Merman

Stay Updated Icon 2 min read

BBC Comedy spins-off ‘Motherland’ & orders ‘Death Valley’

UK public broadcaster the BBC has commissioned Amandaland, a spin-off from its comedy series Motherland,…

Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Starz orders Sharon Horgan & Jeff Astrof paranormal comedy, Starzplay takes int’l rights

US cablenet Starz has greenlit a paranormal comedy from Trial & Error’s Jeff Astrof and…

Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Sharon Horgan’s Merman launches digital arm

Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman is to launch a digitally focused arm named Mermade….

Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

UKTV & RTÉ board Sharon Horgan drama

UKTV has partnered with RTÉ to bring Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) drama Women on the Verge…

Stay Updated Icon 5 min read

Women are in charge: how TV production is evolving

Recent years have shown that TV programmes focused on female experiences can be as lucrative…

Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Sharon Horgan’s Merman hires Fremantle production head

Merman, the production company founded by Catastrophe’s Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford, has appointed FremantleMedia…

Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Catastrophe’s Sharon Horgan inks deal with Amazon

Amazon Studios has closed an exclusive two-year deal with Catastrophe creator Sharon Horgan. Catastrophe is…

Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

US scribe writing Sky Atlantic comedy

US writer and performer David Cross is penning a comedy starring Stephen Mangan and Heather…

Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

NBC remaking Sharon Horgan BBC comedy

US network NBC is developing a US version of cult BBC Three comedy Pulling. Original…

Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Catastrophe continues at Amazon

Amazon Prime Video in the US will have the next two seasons of British relationship…

Stay Updated Icon 1 min read

Sky Vision, Merman sign script deal

UK-based distributor Sky Vision has signed an exclusive three-script development deal with Merman, the transatlantic…

Stay Updated Icon 3 min read

Writer’s Room: Sharon Horgan

Irish comedy star Sharon Horgan on the quirks she and production partner Clelia Mountford found…