LOS ANGELES: The X-Files made its highly anticipated return to TV on FOX on Sunday night, launching with 16.2 million total viewers and a 6.1 rating.

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon is partnering with the National Football League (NFL) for a multiplatform programming event featuring exclusive, specially produced coverage in the run-up to this year's Super Bowl 50 on February 7.

MUNICH: Red Arrow Entertainment Group has purchased a majority stake in the U.S.-based production company Orion Entertainment, which specializes in non-scripted programming and branded entertainment.

LONDON: Creative Media Partners (CMP) has launched its first title, Sindbad & The 7 Galaxies, securing presales in Nigeria, India and the Middle East.

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: Electus has racked up worldwide sales for format rights for Media Headquarters’s Canada’s Smartest Person in Argentina and across Europe.

Shines a spotlight on the company's upcoming animated series, which is about a hyperactive young sloth and his pursuit to master the art of driving.

SINGAPORE: Eleven new made-for-digital productions, called Toggle Originals, are slated to premiere next month on MediaCorp’s bilingual OTT portal.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel’s new six-part limited series Generation X, narrated by Christian Slater, will explore the achievements and pivotal milestones of the so-called Gen-Xers.

LOS ANGELES: Content Media has picked up the global sales rights for MANOLO (The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards), an upcoming documentary about the famous shoe designer Manolo Blahnik.

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Writer-producers Karyn Usher and Lisa Zwerling have entered into an overall television deal with Lionsgate, with original scripted programming coming through their new company, Carpool Entertainment.