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VH1 has gained a reputation for its mash-up of music programming and pop-culture reality shows, but drama has now danced its way into the mix. Following on the success of its first scripted dramedy, Single Ladies, VH1 recently launched the drama Hit the Floor, which is set in the world ...

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 This article originally appeared in the MIPTV 2013 issue of TV Europe.   As the long-running detective drama Inspector Morse was coming to an end, ITV began its search for something to fill the void for its viewers who loved the sleuth-themed show. This is what led to the commission ...

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As the long-running detective drama Inspector Morse was coming to an end, ITV began its search for something to fill the void for its viewers who loved the sleuth-themed show. This is what led to the commission of the WWII-set Foyle’s War. “In 1999, Anthony Horowitz and I responded to ...

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Antony Root, the executive VP of original programming and production at HBO Europe, talks to TV Drama Weekly about the ambitious three-parter Burning Bush. Based on real characters and real events, the haunting drama Burning Bush has been billed as HBO Europe’s highest profile project to date. The three-part mini-series ...

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BBC Worldwide’s Ben Donald, ZDF Enterprises’ Susanne Mueller and Starz’s Carmi Zlotnik sat down with World Screen’s Anna Carugati at MIPTV to talk about their commissioning plans for the upcoming year as part of the Drama CoProXchange.  Carugati kicked off the conversation by asking the panelists to broadly define their ...

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