Overview
- Vox Media Studios and 20th Television agreed to a multi-year first-look television partnership to develop scripted and unscripted projects drawn from Vox’s long-form journalism and podcasts.
- Company leaders publicly endorsed the deal, with Karey Burke of 20th Television and Dana J. Olkkonen of Vox Media Studios describing the partnership as a new pipeline for turning reporting into TV.
- Vox Media Studios will continue to pursue projects with other streamers while giving 20th Television priority on items it brings forward from its development slate.
- VMS already has several projects in production or development at other platforms, including The Altruists and a Lizzy Caplan drama at Netflix and a Nanny Squatter limited series reportedly nearing a pickup at Apple TV+.
- The deal reflects a wider studio push to monetize trusted media brands as source material for premium television and follows recent creator deals by 20th Television that signal an accelerated content build for Disney’s platforms.