Five picks up 'Chris,' 3 others for U.K. run
LONDON -- Five channel's new head of acquisitions, Jay Kandola, has acquired four new U.S. series from CBS Paramount, including hotly anticipated coming-of-age drama Everybody Hates Chris, it was announced Thursday. Kandola, continuing an L.A. Screenings spending spree, has also picked up the Jennifer Lopez executive-produced South Beach, a drama about three young adults living in the sexy and dangerous world of Miami's beachfront. Her shopping list also includes Sex, Lies & Secrets, a drama exploring the relationship of a tight-knit group of twenty-something friends living in a small bohemian neighborhood near Hollywood, starring Denise Richards; and comedy Out of Practice, which stars Henry Winkler and Stockard Channing as the heads of a dysfunctional family of physicians.
- 6/16/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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