{"id":10400,"date":"2018-11-21T10:02:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T15:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-takes-new-lucy-lawless-drama\/"},"modified":"2018-11-21T10:48:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T15:48:53","slug":"acorn-tv-takes-new-lucy-lawless-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-takes-new-lucy-lawless-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Acorn TV Takes New Lucy Lawless Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acorn TV has picked up the U.S. rights to <em>My Life is Murder<\/em>, the new Network Ten drama starring Lucy Lawless.<\/p>\n<p>The prebuy from DCD Rights brings the Australian drama to the streaming service in 2019, following the Network Ten broadcast. Set in Melbourne, the ten-parter from CJZ Production stars\u00a0Lawless as\u00a0private investigator Alexa Crowe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLed by the exceptional Lucy Lawless,\u00a0<em>My Life is Murder<\/em>\u00a0is a well-crafted and compelling mystery series that our subscribers will surely love,&#8221; said Shannon Cooper, director of programming for Acorn brands at RLJ Entertainment. &#8220;With the success of\u00a0<em>Jack Irish<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Rake<\/em>\u00a0on Acorn TV, we\u2019re happy to be working with our friends at DCD Rights on another high-quality production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nicky Davies Williams, CEO at DCD Rights, added,\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re very pleased to sign this significant first presale for\u00a0<em>My Life is Murder<\/em>\u00a0as we continue to see high demand worldwide for our premium scripted content. The drama promises to deliver intriguing standalone mysteries in each primetime episode, centering on a strong female lead character brought to life by the fantastic, globally renowned Lucy Lawless. A U.S. acquisition is a great start as we begin rolling the series out to our international clients alongside our ever-expanding scripted portfolio.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acorn TV has picked up the U.S. rights to My Life is Murder, the new Network Ten drama starring Lucy Lawless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":10401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[179,2118,2824,2825],"class_list":["post-10400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-acorn-tv","tag-dcd-rights","tag-lucy-lawless","tag-my-life-is-murder","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Acorn TV Takes New Lucy Lawless Drama - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-takes-new-lucy-lawless-drama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Acorn TV Takes New Lucy Lawless Drama - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Acorn TV has picked up the U.S. rights to My Life is Murder, the new Network Ten drama starring Lucy Lawless.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-takes-new-lucy-lawless-drama\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-21T15:02:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-11-21T15:48:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/My-Life-Is-Murder-1118.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-takes-new-lucy-lawless-drama\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-takes-new-lucy-lawless-drama\/\",\"name\":\"Acorn TV Takes New Lucy Lawless Drama - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-21T15:02:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-21T15:48:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-takes-new-lucy-lawless-drama\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-takes-new-lucy-lawless-drama\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-takes-new-lucy-lawless-drama\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Acorn TV Takes New Lucy Lawless Drama\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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