AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Peacock and Netflix race to produce rival Wendy Williams documentaries as her health declines
Two competing documentary projects about Wendy Williams are now in development at Peacock and Netflix, even as the former talk-show host battles dementia and remains too unwell to appear on camera. Suzanne Bass, Williams's former executive producer, pitched a documentary to Peacock and secured a deal, The U.S. Sun reported. Netflix has a separate project […] The post Peacock and Netflix race to produce rival Wendy Williams documentaries as her health declines appeared first on American Almanac .
Two competing documentary projects about Wendy Williams are now in development at Peacock and Netflix, even as the former talk-show host battles dementia and remains too unwell to appear on camera. Suzanne Bass, Williams's former executive producer, pitched a documentary to Peacock and secured a deal, The U.S. Sun reported . Netflix has a separate project in the works. Both streaming services are pushing to be first to air. The result is a strange spectacle: two major media companies scrambling to tell the story of a woman who, by all available accounts, can no longer speak for herself. Williams has been diagnosed with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. The U.S. Sun previously reported she also suffers from alcohol-related…Open