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Amazon’s New Unscripted Chief Is Leaning Into Big Formats For Younger Viewers – Reality TV Summit

Deadline·Peter White·28 days ago
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Jenn Levy has only been in her new job at Amazon for a few months but she already has an idea of how she wants to shake up its unscripted slate. Levy, who is Head of Nonfiction Series at the streamer, is hunting for “holy sh*t” formats that can appeal to younger viewers, the ones that tuned in for Beast Games , and knows that “lean back” television doesn’t work for streaming audiences. “The big challenge in streaming and what we’re focused on is going younger. I know everyone is sort of talking about it, but Beast Games is a huge success, massive show, massive audience, and it skews younger. I think figuring out how we can follow that with other formats and series is super important,” she said at Deadline’s Reality TV Summit . Beast Games recently streamed its second season and has already been picked up for a third season. Watch on Deadline Levy, who previously worked at Netflix, said that the “shape and size of a show doesn’t really matter”, it’s about the quality of the characters and the story.…

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