BBC Three Bags U.K. Rights to ABC Family Series

LONDON, August 13: BBC Three has
acquired the U.K. rights to 20 one-hour episodes of the ABC Family original
drama Greek, focusing on the American
college system of fraternities and sororities, from Disney-ABC International
Television.

The series premiered
in the U.S. on ABC Family on July 9, ratcheting up 1.2 million total viewers,
with 1.3 million tuning in for the second episode. Season-to-date, Greek is garnering double- to triple-digit increases
over the channel’s year-ago average, and ranking among the top 10 cable shows
in the hour in key adult, women, teens and men 18-34 demographics.

Greek tells the story of Rusty, played by Jacob Zachar, who is
determined to make his college experience more exciting than his nerdy high
school years by attempting to become part of the Greek system. However, his
older sister Casey, played by Spencer Grammer, is not too keen on having her
younger brother invade her world.

Greek is executive
produced by Piller/Segan (Wildfire) in association with ABC Family. The pilot
was directed by Gil Junger (10 Things I Hate About You, Kyle XY)
and written by creator/co-executive producer Patrick Sean Smith (Summerland, Wildfire).

Danny Cohen, the controller at BBC
Three, commented: “I'm delighted to have Greek as part of our drama offering. It brings a very different
kind of flavor to the channel, and is a further enrichment of the drama plans
we're developing for the channel, including the pilots announced last month.”