Ovation TV, the network dedicated to arts and cultural programs, has acquired distribution rights to all four seasons of drama “The Tudors,” which it its 2007 to 2010 run on Showtime produced 38 episodes. A chronicle of the early years in the reign of England’s King Henry VIII from 1520 to 1530, when he divorced […]
History has picked-up a fifth season of scripted drama “Vikings” from MGM Television, with an order for 20 new episodes. Jonathan Rhys Meyers (“The Tudors”) will join the show, and production on the upcoming fifth season will begin this summer. Debuting on March 3, 2013, “Vikings” follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar […]
The upcoming four night, eight-hour reboot of classic miniseries “Roots” will launch on the networks of History, A&E and Lifetime on Memorial Day 2016. The cast includes Academy Award winners Forest Whitaker (“Fiddler”) and Anna Paquin (“Nancy Holt”); Laurence Fishburne (“Alex Haley”); Jonathan Rhys Meyers (“Tom Lea”); Anika Noni Rose (“Kizzy”); Tip “T.I.” Harris (“Cyrus”); […]
