An artist that has spent his life "working in mediums that are really not quick," Nick Hornby made his short-form debut this year with State of the Union, quickly recognizing the opportunities at hand within this unfamiliar space. Starring Rosamund Pike and Chris O'Dowd, the SundanceTV series centers on Louise and…

AMC Entertainment Networks chief Sarah Barnett said that the issue of whether to move The Walking Dead from Georgia as a result of the state's abortion ban was a "lot to weigh on". She discussed the issue in a wide-ranging interview at the Banff World Media Festival, where she also touched on plans to move more…

The Banff World Media Festival kicked off with a major funding announcement as the Canadian government unveiled a US$1.5M fund to bolster female-fronted TV businesses. The fund has been designed to help a range of media businesses, including TV production companies, with a focus on helping women finance larger budget…

Amanda Knox is expanding her relationship with SundanceTV and Sundance Now, with her true crime podcast "The Truth About True Crime with Amanda Knox," set to launch more episodes, AMC Networks announced Saturday at TCA.

SundanceTV and See-Saw Films have released a first-look image of Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and Chris O'Dowd (Bridesmaids) in State of the Union, the short-form comedy series directed by Stephen Frears (A Very English Scandal, Philomena) and written by Nick Hornby (Brooklyn, An Education). See photo below. State of the…

Gone Girl star Rosamund Pike and Bridesmaids star Chris O'Dowd are set to star in a Stephen Frears-directed comedy series for SundanceTV. The pair are to front the short-form comedy series State of the Union, which will be a series of ten-by-ten minute episodes, to be produced by The King's Speech producer See-Saw Film…

Creator Abi Morgan's The Split has been renewed for a second season on BBC One. Produced by Sister Pictures, the first six-episode season completed its UK run on Tuesday and began airing in the U.S. on SundanceTV last week. The female-led legal drama is set in the fast-paced world of London's divorce law circuit and…

SundanceTV has boarded The Name of the Rose, a limited international drama series based on Umberto Eco’s acclaimed novel, that stars John Turturro (The Night Of), Michael Emerson (Lost, Person of Interest) and Rupert Everett (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children). AMC Networks’ cable network as well as Sundance…

Suffragette writer Abi Morgan says that a teenage hockey match was the inspiration behind BBC One and SundanceTV's drama The Split, which brings together high-profile divorces, an obsession with other peoples' relationships and a predominantly female cast and crew. Morgan, who previously created period drama The Hour…

Sarah Wayne Callies (Colony, The Walking Dead), Shawn Doyle (Bellevue, Big Love), Michael Shanks (Stargate SG-1, Saving Hope) and Camille Sullivan (The Disappearance, The Man in the High Castle) have been cast in Unspeakable, an eight-part miniseries set for premiere on CBC in Canada and SundanceTV in the U.S…

SundanceTV has given the green light to No One Saw A Thing (working title) a true crime docuseries from Blumhouse Television, with Israeli filmmaker Avi Belkin (Winding) attached to direct and executive produce. The six-episode series examines an unsolved and mysterious death in the American Heartland and the…

SundanceTV and BBC One have released first-look images of Abi Morgan's divorce drama The Split, produced by Jane Featherstone's Sister Pictures. The six-part drama stars Stephen Mangan (Episodes) and Nicola Walker (River, Last Tango in Halifax) alongside Anthony Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Meera Syal (Goodness Gra…