The CW Acquires 4 More Summer Series, Sets Premiere Dates for ‘Tell Me a Story’ and ‘Coroner’

If it wasn’t for the coronavirus pandemic the Wimbledon Tennis Championships would be on right now. That’s right, the season of bright white shorts, strawberries and cream and manicured lawns would be well underway, as it was supposed to have began on 29 June.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorSony Pictures Television has confirmed what we revealed back in April — that it is investing in Eleven, the British production outfit behind Netflix smash hit Sex Education.Sony has taken a majority stake in Eleven after a competitive process in which a host of potential suitors showed an interest in the producer, including All3Media.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorE! is expanding its programming slate with new celeb-focused series Celebrity Call Center, based on the UK series, and executive produced by Nick Cannon, and 10 Things You Don’t Know from Jupiter Entertainment, both for premiere this summer, along with plastic surgery series Dr. 90210, from Entertainment One, for debut this fall.

Donna Summer moment.In the spirit of the late, legendary disco diva, the British chanteuse is getting in every last dance on her new LP, “What’s Your Pleasure?” out Friday.“I was never referencing her before and then I felt [inspired by] these really incredibly anthemic, amazing disco tunes,” Ware, 35, tells The Post. “But also she just had this power and this femininity and flirtation I was so obsessed with.

When Maria Teresa Kumar was nine years-old, she became a citizen of the United States along with her mom. The pair had immigrated from Bogota, Columbia, after her mother fell in love with and married an English teacher working there. The new family then moved to Sonoma, California.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAMC Networks’ Sundance Now has acquired Schiaffino Musarra’s Swedish crime comedy series “We Got This” from Banijay Rights for the U.S., Canada and the U.K.The show follows George English (Musarra),
 a recently jobless American man living in Sweden who sets off to solve the 30-year-old murder of the former prime minister Olof Palme, in hopes that the 50 million Swedish crown ($5 million) reward can pay off his insurmountable tax bill.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSpanish-language broadcaster Univision plans to offer live sports and scripted series in coming months, as the network’s company strives to woo ad dollars from English competitors while being sold to a new company in the not-too-distant future.Univision plans to unveil 11 new scripted series, the result of a long production pipeline that readies series with a much longer lead time than counterparts, as well as televise matches from Liga MX, UEFA Champions League

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorRegal Entertainment owner Cineworld Group has confirmed it will re-open cinemas in some of its markets during the last week of June, with all theaters expected to be back online during the course of July.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorMaria Kyriacou, the president of ViacomCBS Networks UK and Australia, has been named as the new chair of Britain’s Creative Diversity Network.Kyriacou succeeds Jill Offman, who left ViacomCBS earlier this year, and will lead the organization until the end of 2020, helping it promote diversity and inclusion in the UK television industry.Kyriacou said: “I look forward to championing the vital work that CDN is doing at a time when actionable diversity and

Actor Rebecca Hall comes from a unique and interesting pedigree and lineage. There’s the surface element of that pedigree which could be seen as aristocratic privilege in the world of the arts.

By Nancy Tartaglione