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MUMBAI: Televisioon format owner and distributor FremantleMedia
Enterprises (FME) has announced the acquisition of two drama
shows which will launch at the television trade event MipTV
in April.
The shows are Love You To Death and The Best Years.
They join FME’s expanding drama portfolio.
The dark, funny Love You To Death stars filmmmaker
John Waters Pink Flamingos, Hairspray in his
television series debut as the ‘Groom Reaper’. It
and tells the twisted, inspired-by-reality tales of spouses
who have killed their loved, or not-so-loved ones.
The series is scheduled later this year in the US on Court
TV as 'Til Death Do Us Part and Global Television in
Canada. It will be on offer to buyers worldwide from FME at
MipTV for both TV (excluding the US) and DVD (excluding Canada).
As the ‘Groom Reaper’, Waters guides viewers through
bizarre stories and cases of wedded woe, with his trademark
wry sense of humour and definite macabre sensibility. Each episode
– inspired by true crimes - dramatises the stories of ill-fated
husbands and wives and reveals the flaws in what the killers
thought was the perfect crime – like in the case of the
‘spend-a-holic’ spouse, who poisoned their other half
to claim the life insurance, only to find that the cheque for
the poison bounced! In each episode, viewers follow a murderous
trail to find out whodunit and will be on the edge of their
seats until the very end, as things are not always as they seem.
The Best Years follows a group of friends through
the ups and downs of college life. It’s an insight into
the real-life drama that is university - the excitement and
pressures that go hand in hand with newfound independence.
Leaving her foster-home past behind, Samantha Best (Charity
Shea) arrives on a scholarship for freshman year at the prestigious
Charles University in Boston, MA and sets about finding her
feet in the hallowed halls; not to mention finding a whole
new set of friends – and ‘frenemies’ - along
the way.
As Samantha learns to juggle academic pressures, the perils
of the social scene, friction with roommates and liaisons
with lovers, The Best Years will be compulsive viewing as
she and this sometimes dysfunctional college family make their
way together.
FME CEO David Ellender says, “We are delighted to add
these two unique dramas from Blueprint Entertainment to our
burgeoning portfolio of fine scripted entertainment, which
we are committed to expanding further throughout 2007. We
are thrilled to be launching both Love You To Death
and The Best Years at MipTV. This gives broadcasters
from around the world the chance to be the first on board
with what will be very highly-prized additions to any schedule
line-up for 2007.”
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