New York, NY – Announced today, Top Gear, with hosts Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid, will premiere at a special date and time, Saturday, March 3 at 10:30/9:30c on BBC AMERICA, following the seventh episode of Planet Earth: Blue Planet II. The following day, Sunday, March 4, Top Gear will air its second episode in its regular weekly time slot, Sundays at…
Read MoreNew York, NY – The premiere of BBC AMERICA’s Planet Earth: Blue Planet II delivered 2.95 million viewers and 1.15 million adults 25-54 in a five-network simulcast event Saturday night in Nielsen live/same day ratings – the most watched nature program on ad-supported television in nearly eight years and an increase of 45 percent in total viewers…
Read MorePasadena, CA – Today at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, PBS announced that acclaimed film, theater and television actor Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan, Spotlight, The Manchurian Candidate) will narrate its series, which tells the story of art from the dawn of human history to the present day — for the first time on a global…
Read MorePasadena, CA – BBC AMERICA’s newest original series, Killing Eve, starring Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy) and Jodie Comer (The White Princess) and penned by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag), will premiere Sunday, April 8, at 8pm ET/PT, it was announced today at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. Based on the novellas by Luke Jennings and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, BBCA’s Killing Eve centers on two women; Eve is a bored,…
Read MoreTCA – Pasadena, CA – January 12, 2018 – BBC AMERICA closed out 2017 with its most-watched year across every daypart, growing viewership +15% in Primetime and +12% in Total Day from prior year. In the network’s prime daypart, BBC AMERICA broke new ground as the only channel on…
Read MoreNew York, NY —BritBox, the streaming service from UK powerhouses BBC Worldwide and ITV with the largest collection of British TV in the U.S., today announced a densely packed 2018 programming slate featuring its first original drama series, The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, produced by Omnifilm Entertainment in association with BritBox and World Productions, the…
Read MoreNew York, NY – The Golden Globe and SAG-Award-winning actor, Idris Elba (Molly’s Game, Thor: Ragnarok, The Dark Tower), returns to his iconic role as DI John Luther for the fifth installment of Luther, created by Emmy®-nominated writer Neil Cross. Dermot Crowley (Hard Sun), Michael Smiley (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and Patrick Malahide (Game of Thrones) will return for the four-parter as DSU Martin Schenk, Benny Silver and…
Read MoreNew York, NY – Viewers tuned in in record numbers to BBC AMERICA on Christmas Day 2017 to say goodbye to Doctor Who’s Twelfth Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, in the special Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time. The annual programming event notched 2.2 million total viewers and 1.1 million adults 25-54 across its two Christmas telecasts…
Read MoreNew York, NY / London, UK – BritBox, the subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming service from BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, will launch in Canada in early 2018. The service initially launched in the U.S. in March of this year. This unique streaming service will celebrate the…
Read MoreNew York, NY – The Doctor Who Christmas Special, Twice Upon A Time, premieres Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25 at 9/8c on BBC AMERICA. Special stars Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, David Bradley as the First Doctor, Pearl Mackie as Bill Potts, Mark Gatiss as the Captain, and will see Peter Capaldi’s Doctor regenerate into the Thirteenth Doctor, played by Jodie Whittaker. Immediately following Twice Upon A Time, BBC…
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