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Football and TV collabs of the past have yielded Ted Lasso, All or Nothing and The English Game, and the field is now set for another player. Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and City Football Group (CFG), the parent of English Premier League champions Manchester City, have struck a strategic deal to…

EXCLUSIVE: Phoebe Robinson, the actress, producer and stand-up comic behind the HBO series 2 Dope Queens and the podcast on which it’s based, has signed a two-year first look deal with Sony Pictures Television. Under the deal, Robinson will develop and produce scripted series for cable and streaming…

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is maintaining its focus on British TV drama with another big acquisition deal. The studio has upped its minority shareholding in Alex Rider producer Eleventh Hour Films to a majority stake. Sony had first invested in the British indie in 2018. Financial terms of…

EXCLUSIVE: We’re getting word about a series in the works from Sony Pictures Television’s AFFIRM television and Revelations Entertainment which is centering around the Biblical Nazarene movement. Created by John Christian Plummer, the untitled series is set six months after the crucifixion of Jesus…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television has extended comedy writer and showrunner Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz’s (Gordita Chronicles) overall deal, sources reveal to Deadline. Under the new two-year pact, she will continue to develop scripted comedy series across cable and streaming as well as the…

EXCLUSIVE: Ronald D. Moore is back at Sony Pictures Television, signing a multi-year overall deal with the independent studio. Under the pact, Moore, his Tall Ship Productions banner, and longtime collaborators Maril Davis and Ben McGinnis will develop and produce scripted series for cable and streaming…

Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) long-serving French sales exec Noemie Weisse is retiring after three decades at the U.S. outfit, with SPT expanding Zelda Stewart’s role. Weisse worked across distribution in various EMEA regions including Greece, Turkey, Middle East and Africa to eventually managing…

EXCLUSIVE: Jessi Klein has signed a two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television. Under the pact, the TV writer-producer, author and comedian will develop and produce scripted series for cable and streaming platforms. Klein, who helped develop Chappelle’s Show as an executive at Comedy…

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian streamer Crave has acquired BBC drama Dope Girls. The Bad Wolf-produced series was one of the buzziest at the recent LA Screenings, where a full episode was on show, and Bell Media-owned streamer Crave has now swooped to take local rights from distributor Sony Pictures Television…

As buyers touch down at LAX for the annual LA Screenings, it will be a case of a return to the norm following the unusual circumstances of last year. The Hollywood labor strikes not only threw confusion on what would be a realistic purchase, but also stopped acquisitions executives getting face time (and…

Sony Pictures Television announced that the syndicated extension of Good Morning Football will launch on Fox Television Stations this September. Flory Bramnick, Executive Vice President, Distribution, Sony Pictures Television said: "Football is a subject that fans around the country want to engage…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran Sony Pictures Television (SPT) executive Steve Kent is leaving his role to focus solely on The Young and the Restless. Deadline has confirmed that Kent will no longer be Senior EVP of Programming but will become executive in charge of production on CBS’ 50-year-old daytime soap…