FX newest comedy series Saint George will premiere on Thursday March 6th at 9/8c, the network announced today. This is the second of three comedies FX has picked up under the 10/90 model, meaning if the series hits a certain ratings threshold across its 10 episode first season the network will trigger an additional 90-episode order.
BBC Four has released a trailer for their latest foreign-language drama acquisition Salamander, which is set to premiere early next month.
Starz has handed a straight-to-series order to their drama project Flesh And Bones, which hails from Breaking Bad scribe Moira Walley-Beckett and tells the story of a ballet drama with a troubled past. Production on the series is slated to commence in early 2014, with Starz eyeing a 2015 premiere.
Dave Gorman will be sticking with Dave for two more years. UKTV’s Dave channel has renewed Gorman’s series Modern Life Is Goodish for a further two seasons, which will air in late 2014 and 2015. The show’s second and third seasons have been handed 8 episode orders, up from the six episodes that were ordered for the show’s first season.
Lennie James (Jericho, Low Winter Sun) has been cast as the lead in Sky1’s upcoming 13 episode drama series Critical, TVWise has learned.
The Amazon owned and operated streaming service LOVEFiLM has struck deals with HIT Entertainment, Ludorum and DreamWorks Classics to expand their line up of kids content.
Content Television & Digital – the international distribution division of Content Media – has acquired the international distribution rights to the upcoming Canadian drama series 19-2 in all territories (expect Canada), TVWise has learned.
Indefatigable British actor Stephen Fry has been cast in Fox’s upcoming 12 episode 24 event series Live Another Day, TVWise has confirmed.