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STUDIOCANAL Sends Spotless to SBS Australia

November 23, 2015

SYDNEY/MUNICH: STUDIOCANAL has sold the drama series Spotless to SBS in Australia, where the show is due to debut next year. Spotless centers on a man named Jean Bastiere, whose life is turned upside down by the return of his …

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FX Greenlights More Fargo

November 24, 2015

LOS ANGELES: FX has ordered a third installment of the limited series Fargo, which comes from creator Noah Hawley. Emmy Award-winning executive producers Hawley, Warren Littlefield, Joel and Ethan Coen, and John Cameron will all return for the new installment. …

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Sky Slot for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

November 25, 2015

LONDON: The superhero drama DC's Legends of Tomorrow is headed to the U.K., scoring a slot on Sky 1 in 2016. The show will make its official debut in the U.S. on The CW in January. It is based on …

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ATF Spotlight: Kanal D

November 27, 2015

SINGAPORE: Kanal D is looking to expand its Asian presence with hit Turkish dramas like Fatmagul, Love and Secrets. “We have sold Fatmagul to more than 129 territories in the world and after the success with the pay-TV platforms in …

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ATF Spotlight: Calinos Entertainment

November 27, 2015

SINGAPORE: A young girl is stuck between her dream of wealth and the reality of her humble existence in the drama The Girl Named Feriha, which Calinos Entertainment is presenting to buyers at ATF. Another highlight, Emergency Love, tells the …

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Supergirl Gets Full-Season Order

November 30, 2015

LOS ANGELES: CBS has ordered an additional seven episodes of Supergirl, bringing the freshman drama to a full season of 20 episodes. The series launched October 26 on CBS and currently averages 11.24 million viewers. It has improved the year-ago …

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Amazon Greenlights First U.K. Original Drama

November 30, 2015

LONDON: BBC Worldwide and Amazon Prime Video have greenlit the period drama The Collection, set in Paris after WWII, from Lookout Point. The eight-part series will launch exclusively in 2016 for Amazon Prime members in the U.K. The Collection tells …

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David E. Kelley Legal Drama Greenlit by Amazon

December 1, 2015

LONDON: Amazon has greenlit the original drama Trial, which stars Billy Bob Thornton and William Hurt, to debut exclusively on Prime Video in the U.K., Germany, Austria, Japan and the U.S. next year. Trial is written by David E. Kelley …

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Canada’s CTV Picks Up The X-Files

December 1, 2015

TORONTO: CTV has secured the Canadian broadcasting rights for the highly anticipated The X-Files event series, which will launch with a special two-night premiere on January 24. The six-episode drama was picked up in a deal with 20th Century Fox …