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On Wednesday May 28 2025, History broadcasts Sitting Bull!

Never Give In Season 1 Episode 2 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Sitting Bull,” titled “Never Give In,” promises to be a gripping portrayal of one of the most significant moments in American history. This episode focuses on the legendary figures of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse as they confront George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Viewers can expect intense action and powerful storytelling as the Lakota leaders fight to protect their land and way of life.

The episode highlights the strategies and bravery of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse as they rally their people against the U.S. Army. The battle is not just a clash of military might; it symbolizes the struggle for survival and the fight for cultural preservation. The triumph of the Lakota at Little Bighorn is a pivotal moment, but the episode also...

On Tuesday May 27 2025, History broadcasts Sitting Bull!

Nations Collide Season 1 Episode 1 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Sitting Bull,” titled “Nations Collide,” promises to be a gripping exploration of a pivotal moment in American history. Set in the aftermath of the Civil War, this episode delves into the challenges faced by Native American tribes as American settlers begin to pour into the Great Plains. These settlers are not just looking for new opportunities; they are also taking land that belongs to the Native Americans, leading to significant tensions and conflict.

In “Nations Collide,” viewers will see the Lakota leader, Sitting Bull, step into a crucial role. Alongside the fierce warrior Crazy Horse, he is determined to protect his people’s land and way of life. The episode highlights the formation of a resistance movement that is both unprecedented and inspiring. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse rally their people, showcasing their...

Exclusive: Ex-Warner Bros. Discovery (Wbd) docs SVP Howard Swartz is heading to the UK to lead Pioneer Productions.

Swartz joins Pioneer immediately from Banijay-backed American Playboy producer Stephen David Entertainment. He will take on a CEO role that has been vacant for more than a year at Pioneer, the producer behind Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba, How the Universe Works and The Unsinkable Titanic. He will lead the company’s effort to expand a slate of factual content spanning feature docs, limited series and docuseries.

Swartz is a former Wbd SVP of docs and specials, during which time he oversaw more than 100 hours of Shark Week programming and launched several limited docuseries including Serengeti narrated by Lupita Nyong’o and Emmy-nominated feature January 6th. He moved to Stephen David two years back and counts Arrow Media and PBS as former employers.

“Pioneer Productions has always stood for intelligent, ambitious,...

The History Channel is set to premiere Sitting Bull, its new epic, two-night documentary event executive produced by Appian Way Productions, on Tuesday, May 27, and Wednesday, May 28, at 9 p.m. Et/Pt.

Narrated by Mo Brings Plenty (Yellowstone) and starring Kul Wičaša Lakota actor Michael Spears, the four-hour documentary series charts the heroic life and legacy of the renowned leader of the Lakota people from his origins as a tribal warrior, to his involvement in defending native lands, to his leadership in guiding the Lakota people through a tumultuous time in American history.

Sitting Bull is also executive produced by Crystal Echo Hawk, Larry Pourier, Dee Jay Two Bears, and Stephen David Entertainment, in partnership with IllumiNative and GroupM Motion Entertainment.

The documentary event will premiere as part of the network’s “History Honors 250,” a multiplatform initiative which includes long-form and short-form programming, digital and social content, custom partnerships, premium events,...

Peter Engel, who executive produced Saved by the Bell and a host of other teen sitcoms for NBC, died Tuesday at his home in Santa Monica, his son Stephen David Engel announced. He was 88.

The show that became Saved by the Bell began life as Good Morning, Miss Bliss on Disney Channel. The series at the time focused on Hayley Mills, who played the title character, and her students at an Indianapolis junior high school. That show lasted only one season, but after a retooling (and change in setting to Southern California), the NBC-produced show was relaunched as Saved by the Bell and became both a staple of NBC’s Saturday lineup from 1989-93 and a touchstone show for Gen X and millennial viewers.

The show helped launch the careers of its young cast — Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Thiessen, Mario Lopez, Elizabeth Berkley, Dustin Diamond and Lark Voorhies — and spawned a...

Apple TV+ has released the trailer for Season 3 of “Slow Horses.” The first two episodes will premiere on Nov. 29, and the remaining four episodes will be released weekly on Wednesdays through Dec. 27.

“Slow Horses” follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a department of MI5 known as “Slough House” due to their career-ending mistakes. Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, the leader of Slough House. The third season will focus on a romantic liaison in Istanbul, which threatens to expose an MI5 secret in London.

Joining the cast for Season 3 is Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù as Sean Donovan, the former security head at the British embassy in Istanbul, and Katherine Waterston as Alison Dunn, an MI5 agent who uncovers an agency secret. The ensemble cast is also comprised of Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Freddie Fox, Chris Reilly, Samuel West, Sophie Okonedo, Aimee-Ffion Edwards,...

Exclusive: Howard Swartz, who has overseen hundreds of hours of Shark Week programming, is exiting Warner Bros Discovery to take up a new role at Banijay Americas-owned Stephen David Entertainment.

Swartz, who was SVP of Documentaries and Specials for Wbd’s Factual Networks and Streaming, becomes EVP Development at the company known for series including Men Who Built America and American Playboy.

He will oversee development of Sde’s documentary, nonfiction series and specials and report to founder and CEO Stephen David.

In addition to Shark Week, Swartz also worked on Wbd’s natural history slate including Serengeti as well as the Donald Trump documentary Unprecedented, Viagra: The Little Blue Pill That Changed the World, and anthology strand Undiscovered.

Prior to his latest stint at Discovery, Swartz was EVP Production and Development at British production company Arrow Media. Before that he was VP Production and Development at Discovery Channel for four years,...

Hugh Hefner has amassed 2,900 personal scrapbooks over the years – which not only constitutes a Guinness World Record, but helped form much of the basis for Amazon Prime’s new docu-series “American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story.”

The 10-part series also combs through thousands of hours of footage from Hefner’s and Playboy’s archives to tell the story of the entrepreneur, starting with the launch of Playboy magazine in 1953. From there, “American Playboy” shines a particular light on Hefner’s advocacy for civil rights, gay rights, freedom of speech and sexual freedom.

Read More: ‘American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story’ Announced: Amazon Unveils Docuseries Chronicling The Millionaire’s Empire

Among the interviewees on “American Playboy”: Jesse Jackson, Gene Simmons and Bill Maher. The series also includes reenactments of pivotal moments in Hefner’s life.

Stephen David Entertainment (“The Men Who Built America,” “The Making of the Mob”) produced “American Playboy,...

Music mogul will serve as executive producer on The Definitive History Of Hip Hop through his All Def Digital alongside Stephen David Entertainment (Sde).

Russell Simmons and Stephen David have struck a partnership with global content investment and rights management company GroupM Entertainment (Gme) and production is set to begin this year.

The Definitive History Of Hip Hop begins in the early 1970s and chronicles the rise of the first DJs and emcees in New York City.

What began as a way for marginalised youth in New York City to deal with the stark realities of the inner city spread rapidly from the East Coast to the West Coast and evolved into a multi-billion dollar global industry and cultural force.

“Hip hop began in the Bronx and Queens, and was fuelled by pioneering new artists with an incredible hunger to express themselves in unimaginably bold new ways,” Simmons said.

”The Definitive History Of Hip Hop is the...

While you may not have access to go inside the famous Playboy Mansion, Amazon will take you on a tour of Hugh Hefner’s playmate-filled palace in a new docuseries, “American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story.”

The 13-episode TV event will draw from unprecedented access to more than 17,000 hours of footage and over 2,600 scrapbooks from Hefner’s personal archives, chronicling the life of the American icon and the history of the brand he created. Everything you ever wanted to know and see about the life of this playboy will be made available via Amazon’s original series.

“It has been a long road in finding the right partners to tell the full story of Playboy as it has unfolded over these past 63 years, and I believe we have found them in the collaborative team of Stephen David Entertainment and Amazon,” said Hefner in a statement. “I’m pleased that this...

