FME Adds IFC Comedy to Home-Entertainment Slate

LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has picked up the North American home-entertainment rights to The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, IFC’s scripted comedy series that premiered in the U.S. this month.

FME will represent the home-entertainment rights to the show in the U.S. and Canada. Created by David Cross (Arrested Development) and Shaun Pye (Monkey Dust), the IFC original follows the misadventures of American Todd Margaret (Cross), a corporate nobody and pathological liar who unexpectedly finds himself running his company’s London office. The show makes its debut in the U.K. on Channel 4 this winter.

Jeff Siegel, VP of home entertainment for the Americas at FME, commented, “As the British and cult-comedy category is growing in popularity in North America, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret is the perfect title to supplement our content from third-party acquisitions. We feel that it will continue the successes that we previously had with The IT Crowd. IFC have proved to be a great partner and platform and we look forward to growing the relationship with this series.”

Gregg Diller, director of business development at IFC and Sundance Channel, added, “FremantleMedia’s extensive portfolio echoes the comedic sensibility that IFC delivers through its ‘Always On. Slightly Off.’ brand and sharp-cool-twisted programming. They have proven to be a great partner for us and we’re excited that they’ll help bring Todd Margaret to audiences throughout North America.”