{"id":5253,"date":"2013-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2013\/10\/08\/nbc-acquires-welcome-to-sweden\/"},"modified":"2013-10-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T00:00:00","slug":"nbc-acquires-welcome-to-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/nbc-acquires-welcome-to-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Acquires Welcome to Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tCANNES\/LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has sold the U.S. broadcast rights for the half-hour comedy <em>Welcome to Sweden<\/em>, executive produced by siblings Amy and Greg Poehler, to NBC.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe comedy was originally commissioned by Sweden&#039;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.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;This show is a &lsquo;first&rsquo; on so many levels,&rdquo; said Carrie Stein, the executive VP of global production for eOne Television. &quot;It&#039;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&#039;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&mdash;love conquers all&hellip;even if it means moving to Sweden.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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