"Gladiator" co-writer David Franzoni is set to pen the multi-layered drama series "Colosseum" for Stephen David Entertainment ("Sons of Liberty") with the project currently being shopped to networks.

Set within the world of the Roman Empire's gladiatorial games, this is the first major drama project announced since Sde brought in former History Gm Doug Hoogstra as chief creative officer with the goal to make a push into scripted programming.

The story deals with the lives of the gladiators within the arena and the powerful men and women who attempt to use them as political pawns.

David, Franzoni and Doug Hoogstra will executive produce with production to begin in New Zealand next year.

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We know how much you love watching the American West come alive on AMC's Hell on Wheels.

For five seasons you have watched the struggle to build railroad that will make travel between the east and west a reality and not necessarily a death sentence due to the hardships of traveling by horseback and on foot.

An all new episode of AMC’s limited series, The American West, airs this Saturday, June 18th at 10/9c.

On the second episode, “Two Front War” – executive produced by Robert Redford and Stephen David, and directed by John Ealer – Jesse James targets the railroads.

Custer is sent on a secret mission in Sioux Territory.

Grant deals with growing unrest in the west and south.

There was so much going on during that time, it's almost hard to believe, isn't it?

But if we're going to compare and contrast to what's happening on Hell on Wheels,...

AMC’s eight-part docudrama The American West premieres Saturday, and transports viewers to the wild and wonderful American frontier with a blend of dramatic reenactments and interviews with historians and Western movie notables. The series is executive produced by the award-winning Stephen David (The World Wars, The Men Who Built America) in association with Robert Redford’s Sundance Productions, and features interviews with actors whose work on Western films helped bring this era of American history to life. Some of the series’ famous faces include Redford, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon and Ed Harris. In the post-Civil … Continue reading →

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Hell On Wheels is rolling on out. AMC said it will premiere the second half of the Western period drama’s fifth and final season at 9 Pm Et Saturday June 11. It will be followed at 10 Pm by the series premiere of the Robert Redford- and Stephen David-produced limited event series The American West. How‘s final seven episodes will serve as the series’ finale and the end of the line for Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) and his work on America's first transcontinental…...

Hell on Wheels will start running out of track on Saturday, June 11 at 9/8c, when the first of the AMC series’ final seven episodes hits your TV box.

Leading out of HoW at 10 pm will be the premiere of the Robert Redford and Stephen David-produced The American West, an eight-episode limited series that will transport viewers “into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men” and feature interviews with notable names from classic Western films, including Redford, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon and Ed Harris.

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Hugh Hefner is getting a miniseries treatment. The Playboy founder’s life and his company are the subject of American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story, a miniseries produced by Stephen David Entertainment and Playboy's Alta Loma Entertainment. The project, which is currently being shopped to networks, is slated to begin production in 2016. Stephen David will executive produce the project with Alta Loma executives Peter Jaysen and Dick Rosenzweig. American Playboy will has…...

The Writers Guild of America has just announced the nominations for their annual awards for Best Screenplays (by writers who are guild signatories). That’s right, before you get nervous thinking that your favorite may have been left off the list, you must remember that the WGA is the group that is not all-inclusive and leaves out several of the top contenders each year due to them not being part of the guild or not following their very specific rules. For this reason, you won’t see Inside Out, The Hateful Eight, and Ex Machina in the Original Screenplay category or Room, Brooklyn, or Anomalisa in the Adapted screenplay category.

Taking a look at what’s left over for the nominations, we find many that were expected to make a showing, including Spotlight and Bridge of Spies for Original Screenplay, though they apparently had to sink to really low depths...

On the heels of Stephen David Entertainment signaling a major expansion into scripted television with the appointment of Dirk Hoogstra as Chief Creative Officer, the company has signed with Wme. It was previously repped by CAA. The Banijay Entertainment-owned independent studio is known for David’s docudrama series that blend documentary and reenactments utilizing CGI and state-of-the art technology, including The Men Who Built America and The World Wars at History as…...

