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NEW YORK: Univision Communications' Univision Story House has revealed that El Chapo, a new drama series about the Mexican drug lord, is slated to begin airing on Univision Network this spring.

LOS ANGELES: Amazon Studios has hired 13-year Fox veteran Sharon Tal Yguado to head up its foray into event series.

BEVERLY HILLS: The second installment of the Starz limited series The Girlfriend Experience will feature two parallel story lines, breaking last season's format.

LOS ANGELES: Netflix and Lionsgate have sealed a worldwide SVOD deal for the Oprah Winfrey drama Greenleaf, set against the backdrop of a sprawling Memphis megachurch.

SILVER SPRING: Acorn TV has slated several series for exclusive U.S. premieres, including the British police drama Code of a Killer.

LONDON: Lionsgate UK has made an equity investment in Potboiler Television, which specializes in high-end TV drama.

LONDON: BBC Four has added to its lineup the Spanish thriller I Know Who You Are.

ATLANTA: TNT is bringing back its fantasy-adventure series The Librarians for a fourth season.

BEVERLY HILLS: Simultaneous with the network premiere, the eight all-new episodes of the thriller The Missing will be made available for Starz subscribers on the channel's app and streaming services.

NEW YORK: World Screen Newsflash’s Kristin Brzoznowski talks to New Blood executive producer Jill Green and Anthony Horowitz, the show's creator and writer, about how the series came about and landed at the BBC, as well as its fresh take on the crime drama genre.