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BURBANK: Freeform is bringing back the hit original saga series Shadowhunters for a second season, announced via a Facebook Live chat with the cast.

LONDON: Sky Living has bolstered its slate of U.S. dramas with the acquisitions of Shades of Blue, starring Jennifer Lopez, and the fourth season of Nashville.

AUSTIN: Robert Kirkman's new drama Outcast is set for a global premiere on FOX networks in more than 125 countries, and the show has already been given a second-season pickup.

LONDON/MUNICH: Brazilian pay-TV broadcaster Globosat has acquired the one-hour drama series Spotless.

LONDON: Hat Trick International has presold the prime-time miniseries Doctor Thorne to a number of territories, including Israel and New Zealand.

SILVER SPRING: RLJ Entertainment’s Acorn brand has secured the electronic-sell-through and home-video rights in North America for And Then There Were None, an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s best-selling crime novel.

NEW YORK: USA Network is bringing back Royal Pains for its eighth and final season this May.

LONDON: ITV has commissioned the eight-part conspiracy thriller Paranoid from RED Production Company.

ARLINGTON: Mercy Street, which marked PBS’s first original drama in more than a decade, is returning for a second season.

LONDON: Jane Seymour (Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman), Jessica Hynes (W1A), Jonathan Bailey (Broadchurch) and Shaun Parkes (Da Vinci’s Demons) are set to star in the new Sky 1 action-adventure drama Hooten & The Lady.