Luther creator Neil Cross has scored a four-part drama about ghosts and murder for British broadcaster ITV. The network has commissioned Because The Night, produced by Hard Sun producer Euston Films. Inspired by Cross' own novel Burial, the series follows the well-meaning but directionless Nathan, who has a terrible…

Classic entertainment format Supermarket Sweep is returning in the UK after ITV2 ordered a 20-part primetime run. The Al Howard-created show, which is based on the format that aired on ABC from 1965-67, will return on the Love Island broadcaster with Rylan Clark-Neal as host. The original series ran on ITV for more…

Hulu has handed a straight-to-series order to James Purefoy-fronted Fertile Crescent (w/t), an eight-episode drama from Fremantle and The Young Pope producer Haut et Court TV. The digital platform is co-producing the series with French broadcaster Arte France. The drama was originally pitched at French festival Series…

American Gods producer Fremantle has struck an exclusive deal with True Detective and Catch-22 exec producer Richard Brown. The multi-year pact is the latest exclusive overall agreement from the RTL-backed producer and distributor. Brown's newly formed production company Passenger will be based in New York and London…

ABC is "hopeful" that it can strike a deal to bring the American Idol judges back for season three. Earlier this week, the company renewed the signing competition for a third season on its network and its 18th overall. However, it did not reveal whether judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie would return for…

Storyglass, the scripted podcast label set up by American Gods producer Fremantle, has launched its latest slate of shows including a supernatural horror drama and a project based on Margaret of Anjou. It comes after it unveiled its debut series last year including Chris O'Dowd homelessness story Baby It's Cold Outside…

Les Misérables producer Chris Carey has joined British producer Dancing Ledge Productions as the Fremantle-backed company looks to expand its drama slate. Emmy Award-winning Carey, who produced the BBC and PBS adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic for Lookout Point, becomes executive producer at Dancing Ledge. The indie…

American Gods producer and distributor Fremantle has taken the international rights to a one-off documentary about the Notre Dame fire. The company will shop Notre-Dame: In Flames, which features exclusive footage of the recent tragic events in Paris, to international broadcasters and digital platforms after acquiring…

Actor and comedian Joel McHale is set to host Card Sharks, slated to air this summer on the ABC Television Network. "I'm very excited to be hosting 'Card Sharks,'" said McHale. "Game winners can win tens of thousands of dollars and in an updated twist – losers will be fed to a pen of adult Tiger Sharks." The Card Shark…

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Reacher author Lee Child has teamed up with Fremantle-backed producer Dancing Ledge Productions to develop a Black Mirror-meets-Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri true crime anthology drama series. Child has partnered with Dancing Ledge, which has worked on series including Netflix's Delhi Crime…

RTL Group, owner of My Brilliant Friend and American Gods producer Fremantle, has touted its "remarkable" relationship with HBO and revealed that it is in talks to supply content to Apple as it sets a revenue target of $565M by 2021. The company revealed the target after announcing its full-year financial results…

The Got Talent format is heading back to China after Hunan TV partnered with Fremantle and Syco Entertainment. The broadcaster has ordered a 13-part series based on the format that will be known locally as Dian Feng Zhi (World's Got Talent) and will air in April. It comes after a local version of Got Talent aired on…