The Writers Guild of America announced some of its nominees for its 2015 awards on Thursday, including television, new media, and radio, and among the TV nominees are series both new and old, and all beloved.

In the comedy series category, freshman Netflix show "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" scored a nomination for best series, as well as an overall best new series nod. "The Last Man on Earth" also landed in that latter category, and was singled out for its pilot episode writing, too.

On the drama side of the equation, lauded "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" also got best series and best new series nominations, in addition to a an episode writing nod. Newly-minted Emmy winner "Game of Thrones" also scored a best drama citation, as well as an episodic writing nomination.

The full list of nominees released this week are below. Nominations in the theatrical and documentary categories will...

Former History Channel general manager Dirk Hoogstra has been named Chief Creative Officer at Stephen David Entertainment, the company announced Thursday. In his new role, Hoogstra will be responsible for development, packaging, sales and shepherding new and current projects in the rapidly growing premium content space. Hoogstra will also be active in securing international financing and co-productions for U.S. broadcast partners. “I’ve spent the last few months looking for the right person to take advantage of all the opportunities Sde now has with Banijay, and Dirk definitely is that person,” said Stephen David in a statement. “Because of Banijay Sde’s ability.

AMC announced today that it has greenlit the non-fiction series Ride with Norman Reedus (working title), which will debut in 2016. Six one-hour episodes will follow actor and biker-enthusiast Norman Reedus as he takes viewers on a ride on the open road to explore local motorcycle culture and its history and celebrate some of the best and brightest collectors, mechanics and motorcycle craftsmen around the country. The series is produced by Left/Right Productions.

Each episode of Ride will begin in a different city where Norman Reedus and his riding companion - a fellow actor, musician, friend, or local chopper fanatic who shares his passion for motorcycles - will journey to a new destination. Along the way, they will stop at various locales such as custom bike shops, tattoo parlors, collector's warehouses, or a roadside smokehouse... with plenty of time for unplanned detours and tire changes. The series will also showcase...

As Daryl Dixon on The Walking Dead, Norman Reedus has put many motorcycle miles on the living dead landscape. Next year, fans can watch the actor's biker road trips in real life, as AMC is moving forward with the non-fiction series tentatively titled Ride with Norman Reedus.

Press Release: New York, NY – October 29, 2015 – AMC announced today that it has greenlit the non-fiction series “Ride with Norman Reedus” (working title), which will debut in 2016. Six one-hour episodes will follow actor and biker-enthusiast Reedus as he takes viewers on a ride on the open road to explore local motorcycle culture and its history and celebrate some of the best and brightest collectors, mechanics and motorcycle craftsmen around the country. The series is produced by Left/Right Productions.

Each episode of “Ride” will begin in a different city where Reedus and his riding companion – a fellow actor, musician, friend, or local chopper fanatic...

Drg has acquired international rights to Robert Redford's docu series, The West, and will be handling sales at Mipcom in October. The 8×60' series, which is exec produced and presented by Robert Redford, chronicles the dramatic evolution of the American West in the 19th century. Produced by Stephen David Entertainment with Sundance Productions and will air next year on AMC. The series is currently still in production. The West uses a blend of dramatization…...

AMC has renewed “Making of the Mob” for Season 2 and ordered “The West” straight to series, the cable channel said Friday during its Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour presentation. “The West” (working title) is executive produced by Stephen David Entertainment in association with Robert Redford’s Sundance Productions. Eight one-hour episodes will premiere in summer 2016; production is set to begin in early August. The limited-run series will take viewers into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and lawmen to chronicle the intimate, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting.

AMC has given a straight-to-series order to docudrama The West, from Robert Redford and Making Of The Mob‘s Stephen David. The network will make the announcement at its TCA presentation today. Additionally, the network has renewed The Making Of The Mob for a second season. In the vein of Making Of The Mob, The West will chronicle the evolution of the American West from 1865-1890. Using a blend of dramatic scenes, documentary footage and visual effects, The West will…...

