{"id":11933,"date":"2019-09-24T09:03:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T13:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-stocks-aussie-dramas\/"},"modified":"2019-09-24T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T14:59:00","slug":"acorn-tv-stocks-up-on-aussie-dramas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/acorn-tv-stocks-up-on-aussie-dramas\/","title":{"rendered":"Acorn TV Stocks Up on Aussie Dramas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ABC Commercial has inked an agreement with Acorn TV for more than 160 hours of programming from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for its offering in Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>The deal includes <em>Miss Fisher\u2019s Murder Mysteries<\/em>, starring Essie Davis (<em>The Babadook<\/em>, <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>); the acclaimed ABC drama <em>Jack Irish<\/em>, starring Guy Pearce (<em>Memento<\/em>, <em>LA<\/em>\u00a0<em>Confidential<\/em>); and the comedy hit <em>A Moody Christmas <\/em>and<em> The Moody\u2019s<\/em>. The pact also covers the British comedy drama <em>Kingdom<\/em>, starring Stephen Fry (<em>Gosford Park<\/em>, <em>Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em>), the black comedy <em>Shameless<\/em> and the made-for-TV movie <em>Churchill\u2019s Secret<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cABC Commercial has been a partner of Acorn TV from their launch in 2018,\u201d said Jessica Ellis, head of content sales and distribution at ABC Commercial. \u201cABC content resonates with Acorn\u2019s core\u00a0audience, so we are extremely happy to build on our partnership and see more of the ABC\u2019s world-class list of content already successfully streaming on the Acorn TV platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter our success in introducing several major Australian series to our audiences in North America, Acorn TV is thrilled to work with ABC Commercial to add more first-rate Australian and British content to our subscribers in Australia and New Zealand,\u201d said Don Klees, senior VP of Acorn programming for RLJ Entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC Commercial has inked an agreement with Acorn TV for more than 160 hours of programming from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for its offering in Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":11934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1996,179],"class_list":["post-11933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-abc-commercial","tag-acorn-tv","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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