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. Read More

Channel 4 Promotes Nick Lee To Head Of Series Acquisitions

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. Read More

Maria Fernández-Ache, Nacho Aldeguer, Tabata Cerezo & More Join BBC One’s ‘The Mallorca Files’

Maria Fernández-Ache (Holby City), Nacho Aldeguer (Borgia), Denis Schmidt (Dark) and Tabata Cerezo (The Night Manager) have joined the cast of BBC One's daytime series The Mallorca Files, which hails from The Good Karma Hospital creator Dan Sefton. They will star opposite the previously cast series leads Elen Rhys (Broadchurch) Julian Looman (Cop Stories). Read More

PBS America To Lift Lid On Facebook In Frontline Documentary ‘The Facebook Dilemma’

Here's a timely piece of programming. With controversy continuing to surround Facebook, PBS America has announced plans to air Frontline's two-part documentary The Facebook Dilemma, which explores the social media giant's impact on privacy and democracy. The docu will premiere on PBS America on Saturday December 1st at 9pm and will concluding the following day in the same time-slot. Read More

BBC One Releases Trailer For ‘Luther’ Season 5

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. Read More

Claes Bang Set As Lead In BBC One’s ‘Dracula’

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. Read More