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LOS ANGELES: Sharon Hall, who developed such series as Masters of Sex and Breaking Bad, has been named president of Endemol Shine Studios.

CULVER CITY: Crackle is building up its slate of original scripted content with the addition of Start Up, a new drama starring Martin Freeman.

LOS ANGELES: The X-Files made its highly anticipated return to TV on FOX on Sunday night, launching with 16.2 million total viewers and a 6.1 rating.

NEW YORK: Showtime has picked up the drama Billions, which had the best series debut performance ever for the network's originals, for a second season.

LONDON: Howard Burch has joined Keshet UK as its head of drama, bolstering the company's efforts to produce more premium scripted programming in-house.

LONDON: Pinewood Group has teamed up with Peter Gerwe's StoryFirst to establish Pinewood Television, which will specialize in high-end drama series.

NEW YORK: David Schwimmer (American Crime Story, Friends) and Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe, Cloud Atlas) are starring in AMC's upcoming original series Feed the Beast, a drama about two best friends who take one last shot at their dream of opening a restaurant.

LONDON: The event thriller series 11.22.63, from executive producers J.J. Abrams, Stephen King and Bridget Carpenter, will begin rolling out in select European territories this spring exclusively on FOX, thanks to a deal between FOX Networks Group Europe and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution.

NEW YORK: Steven Moffat will step down as head writer and executive producer of Doctor Who after season ten, with Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall to take over.

SHREVEPORT: Music icon Marilyn Manson is joining the cast of the WGN America supernatural thriller series Salem, which is in production on its third season.