Brian Tannenbaum: Last News

Demi Lovato is teasing an exciting new holiday special!

Caroline Brew editor John Cena is bringing his first talk series to Roku Originals. Hosted and produced by Cena, “What Drives You” will follow Cena and his celebrity friends as they hit the road in the guests’ favorite vehicles.

Roku is working with the UFC to create a three-part original doc series, Fight Inc: Inside the UFC.

EXCLUSIVE: Roku has greenlit second seasons of Reptile Royalty, UFO Cowboys and Lincoln Log Masters.

Emily Longeretta The Roku Channel is breaking out their wreaths. The streaming platform announced two new holiday projects to their lineup. “How to Fall in Love by the Holidays,” led by Teri Hatcher, follows a writer-turned-CEO who must write a column about love in time for the holidays.

Demi Lovato is ringing in the holidays in an upcoming special on Roku!

Demi Lovato will be rocking around the Christmas tree in a new holiday special for Roku.

EXCLUSIVE: There’s more sushi being served at Roku. The streamer has ordered a second season of Morimoto’s Sushi Master.

Roku is sticking with the NFL Draft.

The CW Network has teamed with Roku on Fight To Survive, the previously announced reality series hosted by American Ninja Warrior’s Akbar Gbajabiamila.

Roku is doing up its house and has tasked Liza Koshy to help.

EXCLUSIVE: Roku has ordered a celebrity cooking show exec produced by Sofia Vergara and hosted by her son Manolo Gonzalez Vergara.

Charna Flam Kevin Hart and MotorTrend have moved the second season of “Kevin Hart’s Muscle Car Crew” to The Roku Channel. The unscripted series first debuted in 2021 on MotorTrend+ and MotorTrend TV. “Kevin Hart’s Muscle Car Crew” follows Hart and his friends, the “Plastic Cup Boyz,” as they dive into America’s evolving car culture. Throughout the first season, the group of friends began as just mere car enthusiasts and slowly turned into a legitimate car club. In Season 2, Hart and his crew open their own car restoration garage in Atlanta. The new car aficionados begin to learn even more about car culture as they work together to open and operate their own brick and mortar location.

The Great American Baking Show, a spinoff of the Great British Bake Off, has released its first trailer.

is finally here! Ahead of the 's debut on the Roku Channel, the franchise released the first trailer for the upcoming spin-off hosted by Ellie Kemper and Zach Cherry and judged by longtime stars, chef Paul Hollywood and restaurateur Prue Leith. In the extended look at the new season, U.S. contestants are put to the test as Hollywood and Leith look to crown America's best amateur baker.

EXCLUSIVE: Roku is promoting a number of execs in its originals team following a shakeup last week.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Roku Channel scripted series head Colin Davis has jumped to Sony Pictures Television Studios as the studio’s new exec VP of comedy development, Variety has confirmed. As part of the exec shuffle, back at Roku, Brian Tannenbaum has replaced Davis as head of scripted on an interim level. Davis will report to Sony Pictures TV Studios co-president Jason Clodfelter and oversee comedy development for all platforms. Davis’ team will include comedy development senior VP, animation VP Frank Ochoa and comedy development manager Jackie Wertheimer. He starts on May 1. At Roku, Davis oversaw the launch of series including the “Reno 911” reboot and Kevin Hart’s “Die Harter,” as well as the greenlight and release of the feature “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.” Davis joined Roku as part of its acquisition of Quibi content; he had previously led scripted at that very brief short-form subscription service. Before Quibi, he handled comedy development at Turner, working on shows such as “Search Party.” His interim replacement, Tannenbaum, also joined Roku from Quibi..

Fox Entertainment Chairman Charlie Collier is leaving the linear network to join Roku.

Ellie Kemper and Zach Cherry have signed on to cohost the Roku Original eality series The Great American Baking Show.

Roku has commissioned a second season of animated comedy Doomlands and ordered a duo of non-scripted projects.

Two months after acquiring the Quibi library, Roku has tapped a handful of the defunct mobile app's former executives to manage the rollout of that programming on its platform. Two former senior content executives at Quibi, Colin Davis and Brian Tannenbaum, have updated their LinkedIn profiles to indicate their new roles at Roku.