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Revolution Studios has set Sony Pictures Television to handle the global TV and digital distribution licensing for all of its titles. Today’s deal also includes 64 Morgan Creek films to which Revolution owns international distribution rights. The agreement reunites Revolution with Sony, an initial investor in the…

EXCLUSIVE: Community is set to be the next long-running comedy to hit the SVOD marketplace with Sony Pictures Television taking out the Dan Harmon-created show following mega streaming deals for shows such as Seinfeld, which is distributed by Sony TV, The Big Bang Theory, Friends and The Office Deadline understands…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony is bringing back British gameshow Can't Touch This – two years after the original series was cancelled by the BBC. The Hollywood studio has piloted a new version of the show, which was originally created by Sony's Northern Irish indie Stellify Media and is taking it out to international broadcasters at…

EXCLUSIVE: Original Mad About You cast member Cynthia Harris will be reprising her role in the upcoming limited series for Spectrum Originals, and Cloris Leachman will also guest star in the follow-up to the popular 1990s NBC comedy. The revival of the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning show stars original leads Paul…

Alex Rider, the teen superspy series of novels that’s sold around 20M copies worldwide, is coming to the small screen in an eight-part series from Foyle's War producer Eleventh Hour Films and Sony Pictures Television, with the Hollywood studio using a new funding model to set up the drama before taking it out to…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television will shop the story of Jeffrey Epstein's human-trafficking crimes as a limited series after optioning Conchita Sarnoff's book TrafficKing. The studio has come on board the project after More/Medavoy Management had previously optioned the book, and Sarnoff's life rights, for…

EXCLUSIVE: Cine Sony will launch the new series Voces Nuevas: Recognizing Emerging Filmmakers which will showcase films directed by talented and aspiring Latinx filmmakers who participated in the Voces Nuevas short film competition. The series will premiere on October 13. The six-episode series will feature selected…

Mike Richards, the veteran executive producer of The Price is Right and Let’s Make A Deal, will take the helm as executive producer of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! when the shows’ long-time EP/showrunner Harry Friedman departs next year. Friedman announced on August 1 that he would be stepping down when his contract…

EXCLUSIVE: Cine Sony, Sony Pictures Television's premier movie channel for the bi-cultural U.S. Latino audience, and the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) revealed the winners of the inaugural Voces Nuevas, a short film contest for aspiring filmmakers. The grand prize winner was Puerto Rico…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television has begun accepting applications for its sixth annual Diverse Directors Program, which is part of SPT's overall strategy to identify and engage emerging talent from a wide range of backgrounds. Up to 15 semi-finalists will be selected from as many as 300 participate in the Diverse…

Sony-backed British producer Eleventh Hour Films is adapting Ayisha Malik's The Casual Vacancy-esque novel This Green and Pleasant Land for television. The company has optioned the novel, which was published this week by Bonnier Zaffre, with a view for a small-screen remake. The book follows the story of the only…

GSN’s hit game show America Says is heading into syndication. Sony Pictures Television, co-owner of GSN, has partnered with the network to launch the game show in syndication nationwide this fall. Fox, Sinclair, CBS, Cox Media, Tegna, Nexstar, Mission, Gray and Lockwood station groups have agreed to carry the show…