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TCM Retains UK Rights To ‘Longmire’, Season 4 Eyed For Autumn Premiere

By Patrick Munn | July 30, 2015 - 6:56 pm | 1 Comment

EXCLUSIVE: The former A&E original series Longmire is staying put in its long-time UK home. TCM UK continues to hold the first window UK broadcast rights to the Wyoming set cop drama starring Robert Taylor and Katee Sackhoff, TVWise can reveal. TCM UK is fast-tracking the show's fourth season, with plans to air it this Autumn, close behind the U.S. debut on Netflix.

Lifetime UK Acquires ‘Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce’, Sets September Premiere

By Patrick Munn | July 30, 2015 - 4:48 pm | 1 Comment

Bravo's first original scripted drama series is coming to the UK. Lifetime UK has acquired the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce after striking a deal with international distributor NBCUniversal International Television Distribution, TVWise has learned. The show's 13 episode first season will premiere on Lifetime UK on Tuesday September 15th at 9pm.

ITV To Make ‘Family Guy’ Available On ITV Player Following Linear Broadcast

By Patrick Munn | July 30, 2015 - 8:37 am | No Comments

ITV's bumper deal with Fox for Family Guy and Seth MacFarlane's other animated series gives them the rights to put episodes on ITV Player, TVWise can reveal. New episodes will be put on the broadcaster's catch up service after they have aired on ITV2.

Universal Channel Picks Up UK Rights To ‘White Collar’

By Patrick Munn | July 30, 2015 - 8:03 am | No Comments

Universal Channel has acquired the UK broadcast rights to USA Network’s con-man drama series White Collar after striking a deal with international distributor Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, TVWise has learned. The first season of White Collar will premiere on Universal Channel on Tuesday September 1st at 6pm and will the continue to air daily in the same time-slot, leading into the show second season which launches on Monday September 21st.

The Americans: How The Deal To Bring FX’s Cold War Spy Drama To ITV Encore Came About (Exclusive)

By Patrick Munn | July 29, 2015 - 10:54 am | 8 Comments

TVWise examines how the deal to bring The Americans to pay channel ITV Encore came about after the broadcaster previously decided that the ratings performance of the show was such that they could not justify licensing any further seasons of The Americans for the main ITV channel.

ITV’s Head Of Acquired Series Sasha Breslau Talks Strategy, ‘The Americans’, US Drama On ITV2 & More (Q&A)

By Patrick Munn | July 28, 2015 - 9:08 am | 1 Comment

As part of our on-going feature series on acquisitions, TVWise speaks to ITV's Head of Acquired Series Sasha Breslau about the acquisitions strategy at ITV, the move to shift non-scripted programming to ITVBe, the importance of U.S. scripted acquisitions for ITV2’s programming strategy, the poor performance of The Americans on the main ITV channel, what that means for U.S. drama on the channel going forward and much more.

UKTV’s Watch Channel Drops ‘Being Human USA’ After Three Seasons

By Patrick Munn | July 27, 2015 - 12:14 pm | No Comments

EXCLUSIVE: After airing the show's first three seasons between 2013 and 2014, UKTV has decided not to acquire the fourth and final season of the Syfy drama series Being Human from international distributor Zodiak Rights for their flagship entertainment channel Watch, TVWise has learned exclusively.

Universal Channel Drops USA Network’s ‘Graceland’

By Patrick Munn | July 27, 2015 - 8:28 am | 1 Comment

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Channel is moving out of Graceland. The NBCU owned and operated channel has decided not to acquire any further seasons of the USA Network drama from international distributor Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, TVWise can reveal.