{"id":13390,"date":"2020-07-01T09:24:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T13:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/uktv-picks-women-kill-alibi\/"},"modified":"2020-07-01T09:24:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T13:24:48","slug":"uktv-picks-up-why-women-kill-for-alibi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/uktv-picks-up-why-women-kill-for-alibi\/","title":{"rendered":"UKTV Picks Up Why Women Kill for Alibi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV has licensed <em>Why Women Kill<\/em>, from Marc Cherry (<em>Desperate Housewives<\/em>), for its crime drama channel Alibi.<\/p>\n<p><em>Why Women Kill<\/em> stars Lucy Liu (<em>Elementary<\/em>), Ginnifer Goodwin (<em>Once Upon a Time<\/em>) and Kirby Howell-Baptiste (<em>Killing Eve<\/em>). It details the lives of three women living in three different decades, examining how the roles of women through the ages have changed, but how their reaction to betrayal has not.<\/p>\n<p><em>Why Women Kill<\/em> was licensed in a three-series deal by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group, along with Tommy, led by Edie Falco (<em>Nurse Jackie<\/em>), and Evil, starring Katja Herbers (<em>Westworld<\/em>), Mike Colter (<em>The Good Wife<\/em>), Aasif Mandvi (<em>The Daily Show<\/em>) and Michael Emerson (<em>Lost<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>UKTV\u2019s head of acquisitions, Emma Sparks, said: \u201cIt is a very exciting time for acquisitions at UKTV, and to be able to work with ViacomCBS on this great collection of content is just the beginning. <em>Evil<\/em>, <em>Why Women Kill<\/em> and <em>Tommy<\/em> are brilliant additions to the slate of shows we have acquired for Alibi this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emma Ayech, Alibi\u2019s channel director, added: \u201cThese shows are a great addition to the Alibi schedule, each series will hopefully give viewers a little escapism\u2014from the brilliance of Edie Falco in <em>Tommy<\/em> to the dark comedy of <em>Why Women Kill<\/em> and the mystery of <em>Evil<\/em>.\u00a0 These series continue to build the quality and breadth of drama that audiences can find on Alibi, perfectly complementing the British and U.S. dramas, and UKTV Originals we\u2019ve had on Alibi this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese series have all the best elements of ViacomCBS\u2019s world-class programming, including dynamic casts, big characters and compelling stories told by the top producers in the industry,\u201d said Barry Chamberlain, president of international sales at ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group. \u201cAs the most comprehensive supplier of Hollywood content to the world, ViacomCBS is in a unique position to provide U.K. broadcasters with stable and consistent programming that will help grow audiences for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV has licensed Why Women Kill, from Marc Cherry (Desperate Housewives), for its crime drama channel Alibi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":13391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[977,979,3246],"class_list":["post-13390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-alibi","tag-uktv","tag-why-women-kill","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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