Kristin Brzoznowski

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel's new series The Great Human Race, which follows two experts on a mission to retrace a migratory route of our ancestors, is premiering in the U.S. on February 1 and globally later this year in 171 countries and 44 languages.

NEW YORK: Smithsonian Channel and Major League Baseball (MLB) have partnered on a series that spotlights some of the sport's most legendary players, titled Major League Legends.

PARIS: A host of international broadcast deals have been signed for the documentary Hillary Clinton, a Woman on the Edge, including a presale to Blue Ant Television in Canada.

LOS ANGELES: Electus International has taken on the worldwide distribution rights, excluding the U.S., for the documentary 9/11, which is executive produced by Ben Silverman.

LOS ANGELES: Mioshi Hill has joined Lifetime as VP of non-fiction programming, responsible for developing and overseeing production of non-fiction projects for the network.

MIAMI: ¡HOLA! TV has acquired Rachel Hunter’s Tour of Beauty in a deal that will see the show broadcast across all of Spanish-speaking Latin America and Spanish-language U.S.

NEW YORK: Spike TV has renewed Lip Sync Battle for a third season, with 20 half-hour episodes featuring celebrities lip-syncing the song of their choice.

LOS ANGELES: FOX has placed an eight-episode order for the new unscripted series Kicking & Screaming, which teams ten expert survivalists with pampered partners to face the toughest race of their lives.

LOS ANGELES: A third season of the reality series Ex-Wives of Rock, produced by Tricon Films & Television, is headed to AXS TV.

OTTAWA: Gusto Worldwide Media has placed its original series A is for Apple in South Korea, where it will air on the 4K channel UMAX.