Kristin Brzoznowski

LOS ANGELES: Brooke Bowman, a 12-year veteran of Freeform (formerly ABC Family), has been named senior VP of drama programming and development at FOX.

LONDON: ITV has commissioned a new six-part thriller, Loch Ness, from ITV Studios.

LONDON: Irish actor Aidan Turner will reprise his role as Ross Poldark for a third season of the hit BBC One drama Poldark.

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has sold the Swedish political drama Blue Eyes to the Israeli platform yes, in addition to landing a slot on DIRECTV Latin America for the third season of the Scandi thriller Bron/Broen.

LONDON: STUDIOCANAL has inked a package deal with Telefónica in Spain for the drama series Section Zéro, The Five and Spotless.

LONDON: The U.S. series Lethal Weapon is headed to ITV, marking the return of acquired content to the channel's prime-time schedule.

NEW YORK: LMN has slated the premiere of Blue: A Secret Life, starring Julia Stiles (Jason Bourne), for July 8.

LONDON: Starting in late 2017, ITV will add a sixth weekly episode of the long-running soap drama Coronation Street.

SILVER SPRING: Among the exclusive U.S. premieres for Acorn TV next month is the original series Agatha Raisin, a mystery starring Ashley Jensen (Catastrophe, Ugly Betty).

NEW YORK: AMC is bringing back its original supernatural series Preacher, based on a comic-book franchise, for an expanded 13-episode second season.