Lionsgate’s Jim Packer Talks Nashville, Anger Management

December 20, 2012 World Screen

NEW YORK: Jim Packer, the president of worldwide television and digital distribution at Lionsgate, talks to World Screen about the international appeal of the shows Nashville and Anger Management, as well as the popularity of edgier series such as Nurse Jackie and Weeds.

 

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One of the biggest breakout hits of the U.S. fall season this year was, undoubtedly, Nashville. The series, produced by Lionsgate Television, ABC Studios and Gaylord Entertainment, has even earned stars Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere Golden Globe nominations. Even before the show launched in the U.S. on ABC, Lionsgate had sold it to Channel 4 in the U.K. for its More4 channel.