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TEL AVIV: Keshet International (KI) has lined up additional broadcasters for the BBC One drama The A Word, which is heading into production soon for a second season.

LONDON: Sky Vision has taken on the international distribution rights for the new crime drama series Bad Blood.

MIAMI: Two adopted sisters fight for the love of one man and the attention of their adoptive mother in Envy, which GMA Worldwide is presenting in Miami.

LOS ANGELES: Chris Noth (The Good Wife, Sex and the City) has joined the cast of Discovery Channel's scripted series Manifesto, which will tell the story of how the FBI brought down Ted Kaczynski, a.k.a. the Unabomber.

LONDON: BBC Worldwide, Access Entertainment and Lookout Point have aligned for a new initiative to fast-track production of premium-quality scripted drama.

LOS ANGELES: Joel and Ethan Coen are working with Annapurna Television on The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a Western anthology series.

ZURICH: At NATPE next week, Dori Media Group is placing its bets on three new drama formats to drum up interest with buyers at the market.

LONDON: ITV has ordered the six-part drama Clean Break, starring the BAFTA Award-winning actress Sheridan Smith.

NEW YORK: Wings of Love co-stars Seda Bakan and Kadir Doğulu recently met with World Screen Newsflash’s Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari to discuss the characters they portray and share their thoughts as to why Turkish dramas have been garnering so much international attention.

LOS ANGELES: Among its host of TCA announcements, Showtime revealed the pickup of the new one-hour drama series The Chi, created, executive produced and written by Lena Waithe (Master of None, Bones) and executive produced by Grammy and Academy Award winner Common (Selma, Smokin’ Aces).