With The Making of the Mob: New York, AMC and producer Stephen David go where so many have gone before – just with less style, insight, entertainment value or any memorable performances. It tries to be a documentary, it tries to be a drama, and it definitively fails at both. If you’ve literally never seen a mob movie […]

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Networks are all about the historical mini-series today. Spike has “Tut,” History has “Texas Rising,” and now AMC is delving into the makings of the mob with their upcoming docu-drama “The Making Of The Mob: New York,” coming to the network June 15 at 10/9c. The series takes a look at some of the key architects in New York’s crime families and how they managed to make fortunes as criminal masterminds. The series, consisting of eight, one-hour episodes is produced by Stephen David Entertainment (the company behind “The Men Who Built America” and “The World Wars”). The series is narrated by Ray Liotta and stars Rich Graff, Ian Bell, Jonathan [ Read More ]

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Title: Sons of Liberty Lionsgate / The History Channel Director: Kari Skogland Writer: David C. White; Stephen David; Kirk Ellis ;Zachary Herrmann; Jordan Rosenblum Cast: Ben Barnes, Marton Csokas, Ryan Eggold, Henry Thomas, Michael Raymond-James, Rafe Spall, Jason O’Mara,Dean Norris, Emily Berrington Running Time: 270 minutes (3 part miniseries); Unrated (Violence, mild language, mild sexuality) Special Features: 3 behind the scenes featurettes – Lensing Liberty; Men of Independence; The Choreography of War Available on DVD, VOD, Blu-Ray on May 26th The Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists that created the 13 colonies to protect rights and fight taxation from the English crown. This miniseries tells the stories [ Read More ]

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National Geographic Channel has another great event series for you in American Genius, a show dedicated to the rivalries that pushed progress forward throughout significant eras in American history, including our own.

The show focuses on specific developments, in varying eras, and details the genius, and geniuses, that were responsible for some of the most important and life-changing advancements in history.

Take a look below at the full list of episodes and dates.

Behind Great Geniuses Lie Even Greater Rivalries.

National Geographic Channel Reveals The Competitive Forces Behind History’S Most Remarkable Races For Innovation In New Miniseries Event American Genius

Eight-Part Event American Genius Premieres Monday, June 1, 2015, at 9 Pm Et/Pt on National Geographic Channel

(Washington, D.C. – May 6, 2015) For many of America’s boldest, most daring and most creative inventors, the greatest challenge wasn’t beating the odds — it was beating the competition. Behind these iconic innovators are rivals with vision,...

Hollywood’s sound pros nominated Birdman and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes for three awards apiece as the Motion Picture Sound Editors unveiled nods for its 62nd Mpse Golden Reel Awards, honoring the best feature film, television, animation and computer entertainment work of the year.

“2014 was a fantastic year for sound,” said Mpse president Frank Morrone. “The advent of new distribution channels, streaming services and gaming platforms is creating additional opportunities for sound artists to practice their craft beyond the traditional venues of film and television. This year’s nominations reflect that change, spanning an amazing diversity of mediums and genres, all executed at the highest level of creativity. We are truly inspired and impressed by the work of our colleagues.”

This year’s Golden Reels will additionally honor Noah director Darren Aronofsky with the Mpse’s annual Filmmaker Award. Oscar winner Skip Lievsay, known for his work...

The 2014 Emmy Nominations were announced today, with Game of Thrones and American Horror Story picking up quite a few nominations in top categories. The Walking Dead also picked up nominations for visual effects and sound editing. The official list is below and the winners will be announced live during the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards on August 25th.

Drama series

“Breaking Bad” (AMC)

“Downton Abbey” (PBS)

“Game of Thrones” (HBO)

“House of Cards” (Netflix)

“Mad Men” (AMC)

“True Detective” (HBO)

Comedy series

“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)

“Louie” (FX)

“Modern Family” (ABC)

“Orange is the New Black” (Netflix)

“Silicon Valley” (HBO)

“Veep” (HBO)

Miniseries

“American Horror Story: Coven” (FX)

“Bonnie and Clyde” (A&E)

“Fargo” (FX)

“Luther” (BBC America)

“Treme” (HBO)

“The White Queen” (BBC America)

TV Movie

“Killing Kennedy” (National Geographic)

“Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight” (HBO)

“The Normal Heart” (HBO)

“Sherlock: His Last Vow” (BBC America)

“The Trip to Bountiful...

