(September 20, 2013 – Burbank, CA) –The German adaptation of the successful Warner Bros. sitcom “The New Adventures of Old Christine” has been nominated in the “Best Scripted Series” category at the German TV awards “Deutscher Fernsehpreis.” These are the most important TV awards in Germany, with the winners being announced on October 2 in Cologne.
The series trailer can be found on their YouTube page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGy82Kuhr8E
Produced by Polyphon, the eight episode run of “Christine. Perfekt war gestern” premiered successfully on August 22 on RTL.
“We were thrilled to hear the news about the nomination for ‘The New Adventures of Old Christine’ in Germany. This has to be the first time that a scripted U.S. adaptation has been nominated for these awards. From the outset we were certain that the show had high potential to succeed on RTL and this award nomination goes to prove that the German viewers are enjoying the show just as much as the U.S. audiences did,” said Andrew Zein, Senior Vice President, Creative Format Development and Sales.
Originally produced by Kari Lizer’s production company, Kari's Logo Here, in association with Warner Bros. Television, the half-hour comedy series ran on CBS for five seasons from 2006 in the U.S.
More information on the show, including clips and images, can be found on the “Christine. Perfekt war gestern” website http://www.rtl.de/cms/sendungen/serie/christine-perfekt-war-gestern.html and Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ChristinePerfektWarGestern
The show features divorced working mom Christine Campbell as she juggles the daily stresses and conflicts of motherhood and her business. She gets along with her charming ex-husband, Richard, even better than when they were married. But Christine's life got a lot more complicated with Richard's new girlfriend around: a nice, young, impossible-to-hate woman also named Christine...the "new" Christine.
Warner Bros. International Television Production:
Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) aims to establish or acquire production companies in the major television territories around the world in order to become a leading producer of local scripted and non-scripted programming. In those territories where WBITVP establishes a production base, it operates by developing and producing original programming and also producing local versions of formats owned and controlled by the group such as “The Bachelor,” “The World’s Strictest Parents” and “Who Do You Think You Are?” Where WBITVP has no local production capability it licenses Warner Bros. formats to third parties. WBITVP has already taken significant steps by acquiring a majority stake in U.K. production group Shed Media, one of the U.K.’s largest and most successful independent production companies, which operates both in the U.K. and the U.S. Most recently it has acquired a majority stake in BlazHoffski Holding B.V., a leading independent television producer in The Netherlands and Belgium.###
Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) aims to establish or acquire production companies in the major television territories around the world in order to become a leading producer of local scripted and non-scripted programming. In those territories where WBITVP establishes a production base, it operates by developing and producing original programming and also producing local versions of formats owned and controlled by the group such as “The Bachelor,” “The World’s Strictest Parents” and “Who Do You Think You Are?” Where WBITVP has no local production capability it licenses Warner Bros. formats to third parties. WBITVP has already taken significant steps by acquiring a majority stake in U.K. production group Shed Media, one of the U.K.’s largest and most successful independent production companies, which operates both in the U.K. and the U.S. Most recently it has acquired a majority stake in BlazHoffski Holding B.V., a leading independent television producer in The Netherlands and Belgium.