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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.

LOS ANGELES: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has set a special two-night premiere starting off on May 24 at 10 p.m. for the new original series Greenleaf, which features Oprah Winfrey's first recurring scripted TV role in two decades.

SILVER SPRING: The U.S. streaming service Acorn TV has added to its offerings the British crime drama Suspects, distributed by FremantleMedia International.

PARIS: Six international acquisition executives have been appointed to the first-ever Drama Buyers Advisory Board for Reed MIDEM’s portfolio of TV events, including MIPTV and MIPCOM.