History is making another addition to its original programming with an order for a new miniseries, Sons of Liberty. Hot off the continued success of Vikings, and the critical acclaim of other miniseries efforts (like The Bible and Hatfields & McCoys), the network now aims at what looks like a pretty interesting take on the lives of the biggest names of the American Revolution.

It seems as though we’re going for a “no really, they were just actual people,” approach to things, apparently trying to show that these were real men, with real lives and real problems, who threw themselves into something, probably far beyond their expectations. That could be a story worth telling, and there are some great cast members involved. Some audiences may have to be convinced that Ryan Eggold can get them to like him after he so recently got them to hate him on The Blacklist,...

History has ordered its latest scripted miniseries, "Sons of Liberty," from A+E Studios and Stephen David Entertainment ("The Men Who Built America," "The World Wars"), it was announced today by Dirk Hoogstra, Executive Vice President and General Manager, History and H2. The six-part miniseries, which will start production this summer, follows a defiant and radical group of young men . Sam Adams, John Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Joseph Warren . as they band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation.

"The World Wars" is the new History Channel documentary about World War I and World War II. It details how these two global conflicts were connected and profiles the various leaders involved. As executive producer Stephen David tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video chat (watch below): "We started looking into the origin stories of the people we know. The more we looked into it, the more we saw that the two wars were actually connected. It really was one 30-year period of war." -Break- The three-part program debuts on Memorial Day and is narrated by two-time Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner. It features gripping dramatic scenes with actors, stunning CGI visuals, and interviews with contemporaries such as Sen. John McCain, Gen. Colin Powell, and former British Prime Minister John Major. Follow Gold Derby on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr! Winston Churchill, Charles De Gaulle, Adolf Hitler, Dou...

President Obama will introduce night one of History’s six-part event series The World Wars. It will air on three consecutive nights on History and H2 beginning Memorial Day Monday at 9 Pm. Jeremy Renner will narrate the project, which showcases the 30-year period from 1914 to 1945, featuring interviews with Colin Powell, British Prime Miniter John Major, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, and Sen. John McCain, among others. Stephen David Entertainment is producing. Russ McCarroll, Paul Cabana and Elaine Frontain Bryant are exec producing for History.

"The World Wars" is the new History Channel documentary about World War I and World War II. It details how these two global conflicts were connected and profiles the various leaders involved. Executive producer Stephen David joins us for a live chat this Thursday, May 22, at 1:00 p.m. Pt/ 4:00 p.m. Et on Gold Derby's home page. -Break- The three-part program debuts on Memorial Day and is narrated by two-time Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner. It features gripping dramatic scenes with actors, stunning CGI visuals, and interviews with contemporaries such as Sen. John McCain, Gen. Colin Powell, and former British Prime Minister John Major. Follow Gold Derby on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr! Winston Churchill, Charles De Gaulle, Adolf Hitler, Douglas MacArthur, George S. Patton, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin are names that will live in infamy. This documentary shows how they rose to power throug...'...

Exclusive: Xbox Entertainment Studios and TV producer Stephen David (The Men Who Built America) have teamed to develop a groundbreaking new hybrid series. Utilizing still-in-development Xbox tech, the project combines interactive gaming and docudrama storytelling similar to the content David’s Stephen David Entertainment shingle has produced for History, NatGeo, TLC, and Lifetime. It’s still early out on the project, which is eyeing a 2015 debut, and Xbox is keeping mum on the technology to be used in the series. According to David, it’s “like playing television – true interaction with real history.” The currently untitled project will cover centuries of history and tackle iconic true tales from the world’s greatest civilizations. Plan is to launch 8-10 hourlong episodes starting with lead-off installment “13 Days Of Blood”. “The first installment will tell the lesser-known story of the Roman Empire through the lens of Commodus, the ‘gladiator emperor’ who created 13 days...

