Blumhouse Television and ITV America set an overall deal for unscripted television. The former has now hired Gretchen Palek to oversee its push into non-scripted.Palek, who was Co-President of ITV America’s Leftfield Pictures will become Head of Alternative at Blumhouse TV and will work closely with her former ITV America colleagues to develop and produce a slate of non-fiction projects.She will report to Blumhouse TV President Chris McCumber.Blumhouse and ITV America are already preparing their first project – horror competition format Escape The Maze (w/t) and Deadline understands that the two companies are already talking about partnering on a number of other formats.Palek spent eight years across ITV America.
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