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Syfy showcases Magicians, Helix unraveled

US cable channel Syfy has sent its fantasy drama pilot The Magicians to series days after cancelling sci-fi series Helix. The Magicians is based on Lev Grossman’s New York Times best-selling magical fantasy trilogy book series, and was brought to NBCUniversal-owned Syfy as a pilot last year. The thriller series follows Jason Ralph (Aquarius) as […]

E! orders second drama, Objective producing

US cable net E! has ordered The Arrangement, its second ever scripted series after The Royals. All3Media’s Objective USA is coproducing, alongside Universal Cable Productions. Mad Men writer Jonathan Abrahams penned the pilot of The Arrangement, which is billed as ‘a Cinderella story for modern times, with a dramatic and complicated Hollywood twist’. It follows […]

Televisa USA, Universal team for aliens and vigilantes

The US production division of Mexican cable giant Televisa and the cable production division of NBCUniversal have joined forces for two upcoming dramas, Pantera and Allies. Televisa USA and Universal Cable Productions will jointly make the shows, which will be aimed at the US and international markets. Pantera will be a contemporary adaptation of the […]

Damon, Affleck Incorporated into Syfy

A futuristic thriller drama from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s production company has gone to pilot at US cable network Syfy. Pearl Street Productions will produce Incorporated along with CBS Television Studios and Universal Cable Productions. Set in a world where companies have unlimited dpower, it will follow an executive force to change his identity […]

SBS, Stan partner for Tim Kring’s Dig

SBS and Stan have joined forces to acquire broadcast and subscription on-demand rights to Tim Kring’s latest US drama, Dig. SVOD platform Stan takes first window rights soon after episodes go out on USA Network in the US following a deal with distributor Keshet International. The 10-part show – from Keshet Broadcasting, Universal Cable Productions, […]

The Royals find a UK home on E!

UK pay TV channel E! has picked up The Royals, the upcoming scripted series about a fictional British royal family. The ten-part series was the first drama offering commissioned by NBCUniversal-owned cable net E! in the US and it will now play on the UK as well as US versions of the Hollywood entertainment channel. […]

Walking Dead exec adapts Swedish drama

Gale Anne Hurd from The Walking Dead and Universal Cable Productions are developing Swedish drama Brothers in Crime for the US market. Walking Dead executive producer Hurd’s prodco Valhalla Entertainment has a pod deal with NBCUniversal-owned UCP, and the pair will coproduce the show alongside Peter Stormare and Glenn Lund from Viking Brothers Entertainment. Nick […]

Syfy forecasts Sharknado 3, Spin

US cable channel Syfy has given the greenlight to a third installment in the Sharknado disaster telemovie franchise and an adaptation of Robert Charles Wilson’s novel Spin. Sharknado 3 will once again come from US producer The Asylum and will again star Ian Ziering and Tara Reid as its leads. Anthony C. Ferrante again directs, […]

USA Networks ends Covert Affairs

NBCUniversal’s cable channel USA Network has cancelled spy series Covert Affairs after five seasons. The US net cited low ratings as the reason behind axing the Piper Perabo-fronted drama, which NBCUniversal International Television Distribution sells on the global market. While season one rated well in 2010 ­– coming close to five million viewers on debut […]

Universal adapting Telemundo telenovelas for US nets

Universal Television and Universal Cable Productions have taken exclusive options on two drama series from US Hispanic broadcaster and NBCUniversal stablemate Telemundo. NBCUniversal production unit Universal Television will adapt El Señor de los Cielos (The Lord of the Skies) for US audiences. The show has been a hit for Telemundo, becoming its highest rated telenovela […]