Turner Sets International Rollout for Falling Skies

ATLANTA: The highly anticipated TNT original series Falling Skies, due for a U.S. debut on June 19, is set to roll out to more than 75 international markets, including Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Canada, South Korea and the U.K., beginning this summer.

The show, from DreamWorks Television, TNT Productions and Steven Spielberg, will be available to more than 180 million homes worldwide, TNT and Turner Broadcasting System International announced today. In addition to broadcast on TNT networks in several international territories, the series has been licensed to Fox, Super Channel and Canal+, among others. (Warner Bros. International Television holds the licensing rights for Canada.)

“The launch of Falling Skies promises to be a global television event,” said Steve Koonin, the president of Turner Entertainment Networks. “We’re excited that people around the world will be able to experience this great new series.”

“The Falling Skies project is a great example of the creative and business collaboration at work across Turner Broadcasting and with our partners,” said Louise Sams, the president of Turner Broadcasting System International. “It also demonstrates the increasing power of Turner’s platforms worldwide to create global scope and scale for signature programming events.”