Studio 60, Planet Earth on Edinburgh Showcase Slate

EDINBURGH, August 1: At this month’s Edinburgh Television
Festival, the New Season Showcase is set to feature Aaron Sorkin’s new drama
for NBC, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,
as well as the big-budget documentary series Planet Earth and the new British comedy Respectable, among others.

The screening of Warner Bros.’s Studio 60 on the Sunset
Strip, picked up by Channel 4, will feature
Sorkin and executive producer Thomas Schlamme speaking about the show live via
satellite. The new Five comedy Respectable will be introduced by, among others, star Jodi Albert and producer
Daisy Goodwin. Eric McCormack will be on hand to introduce his new Lifetime
comedy from Lionsgate, Lovespring International.

Also to be screened during the New Season strand are Betrayed
by Television: Selina Scott, Planet
Earth: Great Plains, Power of Art, the new American legal drama Justice and HBO’s critically acclaimed comedy Entourage.