‘Cheers,’ ‘Taxi’ Showrunner Ken Estin and Mentalist Banachek Take Psychic Fraud Series ‘Psychic Predators’ From Taiwan Creative Content Fest to American Film Market (EXCLUSIVE)

‘Cheers,’ ‘Taxi’ Showrunner Ken Estin and Mentalist Banachek Take Psychic Fraud Series ‘Psychic Predators’ From Taiwan Creative Content Fest to American Film Market (EXCLUSIVE) hakkında magazin dünyasında yaşanan en son ayrıntılar ve sıcak gelişmeler netleşti. Nov 8, 2026 4:00pm PT ‘Cheers,’ ‘Taxi’ Showrunner Ken Estin and Mentalist Banachek Take Psychic Fraud Series ‘Psychic Predators’ From Taiwan Creative Content Fest to American Film Market (EXCLUSIVE) By Naman Ramachandran Plus Icon Naman Ramachandran Latest ‘Spy x Family’ Season 4 and New Theatrical Film Set for 2027 9 minutes ago Korea Box Office: Anime Phenomenon ‘Chiikawa’ Staves Off Corporate Thriller ‘Final Interview’ to Retain Top Spot 18 minutes ago ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ and ‘Ramayana: Rise of a Legend’ Roar at International Box Office 38 minutes ago See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source Comments Two-time Emmy winner Ken Estin , showrunner of “Taxi” and “Cheers,” is steering “Psychic Predators,” a paranormal dramatic comedy starring mentalist Banachek as himself. Organic Media Group (OMG) unveiled the series at Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) in Taipei, and it is also heading to the American Film Market .

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Estin, whose resume also takes in “The Tracey Ullman Show,” will run the series alongside Steve Chicorel, who created the show and is executive producing it. Estin signed on after reading Chicorel’s pilot, “The Voice of God,” and will oversee the writing of the rest of the season if the series is commissioned.

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Related Stories Papua New Guinea’s Most Expensive Film, ‘Mussau: The First Song,’ Wraps Shoot, Unveils First Looks (EXCLUSIVE) Banachek plays a famed mentalist who earns his living deceiving people but always admits his feats are tricks. When a hard-charging TV producer talks executives at TRN, The Reality Network, into backing a show that catches fake psychics red-handed, Banachek goes undercover alongside a magician skilled in disguise and a tough female FBI agent.

The producers liken the setup to “Mission Impossible” crossed with “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” transplanted into investigative TV. Behind the scenes, the team must also deal with network executives and their demands, clashing egos and the pull between uncovering the truth and landing an unscripted hit.

“Ken was remarkably young when he showran those legendary series – winning his first Emmy in his twenties – and he’s as sharp and funny as ever,” said Chicorel. “But we didn’t bring him on just for the jokes.

His work finds the vulnerability, heartbreak and humanity that give both comedy and drama their power. That balance of humor and pathos is exactly what ‘Psychic Predators’ needs to entertain audiences while exposing uncomfortable truths.” Estin said comedy needs emotional honesty, while serious drama needs humor to help people face it.

“Like ‘M A S*H,’ which illuminated the horrors of war, comedy lets us get past people’s defenses so they can hear important messages – like the ones Steve & Banachek built into ‘Psychic Predators’ to explore the magic of why we believe – and what happens when someone exploits that belief,” he said. The show draws on Banachek’s own history.

He was mentored by the late James “The Amazing” Randi, the famed skeptic, and took part in Project Alpha, among the most famous stings in paranormal research. He was 18 when it began.

Passing himself off as a psychic, he used conjuring methods to reveal weaknesses in the researchers’ experimental controls, while Randi showed the overconfident scientists how the same effects could be faked. Banachek also helped Randi unmask televangelist Peter Popoff, whose supposed messages from God were being relayed to him through a concealed earpiece.

The pilot dramatizes a con of that kind.

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