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MIAMI: The Turkish drama Mercy is slated to make its U.S. debut tonight on Pasiones, a telenovela channel aimed at Spanish-speaking audiences.

LONDON: NBCUniversal International Networks has picked up the thriller Bitten from Entertainment One (eOne) to air on its Syfy channel in the U.K.

SEATTLE: Amazon has struck a deal with The Weinstein Company to add the period drama Julian Fellowes Presents Doctor Thorne to its lineup of original series.

LOS ANGELES: tvN has commissioned a local version of The Good Wife, marking the first time a U.S. series is being remade in Korea.

MONTREAL: Adam Feigen has joined the Incendo team as development executive.

SANTA MONICA: Hulu has given a straight-to-series order for The Handmaid's Tale, a drama from MGM Television that stars Elisabeth Moss.

Star Patrick Fugit, Executive Producer David Alpert and FOX International Studios’s Sharon Tal Yguado provide a behind-the-scenes look at the new exorcism drama Outcast.

LOS ANGELES: IM Global Television will serve as the studio on a new limited series, produced by Johnny Depp, that is based on Rick Hall’s autobiography The Man From Muscle Shoals: My Journey from Shame to Fame.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel has slated its first scripted series, the anthology Genius, with Ron Howard on board to direct the premiere episode.

UNIVERSAL CITY: Universal Cable Productions (UCP) has entered into an overall deal with seasoned USA Network executive Jackie de Crinis to develop and produce projects for the studio.