “this is a true story,” despite some misgivings…

An industry debate about the blurred lines between reality and fiction was always going to take in the ongoing situation with Baby Reindeer – and so it was at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival. A group of factual producers spoke in a Festival conference session entitled “New Narratives for Documentaries…

Steve Coogan’s 2022 film about the search for King Richard III’s remains was defamatory to a man portrayed by actor Lee Ingleby, a UK High Court judge has ruled. Richard Taylor, a former employee at the University of Leicester, is suing the producers of The Lost King, including Coogan, his production…

It’s official — Baby Reindeer is one of Netflix’s most popular series of all time. The thriller series has crept its way to No. 10 on the streamer’s all-time English-language TV series list after clocking 84.5 million views since its release April 11, bumping The Witcher Season 1 off the list…

Netflix’s Baby Reindeer and Ripley and FX’s Shōgun lead the 2024 Television Critics Association awards nominations with five each. FX's The Bear follows with four noms, and FX's Fargo and Reservation Dogs and Max's Hacks with three each. Past winners Quinta Brunson and Jean Smart return in the…

Is Netflix sending a message about its support for Baby Reindeer? The streaming giant has posted Jessica Gunning’s audition tape for Martha in Richard Gadd’s gripping “true story” about his experience with an alleged stalker. The video is likely a sign that Emmy voting is around the corner, but…

EXCLUSIVE: After Netflix got slapped with a $170M Baby Reindeer lawsuit, Deadline hears that the scandal’s blast radius has been felt on other drama projects inspired by real events. Sources said the BBC has been fielding a surge in duty of care compliance questions in recent weeks from producers of…

(Updated with Netflix statement) “Sometimes you create such a web of lies that you almost forget what you started running from in the first place." That quote from Donny (Richard Gadd) in the second episode of Baby Reindeer just might be on the mind of Netflix on Thursday after the streamer was hit…