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AMC Acquires UK Rights To ‘Manhattan’ & ‘Weeds’

By Patrick Munn | August 25, 2015 - 3:45 pm | 1 Comment

Ahead of the channel's launch later this week, AMC UK is adding two exclusive acquisitions to their drama slate. AMC UK has acquired the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to the first two seasons of WGN America atomic bomb period drama Manhattan, and all eight seasons of Showtime's dark-comedy series Weeds - the final two seasons of which have never aired on UK television following Sky Atlantic's decision to drop the series in 2013. Both Manhattan and Weeds were acquired in a deal with Lionsgate Television.

FOX Sets UK Premiere Date For ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’ Season 3

By Patrick Munn | August 25, 2015 - 3:09 pm | No Comments

The third and final season of Starz's drama series Da Vinci's Demons will receive its UK premiere on FOX UK on Sunday October 25th at 9pm, it has been announced.

5* Acquires UK Rights To MTV’s ‘Eye Candy’, Eyes September Premiere

By Patrick Munn | August 25, 2015 - 12:20 pm | 1 Comment

MTV's short-lived cyber stalker drama Eye Candy is coming to the UK. Channel 5 has acquired the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to the ten episode series starring for their digi-net 5*, TVWise has learned. Eye Candy will premiere on 5* in September.

Alun Armstrong, Laura Morgan, Jonas Armstrong & More Join ITV’s ‘Dark Angel’

By Patrick Munn | August 25, 2015 - 11:55 am | 1 Comment

Alun Armstrong (New Tricks,), Laura Morgan (The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher), Jonas Armstrong (Robin Hood), Sam Hoare (Life in Squares) Emma Fielding (DCI Banks) and Penny Layden (Call The Midwife) have signed on for co-starring roles opposite Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt in ITV's two-part drama Dark Angel.

A+E Networks UK Boss Heather Jones Talks Acquisitions, Lifetime UK Comedy Ambitions, ‘X-Files’ Revival & More (Q&A)

By Patrick Munn | August 25, 2015 - 8:41 am | 4 Comments

As part of our on-going feature series on acquisitions, TVWise speaks to A+E Networks UK's Senior Vice-President of Content & Creative Heather Jones about the acquisitions strategy for Lifetime UK and History UK, Lifetime UK's comedy ambitions, the importance of the respective channel brands when it comes to acquisitions, what A+E Networks UK is looking for in a new drama for Lifetime UK and/or History UK and much more

‘Fear The Walking Dead’ Series Premiere Shatters Ratings Records With 10.1 Million Viewers

By Patrick Munn | August 24, 2015 - 9:39 pm | 1 Comment

After months of marketing the series, AMC's The Walking Dead companion series Fear The Walking Dead opened with a bang on Sunday night. The show's six episode first season opened to a whopping 10.1 million viewers and some 6.3 million viewers in the coveted A18-49 demo.

Katherine Heigl To Topline CBS Drama Pilot ‘Doubt’

By Patrick Munn | August 24, 2015 - 9:27 pm | No Comments

CBS has found the new lead for Doubt. State Of Affairs alum Katherine Heigl has signed on to star in the hour-long drama pilot, which is being re-worked and re-shot after it was produced last development cycle and came very close to scoring a series order. Heigl replaces KaDee Strickland, who was the lead in the first pilot.

Greg Rikaart To Recur On TNT’s ‘Major Crimes’

By Patrick Munn | August 24, 2015 - 8:05 pm | No Comments

Greg Rikaart (Bones, The Young And The Restless) has been tapped for a recurring role on the back-end of the fourth season of TNT's hit procedural Major Crimes. The actor will play Bobby G. Monroe, a confident young lawyer and anti-death penalty activist who is representing Slider, the defendant in the Alice Herrera case. Said case, which was investigated and "closed" in season three, became a focal point of the first leg of season four, with Rusty, now credentialed as a journalist, digging around to uncover Alice's real name and find her family.