Legal versions anyway:
After an impasse in carriage negotiations between Viacom and DirecTV, Viacom’s 17 networks were pulled from DirecTV last night at midnight. One of the reported sticking points was that DirecTV didn’t want to pay as much as Viacom wanted especially since so much of its content was available freely on the web.
THOSE WHO KILL Coming to U.S.?A&E Network has secured U.S. format rights to Those Who Kill, the Danish crime series based on the books by Elsebeth Egholm, and has ordered a pilot.
The original series revolves around a police detective and a forensic profiler who possess a deep understanding of the serial killers they hunt. Imagine Television and Fox 21 will produce the U.S. pilot; Glen Morgan wrote the script. Morgan, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo, Peter Bose and Jonas Allen will be executive producers.
If you can’t wait, though, a very interesting version of this same project has been on ITV in the UK since February. Think PRIME SUSPECT set in Denmark, with a younger and, dare we say it, hotter Helen Mirren (Laura Bach).
Staff, cast, and crew rejoice. Viewers ask: “Why?”
TNT has ordered a third season of its epic original series Falling Skies, from DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg. The critically acclaimed drama starring Noah Wyle finished its first season last year as bas ic cable’s top new series of 2011. Currently averaging 5.9 million viewers, the series ranks as basic cable’s #1 summer drama with adults 18-49. TNT has ordered 10 episodes Falling Skies‘ third season, slated to air in 2013.
Honking press release:
Wednesday, Sept. 19
Finally! A press release to, um, release. TVWriter™ is headed for the bigtime, baby!
SCIENCE TO LAUNCH THE DEFINITIVE FIREFLY TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT
FEATURING THE WORLD PREMIERE SPECIAL BROWNCOATS UNITEThe science fiction world was abuzz with anticipation earlier this month when the news broke of SCIENCE’s FIREFLY 10-year anniversary panel at Comic-Con International 2012: San Diego (Comic-Con) on Friday, July 13. Comic-Con is just the beginning of the tribute, as Browncoats everywhere can board Serenity for a full marathon of the classic series followed by BROWNCOATS UNITE, a world premiere anniversary special exploring the FIREFLY phenomenon debuting November 11 on SCIENCE.