A&E, History & Lifetime Take U.S. Rights To BBC One’s ‘War & Peace’
FOX Sets UK Premiere Date For ‘Falling Skies’ Season 5
The fifth and final season of sci-fi series Falling Skies will receive its UK premiere on FOX UK on Tuesday June 30th at 9pm, less than 48 hours behind the US premiere on TNT, it has been announced. Read More
‘Roots’ Remake Gets Greenlight At A&E, History & Lifetime
A&E, History and Lifetime have given the green-light to a remake of the iconic 1970s miniseries Roots, which has original star LeVar Burton on-board as a co-executive producer. The mini will be simulcast across all three networks in 2016. Read More
Angela Bassett Joins ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’
FX has locked down another AHS veteran for American Horror Story: Hotel. Angela Bassett, who previously appeared in both AHS: Coven and AHS: Freak Show, has signed on to star in the show's 13 episode fifth season, which enters production later this Summer in LA for an October premiere. Read More
BBC Four Picks Up UK Rights To Danish Economic Thriller ‘Follow The Money’
BBC Four is on a roll. Shorty after snapping up Icelandic murder mystery Trapped, the channel has closed a deal with DR Sales to acquire the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to Danish economic crime thriller Follow The Money. Read More
Channel 4’s ‘No Offence’ Heading To Australia & Denmark
After launching the series at MIPTV, FremantleMedia International has lined up the first international sales for Paul Abbott's cop dramedy No Offence, which launches on Channel 4 in early May. FMI has lined up deals for the eight episode series starring Joanna Scanlan and Elaine Cassidy with Australian public broadcaster ABC TV and Danish broadcaster DR, who will launch the series in their respective territories later this year. Read More
BBC Four Acquires Icelandic Drama ‘Trapped’
BBC Four is adding another foreign language drama to their Saturday night line up. The channel has pre-brought the first run UK broadcast rights to Icelandic drama trapped after striking a deal with international distributor Dynamic Television. Read More
Syfy’s ‘Helix’ Cancelled After Two Seasons
Syfy has cancelled their CDC drama series Helix after airing two seasons of the series starring The Killing's Billy Campbell. The cancellation comes nearly three weeks after the season two finale aired on Syfy and after the show suffered a significant ratings drop in its most recent run.
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