Ryan Pirozzi: Last News

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Amazon Studios is merging its Prime Video and Freevee unscripted teams  under the oversight of reality TV vet Chris Castallo. Having previously focused on Prime Video fare, Castallo will now oversee unscripted for both outlets and report to Lauren Anderson, who was recently named head of AVOD original content and programming at Amazon Studios. The move comes following a restructure inside Amazon’s ad-supported video on demand service. Earlier this month, Ryan Pirozzi was named head of Freevee, overseeing the business side of the streaming service, while Anderson was given oversight for programming, which includes development, production, licensing, scheduling, research and strategy for Freevee and Prime Video’s ad-supported FAST linear channels. Anderson and Pirozzi had formerly served as co-heads of content and programming for Amazon Freevee (the ad-supported video on demand service that had been known as IMDb TV).

Amazon Freevee has teamed with MGM and Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal to add 23 FAST Channels.

“American Rust” will get a second season after all.

Freevee has come to the rescue for American Rust. Amazon’s free ad-supported video on demand streaming service (formerly IMDb TV) has ordered a second season of the Rust Belt drama series, with Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney returning to lead the cast.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon Freevee is bringing back “American Rust” for Season 2 following the show’s cancellation at Showtime.“American Rust,” based on the Philipp Meyer novel of the same name, stars Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney. The show aired one season on Showtime in late 2021 before it was canceled in January 2022.“’American Rust’ is exactly the type of gritty and engaging storytelling Amazon Freevee audiences love, and we could not be more excited to bring this prestige series to our customers, free of charge,” said Lauren Anderson and Ryan Pirozzi, co-heads of content and programming at Amazon Freevee.

Amazon Freevee, the ad-funded streaming service, has unveiled a raft of renewals, unscripted orders and developments following its rebrand from IMDb TV.

Court will definitely be back in session for Judge Judy Sheindlin. The IMDb TV series Judy Justice has been picked up for a second season.

K.J. Yossman Amazon has launched ad-based streaming service IMDb TV in the U.K.