History Channel and H2 will premiere a six-part event series World Wars later in 2014, the networks announced today. The project will showcase the 30-year period, featuring interviews with Colin Powell, British Prime Miniter John Major, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, and Sen. John McCain, among others. Stephen David Entertainment (The Men Who Built America) is producing. From today’s announcement: World Wars will tell the story of three devastating decades of war from the perspective of the unique men who came of age in the trenches and later decided the fate of a world on the brink of disaster. World Wars was filmed in the Us and Europe and will premiere later in 2014. The event series will be broadcast on both History and H2 in the Us and internationally. It will also premiere on France Television and Germany’s N24 in those markets. “2014 is the 100 year anniversary of Wwi, and...

History & H2 are in post-production on a six-hour special event series, "World Wars" from Stephen David Entertainment ("The Men who Built America"), it was announced today by Dirk Hoogstra, Executive Vice President & General Manager History and H2. "World Wars" will tell the story of three devastating decades of war from the perspective of the unique men who came of age in the trenches and later decided the fate of a world on the brink of disaster. "World Wars" was filmed in the Us and Europe and will premiere later in 2014. The event series will be broadcast on both History and H2 in the Us and internationally. It will also premiere on France Television and Germany.s N24 in those markets. .2014 is the 100 year anniversary...

Robert Redford is heading to new frontiers with Discovery Channel. The "All Is Lost" star and Stephen David Entertainment ("The Men Who Built America") have partnered with Discovery for "The West," a new documentary tent pole series that will focus on the expansion of the American West between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of the 20th century, the network announced Tuesday. “The stories of the American West are epic and profound with some of the biggest, most renowned and mythologized characters,” said Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn of Redford's Sundance Productions in a statement. “We are thrilled...

Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn's Sundance Productions are producing a new scripted "factual series" for Discovery Channel -- "The West," which will look at the characters at the center of the 40 year period between the end of the American Civil War through the turn of the 20th Century, including Jesse James, Crazy Horse, Wyatt Earp and Buffalo Bill. "The stories of the American West are epic and profound with some of the biggest, most renowned and mythologized characters," said Redford and Michalchyshyn. "We are thrilled to be partnering with Stephen David to bring this series to the world." That would be Stephen David of Stephen David Entertainment, who'll be coproducing the series, and who previously worked on the History docudrama "The Men Who Built America," which sounds similar in format and had actors Adam Jonas Segaller, Justin Morck and Cary Donaldson playing Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford.

Get ready to learn how the west was won.

Discovery has announced that it is set to air a new series, The West, which “will provide unprecedented access into the wilderness, frontier lawlessness, and bloodshed of the 40 years between the end of the American Civil War and after the turn of the 20th Century,” according to the release. The show will feature the famous stories and characters — such as Jesse James, Crazy Horse and Buffalo Bill — at the center of this “violent, blood-soaked period in American history.”

The West, premiering in 2014, will be produced for Discovery by Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn’s Sundance Productions,...

Discovery Channel has ordered a new series, The West, from Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn’s Sundance Productions. The West will focus on the wilderness, frontier lawlessness, and bloodshed of the 40 years between the end of the American Civil War until after the turn of the 20th Century. From today’s announcement: Discovery Channel announces today that it is in production of an all-new series, The West, produced for Discovery by Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn’s Sundance Productions, who recently produced Discovery Channel’s Emmy Award nominated documentary All the President’s Men Revisited, and Stephen David Entertainment, known for its two-time Emmy Award winning series, The Men Who Built America. The West is set to premiere in 2014. “The stories of the American West are epic and profound with some of the biggest, most renowned and mythologized characters,” said Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn, Sundance Productions. “We are thrilled...

