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CBBC Renews ‘Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed’ For Second Season

CBBC has renewed the latest series featuring Dennis The Menace, Dennis & Gnasher: Unleased, for a second season. Fifty-two episode have been ordered for the show's second season. “Dennis and Gnasher continue to be two of our best loved characters and their ardent fans will be delighted to see this rambunctious series return to CBBC”, said Cheryl Taylor, Head of Content for BBC Children’s.

‘Robot Chicken’, ‘Mr. Pickles’ & ‘Mostly 4 Millennials’ Amongst First Wave Of Adult Swim Content Hitting All 4

Channel 4 and Turner recently announced a bumper deal to bring Adult Swim to the UK. That included linear premieres on Channel 4 and E4 as well as hundreds of hours of box sets on VOD service All 4. This week sees the linear premiere of Rick & Morty on E4 on Friday (February 15th) and on that same day the first wave of Adult Swim box-set content will hit All 4. Key titles launching on Channel 4's VOD service that day includes Robot Chicken, Mr. Pickles and UK premiere title Mostly 4 Millennials.

ITV Extends WBITD Deal For ‘Lethal Weapon’, Picks Up UK Rights To Season 3

ITV is sticking with Lethal Weapon. The commercial broadcaster has extended their licensing agreement for the show with international distributor Warner Bros. International Television Distribution and picked up the exclusive UK rights to the show's third season. ITV said that season three would premiere this spring.

Jetpack Distribution Hires DHX Media’s Sophie Prigent For Sales Role

Kids distributor Jetpack Distribution has hired DHX Media's Sophie "Kido" Prigent to serve in the newly created role of Sales Director. She will be based in Paris and reports directly to Jetpack Distribution CEO Dominic Gardiner. Sophie, who takes up post immediately, will be responsible for securing sales for the company's slate of programming across all French speaking territories, Central Eastern Europe, Greece, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and USH.