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TV Review: ESPN’s ‘The Prince of Pennsylvania’
As has been demonstrated time and again, movies aren’t necessarily the place to go for an unvarnished representation of reality, even in films based on actual events. So for those who saw “Foxcatcher,”...
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TV Review: ‘O.J.: Made in America’
With FX’s 10-hour dramatization of the O.J. Simpson trial premiering in February, one might think an ESPN documentary of equal length — due to air this spring, but getting a preview at the Sundance...
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TV Review: ESPN’s ‘The ’85 Bears’
For a documentary about a team of colorful characters that decimated the rest of the NFL, “The ’85 Bears” is surprisingly sentimental, in places even maudlin. Much of that has to do with the tragedies...
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TV Review: ESPN’s ‘Fantastic Lies’
Scheduled on the 10th anniversary of the incident that triggered the Duke lacrosse case, “Fantastic Lies” is an especially powerful ESPN “30 for 30” documentary, one more peripherally connected to...
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Tribeca Film Review: ’30 for 30: This Magic Moment’
ESPN’s “30 for 30” documentary series vacillates between in-depth profundity and carefree superficiality, and its latest installment, “This Magic Moment,” lands somewhere between those two poles.
View ArticleOur Staff Picks: TV Shows to Watch the Week of Nov. 6, 2017
Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV. Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and...
View ArticleESPN Sets Launch of Mets Documentary, ‘Once Upon a Time in Queens,’ for 2021
ESPN examined the 1990s Chicago Bulls in a celebrated documentary series and probed the fortunes of the 1970s New York Yankees in a serialized drama. Now the sports-media giant has big plans for the...
View ArticleCAA Signs Emmy-Winning Director Randy Wilkins (EXCLUSIVE)
CAA has signed three-time Emmy Award-winning writer, director, editor and producer, Randy Wilkins, best known for his work on ESPN Films’ “30 for 30.” Up next, Wilkins will direct “The Captain,” a...
View ArticleSue Bird and Megan Rapinoe Launch Production Company A Touch More (EXCLUSIVE)
World-renowned athletes Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe have launched A Touch More, a new production company that centers the stories of revolutionaries who “move culture forward.” Bird, a five-time Olympic...
View Article’30 for 30′ Doc Examines Peyton Manning and 1997 Heisman Trophy Race (EXCLUSIVE)
The 1997 race for the Heisman Trophy will be explored in an installment of the 14th season of ESPN’s “30 for 30” series. Titled “The Great Heisman Race of 1997,” the ESPN Films docu will debut on Dec....
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