NBC Acquires Welcome to Sweden

CANNES/LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has sold the U.S. broadcast rights for the half-hour comedy Welcome to Sweden, executive produced by siblings Amy and Greg Poehler, to NBC.

The comedy was originally commissioned by Sweden's TV4 as its first-ever English-language series. The fish-out-of-water series was filmed in Sweden, New York and Los Angeles. It is a co-production between eOne, TV4, FLX and Syskon. Greg Poehler, who created the series, is in Cannes this week promoting the project with eOne.

"This show is a ‘first’ on so many levels,” said Carrie Stein, the executive VP of global production for eOne Television. "It's the first English-language comedy for TV4; the first television show Greg Poehler has ever created AND starred in AND executive produced with his sister Amy; and it's the first time NBC has been involved with a comedy shot in Stockholm with a large Swedish cast!!! The reason this comedy has attracted all these people is because its theme is universal—love conquers all…even if it means moving to Sweden.”