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EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime Acquires UK Rights To NBC’s Miniseries ‘The Slap’

By Patrick Munn | August 4, 2015 - 5:08 pm | No Comments

EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime UK has closed a deal with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution to acquire the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to NBC's "limited event series" The Slap, TVWise has learned exclusively. The eight episode series will premiere on Lifetime UK in 2016.

Acquisitions Buzz: ‘Blindspot’, ‘Billions’, ‘Mr Robot’ & ‘Supergirl’ Near UK Deals

By Patrick Munn | July 31, 2015 - 5:37 pm | No Comments

The Muppets was the first show from the upcoming 2015-2016 season to be acquired by a UK broadcaster, but what other shows will be coming to these shores by the end of next May? TVWise has pinned down four (when technically five) shows that are close to being snapped up by UK broadcasters. Said shows include NBC's Blindspot, starring Strike Back's Sullivan Stapleton; Showtime's Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti fronted Billions; USA Network's hacker drama Mr. Robot; and CBS' Supergirl, which was identified across the board as a target for a number of UK broadcasters ahead of the LA Screenings.

ITV Looking To Acquire “Select Number” Of U.S. Dramas For ITV Encore

By Patrick Munn | July 31, 2015 - 11:01 am | No Comments

Following the deal to pick up the next two seasons of The Americans, ITV is looking to acquire a "select number" of U.S. dramas with "cable sensibilities" to premiere exclusively on their pay TV channel ITV Encore, TVWise can reveal.

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.

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.