National Geographic Channel has set the creative team and correspondents for the return of “Explorer” this fall, both which TheWrap has learned exclusively. Lou Wallach, formerly of “The Colbert Report” and “The Talking Dead,” will executive produce the revamped format. Nick McKinney and Meghan O’Hara — creators of The IFC Media Project — will join him as EPs and showrunners. Bryan Christy, Ryan Duffy, Francesca Fiorentini, Jena Friedman, Justin Hall, Billie Mintz, Tania Rashid, Tim Samuels and Baratunde Thurston will serve as correspondents. As previously announced, studio host Richard Bacon (pictured above) will anchor the whole thing. Also Read: How Nat...
- 7/12/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
IFC.s critically acclaimed series The IFC Media Project will return to the network in May for a four-night docuseries event titled The IFC Media Project Presents: Fear, War, Greed and Disaster. Four new 30-minute episodes delving into each of these topics will premiere Monday, May 24 through Thursday, May 27 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Guided by journalists including Max Blumenthal (Fear), Nir Rosen (War), Charlie LeDuff (Greed) and Andrew Berends (Disaster), the series will bring in-depth perspectives to some of the most important stories of our time. .This is The IFC Media Project as it was always meant to be . irreverent, on point, and in depth,. said Meghan O'Hara, creator and executive producer of The IFC Media Project...
- 5/22/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
IFC has ordered a second season of its documentary series "The IFC Media Project,' which goes behind the scenes of how the news gets made.
Hosted by correspondent Gideon Yago, the five episodes will premiere in May and are produced by Meghan O'Hara and Nick McKinney ("The Daily Show," "30 Days").
"This is a truly important series that reveals what's really going on in our world today versus what the news media feeds consumers," O'Hara said. "In the new season we will take our exploration of news media even further as we venture across the globe to get the real stories behind current events, conflicts and disasters that may have made headlines, but the entire story was never told."
Season 2 will cover the conflict in Georgia, the "clean coal" debate and President Barack Obama's press relations and more.
Hosted by correspondent Gideon Yago, the five episodes will premiere in May and are produced by Meghan O'Hara and Nick McKinney ("The Daily Show," "30 Days").
"This is a truly important series that reveals what's really going on in our world today versus what the news media feeds consumers," O'Hara said. "In the new season we will take our exploration of news media even further as we venture across the globe to get the real stories behind current events, conflicts and disasters that may have made headlines, but the entire story was never told."
Season 2 will cover the conflict in Georgia, the "clean coal" debate and President Barack Obama's press relations and more.
- 3/20/2009
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Now that Quantum of Solace has had some time to sink in, we get to the pressing questions is raises. Sure, it was a quality action movie, but was it spy movie? Where were the gadgets? The new Bond Girl kicked plenty of ass, but where was the deception? We dig into all this and more when we ask: what happened to Bond? Meghan O'Hara, producer of The IFC Media Project, joins us to talk about the truth behind the news. The show, which is more cinéma vérité than TV news magazine, airs on the IFC channel Tuesdays at 8:00 Pm. Karina checks in before heading off to the Denve ...
- 11/21/2008
- by Kevin Buist
- Spout
Now that Quantum of Solace has had some time to sink in, we get to the pressing questions is raises. Sure, it was a quality action movie, but was it spy movie? Where were the gadgets? The new Bond Girl kicked plenty of ass, but where was the deception? We dig into all this and more when we ask: what happened to Bond? Meghan O'Hara, producer of The IFC Media Project, joins us to talk about the truth behind the news. The show, which is more cinéma vérité than TV news magazine, airs on the IFC channel Tuesdays at 8:00 Pm. Karina checks in before heading off to the Denver Film ...
- 11/21/2008
- by Kevin Buist
- Spout
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