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LONDON/AMSTERDAM: Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe and Africa has secured the exclusive first-window rights to the new CBS series Bull in the U.K.

NEW YORK: BBC America has given the green light to an eight-episode thriller from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator and star of Fleabag, and Sid Gentle Films.

NEW YORK: Skyhorse Publishing is planning to roll out two paperback novels tied to the first season of HISTORY's upcoming military drama SIX.

LOS ANGELES: Endemol Shine North America and Major TV are prepping a television adaptation of To Selena with Love, the best-selling book about the late Latin music star written by her husband, Chris Perez.

NEW YORK: AMC has inked a co-production deal with BBC Worldwide North America for Cuba Pictures' new original drama McMafia, commissioned by BBC One.

NEW YORK: Willow Grylls, co-founder of New Pictures and an executive producer on The Missing, spoke to World Screen Newsflash's Anna Carugati about the show's fresh chapter, New Pictures' approach to the thriller genre and why audiences enjoy this type of series so much. Watch the interview here.

BURBANK: ABC's fall 2017 schedule will include a new series based on Marvel's Inhumans characters, with the first two episodes set to premiere in IMAX theaters ahead of the TV launch.

SILVER SPRING: Acorn TV’s December slate features a number of exclusive U.S. premieres of international dramas, including the new British thriller The Level.

LOS ANGELES: HBO has renewed Westworld for a second season, as the show is averaging a gross audience of 11.7 million viewers, outperforming Game of Thrones and True Detective during similar times in their first seasons.

SINGAPORE: The Korean entertainment channel ONE is gearing up this month to debut the new drama series Legend of the Blue Sea, which stars Lee Min Ho and Jun Ji Hyun, in Singapore.