All Commissioning articles – Page 350
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NewsFox renews The Following and The Mindy Project
US broadcast network Fox has renewed a raft of freshman series including The Following and The Mindy Project.
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NewsRestoration Home to return for third series
BBC2 has ordered a third series of Restoration Home from Endemol’s Remarkable Television.
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NewsFox Int'l Channels develops ghost series from Walking Dead creator
Fox International Channels (FIC) is developing a new ghost series from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman.
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NewsCBeebies orders Mister Maker spin-off
CBeebies has commissioned an international themed spin-off of its smash hit live action series Mister Maker.
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NewsDerek gets second series
Ricky Gervais’ comedy Derek has been recommissioned for a second series by Channel 4 as the first run comes to an end this week.
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NewsSky gives up Spy
Sky 1 has cancelled Hat Trick Productions’ espionage-themed comedy Spy after its second season.
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NewsBBC1’s Father Brown to return
BBC1’s daytime drama Father Brown has been blessed with a second series.
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NewsBBCW jumps aboard Impossible dino series
BBC Worldwide has come on board Impossible Kids’ animated pre-school dinosaur series Dinopaws and will air it around the world on its global CBeebies channel.
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NewsSky Living orders Australian cooking format
Sky Living HD has ordered a UK version of Australian cooking format My Kitchen Rules.
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NewsC5 takes CSI route for ob-doc
Channel 5 has ordered CSI-style medical ob-doc Trauma Doctors from Cineflix Productions, which it hopes could become a long-running series for the channel.
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NewsThe Review Show moved to BBC4
BBC2’s The Review Show is to be moved to BBC4 and scaled back to a monthly slot as the multichannel refreshes its arts output.
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NewsNickelodeon unveils new programming slate
US kids broadcaster Nickelodeon has ordered a raft of new series including a spin-off of Dora The Explorer and an animated series from the creators of The Adventures of Pete and Pete.
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NewsPioneer hits C4 with meteor doc
Channel 4 has ordered a fast turnaround documentary about the recent meteor strike in Russia from Pioneer Productions.
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NewsGeordie Shore heads to Oz for sixth season
MTV UK has renewed Geordie Shore for a sixth season, which will see the reality stars head to Australia.
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NewsSnog, Marry, Avoid? back for sixth run
BBC3 has order a sixth series of Remarkable Television’s Snog, Marry, Avoid? to air this spring.
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NewsHistory goes banger racing and treasure-hunting
History has commissioned two factual entertainment series following a banger racing team and band of treasure hunters.
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NewsNickelodeon and Sky join forces to order dance format
Nickelodeon and Sky have partnered for the first time to jointly commission an entertainment format from Princess Productions.
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NewsBBC3 orders fast turnaround Oscar Pistorious doc
BBC3 has ordered a fast turnaround doc about Oscar Pistorious from Mentorn Media after he allegedly murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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NewsOutline wins global BBCW order
Outline Productions has won its most important international commission to date with a 10 x 48-minute series for BBC Worldwide that will play across the globe.
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NewsJessica Hynes creates BBC4 suffragette comedy
Twenty Twelve star Jessica Hynes is to write and star in a BBC4 studio comedy about a 1910 suffragette movement in Banbury.