Will Thorne Staff WriterThe producer of one of Netflix’s breakthrough shows “Love Is Blind” has signed an overall deal with one of its streaming rivals.Sam Dean, who recently wrapped production on HBO Max’s unscripted series “12 Dates of Christmas,” has inked a two-year overall deal with the WarnerMedia streamer.In addition to Dean’s future assignments as a showrunner for HBO Max projects, Dean’s deal includes first-look rights on all her owned or controlled concepts for unscripted programming across all platforms.“Sam is an outstanding unscripted storyteller and a top-tier showrunner,” said Jennifer O’Connell, executive vice president original non-fiction and kids programming at HBO Max. “After working with Sam on our reality rom-com, ’12.
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