TCA17: SundanceTV to Develop ‘Unspeakable’ Miniseries

By R. Thomas Umstead
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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SundanceTV will team with Canada’s CBC to develop a new miniseries,Unspeakable,the network said Saturday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.

The eight-part series chronicles the emergence of HIV and Hepatitis C in Canada in the early 1980s and the tragedy that resulted after thousands of people were unnecessarily infected by tainted blood, according to SundanceTV officials.

The series is executive produced by Robert C. Cooper (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) and will be filmed in Canada in early 2018 for broadcast on CBC in Canada and SundanceTV in the U.S., said network officials.  

SundanceTV also set premiere dates for several projects, includingTop Of The Lake: China Girl (Sept. 10); psychological thriller series Liar(Sept. 27) and documentary seriesTrue Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders(Nov. 18).

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.