Sky Inks CBSSI Deal For UK Rights To Dick Wolf’s ‘FBI’, Renews Agreements For ‘Hawaii Five-0’ & ‘Madam Secretary’
Dick Wolf's newest drama is crossing the pond. Sky has acquired the exclusive UK rights to the Law & Order super-producer's new procedural FBI after striking a deal with international distributor CBS Studios International. No word yet on a premiere date or which Sky channel it will air on. Additionally, Sky has also extended their licensing agreements for Hawaii Five-0, Madam Secretary, Elementary and The Late Late Show With James Corden and Hawaii Five-0; picking up additional seasons of all four shows. 
BBC One has released the trailer for their upcoming Les Misérables adaptation, which is a key part of the channel's Christmas schedule. 
Channel 4 has promoted long-time Acquisitions Manager Nick Lee to serve in the newly created position of Head of Series Acquisitions. He will report to Channel 4’s Director of Commercial Affairs Martin Baker. His appointment as Head of Series Acquisitions marks the first time in more than five years that acquisitions has had a dedicated head of department. When C4's last Head of Acquisitions Gill Hay exited in 2013, the team was moved under Director of Commercial Affairs Martin Baker, with editorial decisions on buys being made by then Chief Creative Officer Jay Hunt and the channel management teams. 
BBC One has released the trailer for the fifth season of Luther, which is set to premiere this Christmas. In the four episode fifth season, when the moonless shadows of London give birth to a new nightmare, DCI John Luther is once more called to immerse himself in the deepest depths of human depravity. 
BBC One has found their Dracula. Danish actor Claes Bang (Borgen, The Bridge) has been set as the lead in the channel's new Dracula series from Sherlock co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. This new take on the classic Bram Stoker novel will re-introduce the world to Dracula, the vampire who made evil sexy. In Transylvania in 1897, the blood-drinking Count is drawing his plans against Victorian London. And be warned: the dead travel fast. 
BBC One has released the trailer for their three-part Andrea Levy adaptation The Long Song, which is set to premiere on Tuesday December 18th at 9pm.