New U.S. Series from FOX, NBCU Secure TEN Slots

SYDNEY, July 2: Australia’s Network TEN has secured the
first-run rights to new U.S. series from Twentieth Century Fox and NBC
Universal, including the sitcom Back to You
and the drama Life.

The new Twentieth Century Fox series premiering on Network
TEN are the half-hour sitcom Back to You, starring
Patricia Heaton and Kelsey Grammer as on-air TV presenters; the crime series Women’s
Murder Club, starring Angie Harmon (Law
& Order) and based on the best-selling James Patterson novels; and
the one-hour drama Journeyman, starring
Kevin McKidd (Rome), as a guy who
thinks he has it all until he is sent into the past with a purpose. The
premiere of these new series in Australia resulted from Network TEN’s
first-look agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Television, which grants the
network access to 100 percent of new Twentieth Century Fox series each year.

NBC Universal’s offbeat crime drama Life will also make its Australian debut on Network TEN.
It stars Damien Lewis (Band of Brothers) as complex, offbeat detective Charlie Crews, who’s given a second
chance on the force after serving years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.

David Mott, TEN's chief programming officer, commented:
"Back to You, Women's
Murder Club, Journeyman and Life
have impeccable pedigrees and are four of the hottest shows to come out of the
L.A. Screenings, perfect for TEN's audience. Our preferential entitlements in
selection and volume in the Fox deal, partnered with our NBCU pick, strengthen
TEN's position moving into the business end of 2007 and build an enviable cache
for the new year."

Under program sharing agreements announced last year, Foxtel
has selected first-run rights to The Rules for Starting Over and K-Ville, which are slated to air on Network TEN from the second half of
2008.
 In the Farrelly brothers’ television debut (creators of There's
Something about Mary and Shallow Hal) The
Rules for Starting Over is a half hour
comedy about a group of newly single friends learning painfully hilarious
lessons about starting over in their 30s. Set in post-Hurricane Katrina, K-Ville depicts a scene in which armed criminals roam the
streets of New Orleans, many police have quit, the law enforcement
infrastructure has yet to be rebuilt, and the cops are responsible for staying
behind to reclaim their city.