Liv Picks Up Hawaii Five-O, Blue Bloods

MIAMI: Through an agreement with CBS Studios International, Liv, Discovery Networks’ new entertainment channel in Latin America, has taken on the exclusive cable rights in the region for the police series Hawaii Five-O and Blue Bloods.

Hawaii Five-O is a contemporary version of the classic series about a new federalized task force assigned to handle the crimes int he Islands. From the writers of The Sopranos, Blue Bloods stars Tom Selleck in a drama about a multi-generational family of cops in New York City. Hawaii Five-0 will air on Liv later this year and Blue Bloods will begin in 2011.

The agreement with CBS Studios International also includes the purchase of cable rights to the first few seasons of Dexter and Frasier.

“We are very proud and excited that in its first year on the air Liv can once again offer Latin American audiences the most current and sought-after series in the world of entertainment, including Hawaii Five-0 and Blue Bloods," said Claudia Chagüi, the VP and channel director of Liv. "Like our series premieres in April, Hawaii Five-0 will be broadcast first on Liv, only weeks after its initial debut in the United States. The launch of these series goes toward fulfilling our mission to provide Latin American viewers with an entertainment channel offering that features the variety of programming genres our audiences desire most.”