Ten announces new US acquisitions

The TEN Network has announced its acquisitions from the upcoming US Fall season.

Their haul includes sitcoms Back to You, The Rules for Starting Over, dramas Journeyman and Californication. And maybe The Bionic Woman or Lipstick Jungle.

Press Release:

In its best new US season in many years, Network Ten has picked up nine new US shows and enjoyed 100 per cent renewals of its established favourites.

Speaking upon his return from the annual Los Angeles screenings, TEN’s chief programming officer, David Mott, said: “Both in terms of volume and quality, this is by farour most promising result from Hollywood in a decade.

“Securing the 20th Century Fox Television deal has proved an enormous coup as it will deliver the most talked about new sit-coms of the season – Back to You and The Rules for Starting Over – as well as at least three one-hour dramas.

“These shows are absolutely targeted at TEN’s 18-49 audience profile and underscore why we were so determined to secure the Fox agreement.”

Mr Mott added TEN would also pick up at least one new one-hour drama from NBC Universal Studios, two one-hour series from CBS Paramount and one new drama/comedy from Showtime.

He concluded: “This is the strongest position Network Ten has ever enjoyed in terms of US content, and these new series will significantly bolster our schedule going forward.”

NEW US SERIES COMING TO TEN IN 2007/8:
From 20th Century Fox Television:
Back to You – the traditional multi-camera sit-com returns in the first guaranteed full season pick up of the new US season. Kelsey Grammer (Frasier, Cheers) and Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) star as an on-air TV news team. Airing Wednesdays at 8pm on the Fox Broadcasting Network, Back to You is the only comedy in its timeslot and was a firm favourite with other international program buyers.

The Rules for Starting Over – the much-anticipated television debut for the Farrelly brothers (creators of There’s Something about Mary and Shallow Hall), this half hour comedy stars Craig Bierko (Boston Legal), Johnny Sneed (The Guardian) and Shaun Majumder (24) as a group of newly single friends learning painfully hilarious lessons about starting over in their 30s. Mid-season launch (January) on Fox.

Women’s Murder Club – based on the best-selling James Patterson novels, this thrilling new crime series “re-defines women’s work”. Starring Angie Harmon (Law & Order), Laura Harris (Dead Like Me, 24) and Paula Newsome (Little Miss Sunshine). One-hour drama ideally placed on ABC Friday nights at 9pm.

Journeyman – The highest-testing new series for NBC in five years, Kevin McKidd (Rome) stars in this one-hour drama as a guy who thought he had it all until he’s sent into the past with a purpose – but will he impact on people’s lives for better or worse? To air on NBC at 10pm Mondays following Heroes.

K-Ville – two years after Hurricane Katrina, armed criminals roam the streets of New Orleans, many police have quit, the law enforcement infrastructure has yet to be rebuilt, and it’s up to the cops who remain to reclaim their city. Starring Cole Hauser

(The Break-Up) and Anthony Anderson (The Shield, The Departed) this impressive crime drama airs on Fox at 9pm Mondays with an ideal lead-in from Prison Break.

From NBC Universal Television, at least one of the following*:
The Bionic Woman – from the creative team that re-invented Battlestar Galactica comes a modern update of one of TV’s most iconic female heroes. Stars Michelle Ryan (East Enders) as Jamie Sommers, who struggles as a bartender and surrogate mother to her teenaged sister. She’s also the survivor of a devastating car accident thanks to top secret technology that comes with a heavy price. Onehour drama airing on NBC at 9pm Wednesdays following the top-rating Deal or No Deal.

Lipstick Jungle – based on the best-selling book by Candace Bushnell (Sex and the City) this enticing new “dramedy” follows three high-powered female friends as they weather the ups and downs of lives lived at the top of their game. Starring Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan), Kim Raver (24) and Lindsay Price (Coupling, Beverley Hills 90210). Mid-season launch (January) on NBC Sundays at 10pm following Medium.

Life – starring Damian Lewis (Band of Brothers) as a wrongly-imprisoned detective who returns to the force with a zen-like approach to solving crimes. To air on NBC Wednesdays at 10pm.

From CBS Paramount Network Television:
Cane – starring Jimmy Smits (The West Wing, NYPD Blue, LA Law) this epic drama follows the external rivalries and internal power struggles of a large Cuban-American family running a hugely successful rum and sugar business in South Florida. Onehour drama for 10pm Tuesdays on CBS.

Swingtown – this one-hour “dramedy” peeks into the shag-carpeted suburban homes of the 1970s to find couples reveling in the sexual and social revolution that ushered in open marriages and women’s liberation. Stars Molly Parker (Deadwood) and Jack Davenport (Pirates of the Caribbean, Mary Bryant). Mid season launch for CBS.

From Showtime:
Californication – one of the boldest new series since Sex and the City, get ready for David Duchovny’s (X-Files) triumphant return to television. Comedy/drama series about a self-destructive novelist trying to re-launch his writing career and help raise his teenaged daughter; his obsession with honesty and his battles with drink, drugs and relationships are simultaneously destroying and enriching his career. One-hour Showtime series launching later this year.

RETURNING SERIES:
All of TEN’s established hits return for full new seasons, including:
House, NCIS, Medium, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Simpsons, Numb3rs and Supernatural.

TEN also has two brand new seasons of the hit comedy Rules of Engagement, yet to premiere on TEN.

*TEN and the Seven Network will choose from the new NBC Universal series.

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