The nineteenth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit will receive its UK premiere on Universal Channel on Sunday October 8th at 10pm, it has been announced. 
EXCLUSIVE: Universal Channel - NBCU's flagship channel on this side of the pond - has picked up the first run UK broadcast rights to the sixth season of TNT's long-running crime drama Major Crimes, TVWise has confirmed. The series is distributed internationally by Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. 
The second season of Canadian drama series Private Eyes will receive its UK premiere on Universal Channel on Monday September 4th at 8pm, it has been announced. 
Ransom, the hostage crisis drama series from Frank Spotnitz, will receive its UK premiere on Universal Channel on Monday June 5th at 9pm, it has been announced. 
Hugh Laurie's Hulu series Chance will receive its UK premiere on Universal Channel on Tuesday June 20th at 9pm, it has been announced. 
The eighth and final season of USA Network's Royal Pains will receive its UK premiere on Universal Channel on Saturday June 10th at 5pm, it has been announced. 
Ransom is crossing the Atlantic. The hostage crisis series from former The X-Files writer and executive producer Frank Spotnitz and David Vainola, which airs state-side on CBS, has been acquired for UK broadcast by Universal Channel, TVWise has learned. Universal Channel has landed the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to Chance, the Hugh Laurie (House) fronted psychological thriller which airs state-side on streaming service Hulu, TVWise has learned.