Searchlight Television

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Searchlight Television, LLC
Company type Division
Industry Television
FoundedApril 11, 2018;6 years ago (2018-04-11)
Founders
Headquarters Burbank, California, U.S.
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Parent Searchlight Pictures

Searchlight Television, LLC is the television arm of Searchlight Pictures, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios, a sub-division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company. Founded on April 11, 2018, it seeks to broaden the variety of projects produced under the namesake Searchlight Pictures film banner. It is headed by David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield. [1] [2]

Both original material and adaptations of Searchlight's existing film library will be produced for cable, streaming and broadcast television, in the form of documentaries, scripted series, limited series and more. In April 2019, the Hulu streaming service ordered The Dropout , starring Amanda Seyfried from Searchlight Television and 20th Television. [3] The studio is also developing an adaptation of the City of Ghosts novel with ABC Signature and an adaptation of N. K. Jemisin's Inheritance Trilogy with Westbrook Studios. [4] [5] In October 2021, Hulu ordered a sequel series to the Mel Brooks film History of the World, Part I from Searchlight Television and 20th Television. [6]

Filmography

YearTitleNetworkNotesRef.
2022 The Dropout Hulu with Elizabeth Meriwether Pictures, Semi-Formal Productions, and 20th Television [7]
2023 History of the World, Part II with Good at Bizness, Inc., 23/34, Brooksfilms Limited and 20th Television [6]
The Full Monty FX on Hulu (U.S)
Disney+ (U.K)		with Little Island Productions, New Wave Films and FX Productions [8]
2024La MáquinaHuluwith La Corriente del Golfo and Nine and a Half Fingers, Inc. [9]
TBAAnything Factory Max [10]
Razzlekhan: The Infamous Crocodile of Wall StreetHuluwith Vox Media Studios [11]
Untitled City of Ghosts seriesTBAwith ABC Signature [4]
Untitled Inheritance Trilogy serieswith Westbrook [5]

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  4. 1 2 Otterson, Joe (March 11, 2021). "'City of Ghosts' Series Adaptation in the Works at ABC Signature, Searchlight Television (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  5. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (March 12, 2021). "N.K. Jemisin's 'The Inheritance Trilogy' To Be Developed As TV Series By Searchlight TV & Westbrook Studios". Deadline Hollywood.
  6. 1 2 Otterson, Joe (2021-10-18). "'History of the World Part II' Variety Series Ordered at Hulu, Mel Brooks to Write and Executive Produce (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
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