E! is developing a TV series in which “canceled” celebrities live together in a house and seek redemption from America. Becoming Uncanceled (working title) is in the very early stages of development, a source confirms for The Hollywood Reporter.
Becoming Uncanceled is the brainchild of Allison Wallach, head of unscripted at Fox Entertainment Studios.
The Becoming Uncanceled news was first reported by the Ankler via an interview with Versant‘s entertainment president, Val Boreland (pictured above). Boreland did not reveal the names of her houseguests, but teased it like this: “You can think about the kind of people we’re talking about — not criminals — who might need to redeem themselves in front of America.”
Boreland said she could not “rule out” a politician joining the ranks.
“But again, this isn’t to be salacious about criminal activity,” she said. “It’s supposed to be more fun with a little of the serious nature of getting themselves back on track.”
There’s no way this blows up in anyone’s face. None whatsoever.
Versant officially separated from Comcast/NBCUniversal earlier this month. The new company is the result of NBCU going lean, spinning off all of its cable assets this side of Bravo and packaging the castaway channels with some digital assets. Versant is comprised of USA Network, Syfy, the aforementioned E!, CNBC, MS NOW (fka MSNBC), Oxygen and Golf Channel, as well as digital businesses such as Fandango, GolfNow and Rotten Tomatoes. Versant, itself previously referred to as “SpinCo.,” is led by Mark Lazarus. It trades on the NASDAQ now under ticker symbol VSNT.