Discovery Channel has “Gold Fever.” TheWrap has learned that Discovery is in business with Stephen David, who executive produced last year’s Emmy-winning four-part documentary series, “The Men Who Built America,” for its own historical docu-miniseries titled “Gold Fever.” The four part docu-miniseries will air Friday, Oct. 11 and Oct. 18 at 9/8c on Discovery Channel. Also read: Civil War Miniseries ‘North and South’ Brewing at Discovery and Lionsgate It will primarily focus on the period after gold was discovered and the Boston Company, a group of 40 men who pursue riches in the West from January 1848 to October 1850. Viewers will learn just how.

HBO dominated the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday night, grabbing 20 awards, including eight for the Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra, the most-awarded program of the night. Other notable winners include Bob Newhart; the TV vet took home his first-ever Emmy for his guest-starring role on The Big Bang Theory.

See the complete list of winners below; an edited version of the nearly four-hour Creative Arts Emmys will air Saturday, Sept. 21, on Fxx.

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program

Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

Betty White, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers

Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars

Winner: Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn,...

Do you like your car? The fuel you put in it? The lights in your house? You can thank behaviors that would probably be illegal today, says Stephen David, one of the Emmy-nominated writers and executive producers of the History Channel non-fiction series "The Men Who Built America." The four-part story, which looks at such 19th- and early 20th-century innovators as John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan, looks at both the technological advances and morally questionable behavior that made America the great land it is today.

NoHo Arts District, CA, August 14, 2013 – The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today the juried winners for the 65th Emmy® Awards in the categories of Individual Achievement in Animation, Costumes for a Variety Program or Special and Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. The Emmy Awards will be bestowed during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday, September 15. The 2013 juried winners include: Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation Adventure Time • Puhoy • Cartoon Network • Cartoon Network Studios Andy Ristaino, Character Design Disney Mickey Mouse Croissant de Triomphe • Disney.com • Disney Television Animation Jenny Gase-Baker, Background Paint Disney Mickey Mouse Croissant de Triomphe • Disney.com • Disney Television Animation Joseph Holt, Art Direction Disney Tron: Uprising • The Stranger • Disney Xd • Disney Television Animation Alberto Mielgo, Art Direction Dragons: Riders of Berk • We Are Family (Part 2) • Cartoon Network • DreamWorks Animation Andy Bialk, Character Design The Simpsons • Treehouse Of Horror Xxiii • Fox • Gracie Films in association with...

Exclusive: National Geographic Channel has greenlit a docu-drama series American Genius from the producers of The Men Who Built America and Sons of Liberty. This time, Stephen David Entertainment will spotlight Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Graham Bell, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, among others. “In an era where America is not always credited as leading ingenuity, this show will remind us that this country has always been a global hotbed for genius, and we will celebrate the way they changed the world we live in,” NatGeo Channel president Howard T. Owens explained. Ngc is billing the multi-part series as the natural extension of its series Brain Games, which sizes up the human brain using an intricate string of experiments, optical illusions, brainteasers and hard science, and The Numbers Game, which looks at how science and statistics may hold the keys to a longer, wealthier, calmer life. Both Brain Games, which...

Thanks to History, the revolution will be televised. The cable channel is developing a miniseries revolving around the American Revolution, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap on Thursday. The proposed miniseries, "Sons of Liberty" is being developed with Stephen David Entertainment, the production company behind History's 2012 miniseries "The Men Who Built America," which chronicled American industrial innovators such as Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller and Henry Ford. Also read: Ratings: 'The Bible,' 'Vikings' Draw Big Numbers for History The new project will reach back a bit deeper into the nation's...

Cuban Missile Crisis 50th anniversary TV specials shed new light on the events of October 1962 that put the U.S. and Soviet Union on the brink of nuclear war. Commander in Chief: Inside the Oval Office “Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis” Re-airs Sunday, Oct. 21, at 12pm Et/Pt on Military Channel (from Military Channel press release): Commander In Chief: Inside The Oval Office is a gripping television mini-series that reveals the untold stories behind the critical military decisions in different presidencies. Produced by Stephen David Entertainment, known for its acclaimed History Channel specials The Men Who Built America and [...]...