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Development Execs in Development Hell Too

A viral post about the creation of the new Netflix Bear Grylls reality series reveals industry agita about recognition and future job prospects

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Manori Ravindran
Mar 17, 2025
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IT’S COMPLICATED Netflix’s Celebrity Bear Hunt, starring Bear Grylls, is at the center of a debate over credits on reality series. (Photo illustration by The Ankler; Netflix)

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Manori Ravindran writes about int’l TV from London. She recently reported on the surge in Japanese co-productions and Ireland’s “conveyer belt” of unscripted production.

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