After serving as Acting Head of Comedy for the past two months, Jon Mountague has been officially promoted to the post. He succeeds Lucy Lumsden, who stepped down as Sky's Head of Comedy in September. Elsewhere, Sky1 Director Adam MacDonald is getting an expanded brief as part of an executive restructure following Stuary Murphy's exit and will now add responsibility for Pick and Sky Living to his remit. 
HBO's Vinyl is coming to the UK a little sooner than expected. Sky Atlantic - who hold exclusive rights to Vinyl out of their long-running output deal with HBO - has announced plans to simulcast the two-hour series premiere of the Mick Jagger produced Rock & Roll drama with HBO's East Coast feed at 2AM UK time on Monday February 15th, before repeating the episode later that same day in its regularly scheduled 9pm time-slot. 
Sky Atlantic's newest original series The Last Panthers will premiere on Thursday November 12th at 9pm, it has been announced. 
Sky Atlantic has released the first trailer for the second season of The Leftovers, which is set to premiere on Monday October 5th at 10pm. Sky Atlantic has released a new trailer for their upcoming high-profile original drama series The Last Panthers, which is set to premiere this November. The second season of HBO's drama series The Leftovers will receive its UK premiere on Sky Atlantic on Monday October 5th at 10pm, it has been announced. 
The sixth season of Showtime’s medical dramedy series Nurse Jackie will receive its UK premiere on Sky Atlantic on Wednesday September 23rd at 10:10pm with a double-bill, it has been announced.