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NBC notched a win Tuesday in the adult demo and total viewers, thanks to original episodes of America’s Got Talent and Password. The network earned a .64 rating in 18-49 and lured 5.6 million viewers, according to Nielsen. America’s Got Talent, at 6.4 million, was the most-watched show of the night. Password was the…

The CW has finalized its summer plans. The broadcast network today set August premiere dates for the new Australian dramedy Bump and historical drama Leonardo, along with returning competition series Killer Camp and sophomore drama Devils. The half-hour Bump will make its U.S. debut with back-to-back episodes starting…

The CW is continuing to look abroad to solidify its schedule. The youth-skewing network has picked up Italian drama series Leonardo, starring Poldark's Aidan Turner, and Australian comedy drama Bump. It comes after the broadcaster picked up Patrick Dempsey-fronted Italian series Devils as well as titles such as…

Amazon has taken the UK and Ireland rights to Aidan Turner series, Leonardo, following a deal with Sony Pictures Television. The series on Italian master Leonardo da Vinci will premiere on April 16. Produced by Italy’s Lux Vide and Rai Fiction alongside Man In The High Castle outfit Big Light Productions, the…

EXCLUSIVE: In March, Italy was the global epicenter of the coronavirus crisis. The world looked on in horror as the nation was ravaged by the disease and life ground to a halt. More than 35,000 people have died in the country. The rest of the world would soon know Italy’s pain. Amid the destruction wrought by the…

International drama series Leonardo, starring Aidan Turner as Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci, has wrapped after being one of the first major productions to resume during the Covid-19 crisis. The high-end drama re-started on June 15 after a three-month hiatus. Today we can reveal drone footage, set to the show’s…

The Hobbit and Poldark star Aidan Turner’s performance as Leonardo da Vinci in Leonardo has been revealed for the first time in a short clip of the drama co-created by The Man In The High Castle writer Frank Spotnitz. Released to celebrate the great artist, engineer and inventor’s birthday, Turner is pictured learning…

EXCLUSIVE: Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions has continued its writing apprenticeship scheme into its third year, providing a two-month paid placement for Macedonian writer and director Eleonora Veninova. Veninova will go to work in Big Light’s London office, observing its writers’ room and working alongside…

Sony Pictures Television has boarded Freddie Highmore-fronted international co-production Leonardo. The Hollywood studio will co-produce and distribute the eight-part limited series, which takes a fresh look at the life and legacy of the iconic artist Leonardo da Vinci, positing that he was a gay outsider who used his…

EXCLUSIVE: The Good Doctor star Freddie Highmore will executive produce and join the cast of Frank Spotnitz and Steve Thompson's Leonardo, a drama series that takes a fresh look at the life and legacy of the iconic artist Leonardo da Vinci, positing that he was a gay outsider who used his work as a way of hiding his…

The Hobbit and Poldark star Aidan Turner has been cast as Leonardo da Vinci in the drama series about the celebrated Renaissance artist’s life and work. U.S. showrunner Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files) and Brit writer Steve Thompson (Sherlock) are behind the eight-episode series, which has a working title Leonardo. The…