Exclusive: I’ve learned that Syfy UK has closed a deal to acquire the Pay TV Rights to the first season of Alphas from NBCUniversal International Television Distribution. I’m also being told that Syfy UK has set the premiere date for the show’s first season for Thursday April 19th at 10pm.
Airing tonight on PBS UK is Frontline’s documentary Murdoch’s Scandal. This comes mere days after BBC’s Panorama revealed new hacking allegations against News Corp connected to Canal Plus and ITV Digital, which elicited a strong rebuke from News Corp.
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Exclusive: Jamie Dornan (Once Upon A Time) has been cast in BBC Two’s upcoming psychological thriller The Fall, from writer Allan Cubitt.
BBC Three has renewed their critically acclaimed drama series Being Human for a fifth season, it has been announced.
5* has pulled first run episodes of drama series Parenthood from the schedule after airing only five episodes of the show’s second season, TVWise has confirmed. The series was being broadcast on Thursday nights at 10pm. In place of Parenthood, 5* will now air repeat episodes of The Mentalist.
ITV has renewed crime-drama series DCI Banks for a second season. The channel has ordered six episodes for the show’s second season, which is expected to begin production by the end of the month.
Channel 5’s latest acquisitiion, ABC’s fairy-tale themed series Once Upon A Time, will receive its UK premiere on Sunday April 1st at 8pm, it has been announced.
NBC has renewed its musical drama series Smash for a second season. I’m being told that the network has ordered 15 episodes for the show’s second season.