Paramount TV Studios No Longer Doing Limited Series In The U.S., Says Nicole Clemens – MIA Market

Max Goldbart
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UPDATED with clarification: Paramount Television Studios is turning its back on limited series in the U.S., Nicole Clemens has revealed.

Clemens, who runs PTVS as President, said that she is focused on global stories that “have broader appeal and are propulsive and entertaining” during her MIA Market keynote at the Rome TV and film confab this afternoon.

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Miniseries such as Paramount+/PTVS biographical drama The Offer, which told the story of the making of The Godfather, are a no-go area for the time being.

“The only thing we’re not doing is limited series in the U.S.,” she said. “They are still happening internationally and people are still looking for opportunistic ways to make hit limited series but we are looking for contemporary, ongoing shows.”

Clemens encouraged “big, loud and funny” half-hour comedy pitches from producers, noting the upcoming Paramount+ Frasier revival from CBS Studios, which she oversaw in her previous additional role as head of original scripted series for the streamer.

As head of PTVS, Clemens is working on the likes of Amazon Prime Video’s Alex Cross and Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement and Iain Morris’ Time Bandits for Apple TV+. Meanwhile, Deadline revealed earlier today that Paramount TV Studios’ Spiderwick Chronicles adaptation has been picked up by Roku after Disney+ ditched the series for what Clemens termed were “tax reasons.”

Clemens told the Italian confab that she is also focused on shows from outside the U.S. “Netflix is saying 97% of audiences have now seen a subtitled show and younger audiences are really hungry for content out of Korea, Italy or the UK,” she added. “The opportunity for talent to migrate is really rich so I think [non-U.S. is] incredibly fertile ground.”

The former FX exec took the audience through the nuances of her new gig, which came after her boss George Cheeks folded the Paramount+ scripted originals team into Paramount TV Studios amidst layoffs, with Clemens in charge of the studio.

She said international producers can pitch through any local market and Paramount+ may take a show in that market. If the project is more global, she encouraged producers to pitch to the TV Studios team.

MIA is running this week in Rome, with the likes of Miramax’s Marc Helwig, Anonymous Content’s David Levine and Skybound’s Marge Dean on the bill.

Editor’s note: The original headline of this report erroneously stated that Paramount no longer is doing limited series; it should have read Paramount TV Studios.

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