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Lionsgate is providing a fresh take on the romantic-comedy anthology with Love Life, a series starring Academy Award nominee Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect) about the journey from first love to last love.

Rachel Bendavid, who previously served as VP of drama programming for ABC Entertainment, has been named head of scripted programming for the Lionsgate and BBC Studios Los Angeles partnership.

Lionsgate has reported quarterly revenue of $813.7 million and net income attributable to shareholders of $51.1 million, with library revenues at record levels thanks, in part, to the recent syndication of Mad Men. 

Writer, actor and producer Laura Chinn, creator of the comedy series Florida Girls, has signed an overall television deal with Lionsgate to develop and produce scripted original series.

On the Lionsgate slate at NATPE, the second season of the anthology drama series Manhunt: Deadly Games chronicles one of the largest manhunts on U.S. soil: the search for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph, played by Jack Huston.

Showtime has slated a trio of feature films to bow on TV in the coming weeks, beginning with Five Feet Apart on Monday, December 30, at 10 p.m.

Lionsgate Television Group has upped Lee Hollin to head of current programming and hired three more executives to round out his team.

Lionsgate has promoted Scott Herbst to head of scripted development for its television group and Jocelyn Sabo to senior VP of television.

The Rook, Lionsgate’s first premium series for Starz, tells the story of Myfanwy Thomas, a woman who wakes up in London with no memory of who she is, how she got there or why there is a circle of dead bodies around her.

BBC Studios in Los Angles and Lionsgate have tapped media executive Dan McDermott to head up the companies’ television partnership.