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ABC Australia partners with Brendan Cowell to adapt his novel ‘Plum’

Australian broadcaster ABC has ordered Plum, a six-part drama series based on Brendan Cowell’s novel of the same name, with the author and actor to star and exec produce. Premiering on ABC TV and ABC iview in 2025, Plum is produced by Roadshow Rough Diamond and Modern Convict Films, in association with Screen Australia. Cowell […]

ABC to conclude medical drama ‘The Good Doctor’ with seventh season

ABC in the US is to bring its hit medical drama series The Good Doctor to an end with its upcoming seventh season, the broadcaster has announced. The series, produced by Sony Pictures Television and ABC Signature, will return to screen on 20 February for what will be its final season. The Good Doctor, which […]

The CW lands ABC sitcom ‘The Conners’ in unusual US distribution set-up

The CW has picked up ABC sitcom The Conners in a deal that will see the show airing on both networks at the same time. The agreement will see the Nexstar-owned broadcaster gaining rights to five seasons of the show, with episodes from the first season – which first debuted on ABC in 2018 – […]

Disney’s linear networks including ABC ‘not for sale’, says CEO Bob Iger

Disney CEO Bob Iger has said the company’s linear networks such as ABC and FX are “not for sale”, rowing back on comments made earlier this summer that led to investors bidding for the assets. During an interview at the Sun Valley media conference in July, Iger said that networks such as ABC, FX and […]

ABC Australia & Disney+ pick up half-hour ‘Bluey’ special

Australian broadcaster ABC has commissioned a special half-hour instalment of animated kids hit Bluey to debut on the network, and internationally via Mouse House streamer Disney+, next year. The 28-minute episode, name The Sign, will, as usual, be produced by Ludo Studio and written by Bluey creator Joe Brumm, and directed by Richard Jeffery. Dave […]

ABC expands ‘Death In Paradise’ crime drama franchise with Australian spin-off

Australian broadcaster ABC has commissioned Return To Paradise, a spin-off from long-running British-French crime comedy series Death In Paradise. Set to launch on ABC in 2024, the series is being produced by BBC Studios Productions Australia with Red Planet Pictures, in association with UK pubcaster the BBC, which will screen the series on BBC One […]

Wildbrain & BBCS alum Deirdre Brennan joins Screen Australia as CEO

Wildbrain’s COO Deirdre Brennan is leaving the company to head up funding body Screen Australia. Brennan will become CEO from 8 January and replaces Graeme Mason, who is departing the agency in early November after a decade in the role. The Wildbrain exec had been with the Canadian kids company since 2020, rising to her […]

News round-up: Apple suspends talent deals; RTÉ orders ‘2 Johnnies’ comedy; ABC cans ‘The Wonder Years’

Apple suspends talent deals Apple has become the latest firm to suspend high-profile first look and overall deals as the US writers and actors strikes continue. The company’s pacts with Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries and Natalie Portman’s MountainA are among those to have been suspended, though other, non-writing agreements, such as with Martin Scorsese, whose […]

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