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MGM Television
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Amazon orders ‘Motorheads’ & ‘A Very Royal Scandal’, cancels ‘With Love’, ‘Shelter’ & ‘Dolores Roach’
Amazon streamer Prime Video has greenlit coming-of-age series Motorheads and fact-based drama A Very Royal…
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Netflix & BBC team for Lockerbie bombing drama from ‘Line Of Duty’ firm World Productions
Netflix and UK pubcaster the BBC have jointly commissioned Lockerbie, a drama series based on…
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Amazon & C4 to co-premiere ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ in UK, following MGM acquisition
Amazon Prime Video has taken co-premiere rights in the UK and Ireland to the fifth…
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Amazon seeks ‘The Consultant’ from ‘Servant’ creator Tony Basgallop
Amazon Prime Video has commissioned The Consultant, a new darkly comedic workplace thriller series, starring…
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News round-up: ‘Kensal Town’ wraps production; ‘Clarice’ comes to UK’s Alibi; eOne takes global Alleycats rights
‘Kensal Town’ wraps production UK-based Edit 6 has wrapped production on Kensal Town, a new…
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Keshet’s Tresor strikes exclusive first-look format deal with MGM in Germany
Keshet’s German producer Tresor has struck an exclusive first-look deal with MGM Television’s global formats…
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MGM & HBO Max ride the K-pop wave with new talent shows
US-based MGM Television and WarnerMedia-owned HBO Max are both looking to capitalise on the K-pop…
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MGM/CBS ‘Silence Of The Lambs’ spin-off thriller ‘Clarice’ signs global deals
Broadcasters and platforms in Europe, Russia and Australia have picked up psychological crime thriller series…
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Amazon takes first run rights on ‘Vikings’ finale away from History
Amazon Prime Video has bagged first window rights for the final 10 episodes of historical…
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Netflix declines second coming for controversial ‘Messiah’ drama
Netflix has cancelled MGM Television-produced thriller Messiah after just one season. The series followed Michelle…
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MGM bolsters UK unscripted team with Primal Media addition
MGM has continued to ramp up its recently minted UK unscripted team by appointing Primal…
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HBO Max orders Mark Burnett business format ‘The Big Shot’
HBO Max has ordered eight episodes of The Big Shot with Bethenny (wt), a new business reality competition…
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MGM hires Two Halves co-founder to bolster UK-based unscripted division
MGM Television has further expanded its unscripted interests by appointing the co-founder of All3Media-backed Two…
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MGM hires Channel 4 alum to head new UK-based unscripted arm
MGM Television is setting up an unscripted arm in the UK and has appointed former…
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Evolution Media names president and adds Studio 71 exec
The Real Housewives of Orange County producer Evolution Media has promoted Alex Baskin to become…
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MGM options young adult sci-fi thriller ‘Aurora Rising’
MGM Television has optioned young adult sci-fi thriller Aurora Rising, written by Amie Kaufman and Jay…
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TBI Scripted: Deals for Amazon, MGM, BBC Studios & SF Studios
Amazon greenlights The Power, We Children from Bahnhof Zoo Amazon has greenlit a 10-part series based on…
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Amazon greenlights Burnett’s Eco-Challenge, partners with Neil Gaiman
Amazon Studios has greenlit a revival of competition series Eco-Challenge from Survivor creator Mark Burnett and…
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Burnett & Darnell create ‘entertainment Olympics’ show for CBS
Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell (below right) have joined forces to conjure up the “Olympics…
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Mark Burnett’s Contender boxes clever with Epix reboot
The Mark Burnett-created boxing reality series The Contender is returning to US television screens after…
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Kaling preps Hulu Four Weddings adaptation
Hulu is developing UK movie classic Four Weddings and a Funeral with comedian, producer and…
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MGM to produce Patrick Dempsey drama for Epix
MGM Television, Eagle Pictures and Barbary Films have started production in Montreal, Canada on a…
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Time Warner to produce shows for Snapchat
US media giant Time Warner will produce a series of original programmes for social media…
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Channel 4 to tell Handmaid’s Tale in UK
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has acquired buzzy US drama The Handmaid’s Tale from MGM Television….
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Fox cancels one Burnett series, orders another
US broadcaster Fox has cancelled a Mark Burnett-produced dating series, but ordered a music-themed, interactive…
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Young Shakespeare drama set for TNT
US cable channel TNT has commissioned a drama about a young William Shakespeare as part…
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Burnett, Harvey in business for ABC
Unscripted industry figures Mark Burnett and Steve Harvey are coming together to create a seed…
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OSN bags exclusive MGM movies
UAE-based pay TV provider OSN has renewed an exclusive supply deal for movies with MGM….
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Burnett behind Fox dating series
US broadcaster Fox has ordered a ten-part dating reality series from new MGM Television president…
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FX ties down Fargo creator Hawley
US basic cable channel FX has tied down Fargo creator Noah Hawley to a new…
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