FME Acquires Australian Drama

LONDON, November 5:
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has picked up the rights to the 10×1-hour
Australian drama Satisfaction,
focused on the world of high-class escorts.

The series will debut on
December 5 on the new Australian network Showcase, part of Showtime’s package
of channels. Satisfaction
centers on five high-class escorts and their manager and is set in an up-market
city brothel. Satisfaction was
created by Roger Simpson (Stingers, Good Guys Bad Guys), and is the first production by his new company,
Lonehand Productions. Simpson also serves as a co-producer for the series,
along with Andy Walker (Answered by Fire), under the guidance of Showtime’s executive producer, Kim Vecera (Love
My Way, Dangerous).

Showcase will offer
Australian dramas, original series and independent films and feature-length
documentaries from Fox Searchlight, Paramount Vantage, Working Title, Sony
Classics, Madman and Icon, among others. Other dramas airing on the channel
include Dexter, The Riches, The Tudors and Rome.

Showtime’s CEO, Peter
Rose, commented: “We are delighted that FremantleMedia Enterprises will be
representing this extraordinary new series internationally. It has long been
our intent at Showtime to create high end original and intelligent drama that
will both challenge and entertain—and with Satisfaction I believe we have done just that.”

Added David Ellender,
the CEO of FME: “With the demand for distinctive drama always high, Australia
has proved, once again, to be at the forefront of creating innovative shows
that capture an audience’s imagination.”

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski