Mark Goffman runs the top-rated freshman drama of the 2016/17 season in Bull. In this exclusive interview, he tells Jesse Whittock about keeping control of a major network series, his grounding as a writer on The West Wing and how his Hollywood career almost didn’t happen thanks to a spell in Brussels. Considering Mark Goffman […]
The international studios arm of US broadcaster CBS has named a new coproductions chief in Europe. Meghan Lyvers will switch from her current role as senior VP, cable and digital at CBS Television Studios in the US, and will become SVP, coproductions and development at CBS Studios International. She will relocate to CBSSI’s EMEA head […]
CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller is to take medical leave after suffering a heart attack, US reports say. Geller (pictured) told CBS staff the episode had been “mild” and that he is “on track for a full recover”, but he would not be attending the upfronts next month. CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves has not […]
Wowow has acquired the upcoming reboot of cult TV series Twin Peaks. The Japanese pay TV broadcaster has prebought the show as part of a wider deal with CBS Studios International. It has also taken Michael Weatherly legal drama Bull from the distributor, as well as murder mystery American Gothic. The drama series will go […]
Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa has secured exclusive first-run rights to new season US legal drama hit Bull for the UK. FNG has already bought rights to the CBS show in territories such as Spain, Portugal, Turkey and Sweden, and will launch it in on Fox UK in the new year. Bull follows former […]
CBS Corp. will only recombine with Viacom “if it looks rights and is structured properly”, according to chairman and CEO Les Moonves. Speaking on an investor call yesterday, Moonves said the currently healthy financial and creative position of CBS meant merging with Viacom, which has the same parent company, “if it is in the best […]
Fox Networks Group Iberia has acquired new season CBS series Bull, MacGyver and Doubt. The agreement with distributor CBS Studios International gives Fox exclusive pay TV rights in Spain and Iberia for Bull and MacGyver and basic TV rights for midseason drama Doubt. Bull is a comedy-drama procedural starring NCIS alum Michael Weatherly, and is […]
Canadian broadcaster Global has acquired eleven new season US series, comprising four comedies and two dramas. The deals include taking multicam sitcom Kevin Can Wait, Timeless and The Blacklist: Redemption from Sony Pictures Television; The Good Place and Pure Genius and Chicago Justice from NBCUniversal International Distribution; Man with a Plan (pictured), MacGyver, Bull and […]
