Show of the week


Show of the Week: They Are Just Like Us

Warner Bros. International Television Productions latest format is a perfect example of the synergy the company hoped to gain from the €200 million (US$257.4 million) acquisition of the Eyeworks Group earlier this year. They Are Just Like Us comes from Eyeworks Netherlands, and is a comedy panel show that plays to both TV audiences and […]

Show of the week: Halt & Catch Fire

Amid a glut of procedurals and a resurgence of period drama on TV, Halt & Catch Fire has trodden new drama ground on US cable channel AMC, the home of Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead. Set in Texas in the 1980s at the start of the home computer revolution, the series will be […]

Show of the Week: Grantchester

ITV’s latest detective period drama might sound familiar: small-town murders in mid-20th century Middle England – often crimes of passion or as results of business partnerships gone wrong. Midsomer Murders, Lewis or Morse, anyone? However, executive producer Diederick Santer says Grantchester is anything but the normal British cop show. He points to the central character […]

Show of the week: Politics and Life

Political ideas as formats are not the most straightforward sell in the world, but that did not stop SVT International, the acquisition and sales arm of Sweden’s pubcaster SVT, taking this new format to MIPTV earlier this year. What makes the eight-part Politics and Life different from a regular political show is the tone and […]

Show of the Week: Who is the Real Celebrity

Who is the Real Celebrity was one of Turkey-based Global Agency’s major pushes at NATPE Europe in June, and will be on its slate at MIPCOM in October. Having acquired rights from Japanese broadcaster Asahi just before MIPTV, the distributor has high hopes for the light-hearted comedy format. “We gave it a soft launch at […]

Show of the week: Wild Venice

“Wild Venice is not only the first wildlife and nature documentary on Venice, but also differs from common nature film productions through its very different way of seeing an extremely familiar and beautiful place from a new angle,” says ORF’s head of international content sales, Marion Camus-Oberdorfer. The 52-minutes doc from director Klaus Steindl looks […]

Show of the week: Criminal Mastermind

This 60-episode offer from Cisneros Media Distribution, the rebranded sales arm of Venezuelan broadcaster Venevision, is being billed as a departure for the company. CMD’s VP of sales Cesar Diaz says buyers may be used to Venevision’s regular telenovela fare, but “given an adequate time slot and appropriate promotion, this type of programming will certainly […]

Show of the week My Mom Cooks Better Than Yours

FremantleMedia’s senior VP of global acquisitions and development Vasha Wallace says there were initially three reasons why should work as an international format: “Cooking, mothers and the fact it’s high volume.” Then, after watching a batch of episodes, she says another facet came to light: “When I dug deeper, I realised it was absolutely hilarious. […]

Show of the week: Eyewitness

Nordic noir has become hot category of programming in the international market and The Killing, The Bridge and Borgen have won critical acclaim, notched significant international sales and put Denmark and Sweden on the drama map. Now, Norwegian public broadcaster NRK wants to build its international profile and upon the success it has had with […]

Show of the week: Xingu

Globo was at NATPE Europe this week with Xingu, a series from City of God director Fernando Meirelles. The period drama, named after the Xingu national park in Brazil, follows the Villas-Bôas brothers’ fight for the rights of indigenous tribespeople. In Brazil the series was a big hit on Globo, generating a 41% share (source: […]

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