Kristin Brzoznowski

Showtime has given a pilot production order for the hour-long dramedy Rita, starring Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Lena Headey (Game of Thrones).

Channel 5 has commissioned All Creatures Great and Small, a new adaptation based on best-selling author James Herriot’s collection of stories, with Masterpiece on PBS to co-produce.

The Estonian drama series The Bank (Pank) has been acquired by Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA), Hungary's state-owned national public-service broadcasting organization, to air on Duna, M2 and M5.

WarnerMedia has ordered two new series for its forthcoming streaming service, Made for Love and Station Eleven, both from showrunner Patrick Somerville.

Spectrum Originals has picked up the Latin American scripted series Side Games (Todo por el juego) from The Mediapro Studio's Imagina International Sales.

The actors talk about what appealed to them about signing on for the Starz series and weigh in on how the show crosses genres to deliver something truly unique.

Global Series Network (GSN) has picked up the Russian series The Sect to air on the Walter Presents VOD platform in the U.K. and Ireland.

ABS-CBN Corporation has licensed the Filipino crime drama The Blood Sisters to Channel 31 in Kazakhstan.

ITV has commissioned the new two-part drama Honour, which will star Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard).

A+E Networks has notched up new deals with international broadcasters, including TNT in Spain, for the second season of Project Blue Book.