Sky Scores SEAL Team, Instinct for the U.K.

CBS Studios International has licensed the first-window U.K. broadcast rights for SEAL Team and Instinct to Sky.

SEAL Team stars David Boreanaz as top unit officer Jason Hayes and follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions a country can ask of them. In the U.S., CBS has given a full-season order to the show. It is now set for broadcast on Sky One in 2018.

Instinct, which stars Alan Cumming and Bojana Novakovic, is based on the James Patterson and Howard Roughan book Murder Games. Sky Living will air the show in the U.K. next year.

“U.K. audiences will be thrilled to see two of television’s top talents, David Boreanaz and Alan Cumming, back on their screens,” said Stephen Tague, the executive VP for Europe at CBS Studios International. “SEAL Team and Instinct are classic CBS programming; they have broad, mass appeal and will deliver powerful performances and intelligent storylines to the viewers of Sky One and Sky Living.”

Lucy Criddle, the head of acquisitions for Sky UK, said: “Sky is delighted to welcome two terrific new U.S. series to our portfolio, building on our long, successful relationship with CBS. SEAL Team starring David Boreanaz starts on Sky One and is already a hit in the U.S. The show brings David back to the Sky family, having starred in previous Sky series Bones, Buffy and Angel. As the home of the best-loved U.S. network dramas, new crime drama Instinct is a perfect fit for Sky Living; the show is sure to make it to the top of our customers’ ‘must watch’ list.”