Executive Editor, World Screen

November 4, 2020 Top Stories

UKTV Picks Up Briarpatch for Alibi

November 4, 2020

UKTV has acquired the drama series Briarpatch in a deal with NBCUniversal Global Distribution for its crime drama channel Alibi.

November 4, 2020 Top Stories

HBO Max Taps Director Karena Evans for New Gossip Girl

November 4, 2020

HBO Max has tapped director Karena Evans to direct the pilot and second episode of the upcoming Gossip Girl series, set to launch in 2021.

November 3, 2020 Top Stories

Vertigo TV & Blazing Griffin Team for You’ve Been Trumped!

November 3, 2020

Vertigo TV (Bulletproof, Britannia) is working with Blazing Griffin on You’ve Been Trumped!, a series dramatization of the 2011 documentary from Anthony Baxter.

November 3, 2020 Top Stories

New Amazon Original to Film Exclusively in Scotland

November 3, 2020

Amazon Prime Video has commissioned a new U.K.-produced series, the epic thriller series The Rig, which will be its first original filmed exclusively in Scotland.

November 2, 2020 Top Stories

German Drama Einstein Back in Development with CBS

November 2, 2020

Red Arrow Studios International’s German drama series Einstein is back in development with CBS in the U.S.

November 2, 2020 Top Stories

Nippon TV’s I’m Mita, Your Housekeeper Set for Turkey

November 2, 2020

Nippon TV and the Turkish producers Medyapim and MF Yapim have signed yet another deal together, this time for the scripted format rights to I’m Mita, Your Housekeeper.

October 30, 2020 Top Stories

My Life Is Murder Set for Second Season

October 30, 2020

The murder mystery drama series My Life Is Murder, starring Lucy Lawless (Top of the Lake, Spartacus, Xena: Warrior Princess), is getting a second season.

October 30, 2020 Top Stories

The Chalk Man Thriller Gets TV Treatment

October 30, 2020

BBC Studios Production, in association with Nice Media Studios and Windowseat, has secured the rights to develop the best-selling novel The Chalk Man, written by CJ Tudor.

October 29, 2020 Top Stories

Netflix Lines Up New Harlan Coben Drama

October 29, 2020

Harlan Coben’s New York Times best-selling novel Stay Close is getting the series treatment for Netflix.

October 29, 2020 Top Stories

Amazon Picks Up Nicole Kidman Drama Things I Know To Be True

October 29, 2020

Amazon Studios has picked up the new drama Things I Know To Be True, starring and executive produced by Nicole Kidman under her Blossom Films banner.

Kristin Brzoznowski

UKTV Picks Up Briarpatch for Alibi

HBO Max Taps Director Karena Evans for New Gossip Girl

Vertigo TV & Blazing Griffin Team for You’ve Been Trumped!

New Amazon Original to Film Exclusively in Scotland

German Drama Einstein Back in Development with CBS

Nippon TV’s I’m Mita, Your Housekeeper Set for Turkey

My Life Is Murder Set for Second Season

The Chalk Man Thriller Gets TV Treatment

Netflix Lines Up New Harlan Coben Drama

Amazon Picks Up Nicole Kidman Drama Things I Know To Be True

New CBS Schedule Features NCIS: Origins, Young Sheldon Spin-Off

Prime Video Gives Series Order for The Girlfriend

Channel 4 Writing for Television Awards Opens 2024 Call for Entries

Last Call: Register for the Turkish TV Festival

Max Lines Up Polish Original

Turkish TV Festival Releases Final Schedule