Universal Television Drums Up First-Look Deal With The Roots’ Production Company Two One Five Entertainment
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deadline.comBy Peter White Television Editor The Roots, the house band for NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, are drumming up new business for their production company Two One Five Entertainment after striking a first-look deal with Universal Television.
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter are to work with Universal Television and Universal Television Alternative Studio to develop scripted and non-scripted programming and specials for the studio.
The three-year deal extends their ten-year relationship with NBC, having been with Fallon, then on Late Night, since 2009. This comes after the launch of Hip Hop Songs that Shook America, the docuseries they produced for AMC.
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