Lifetime Nabs Rights to CBS Comedy 'Old Christine'

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Lifetime has scooped up the off-net rights to the CBS comedy The New Adventures of Old Christine, with an eye toward adding the show to its lineup in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Per terms of the deal with Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution, Lifetime will hold the exclusive cable rights to all 88 episodes of Old Christine, which stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a maxed-out working mother.

By way of announcing the pick-up, JoAnn Alfano, executive vp, entertainment, Lifetime Networks, said the show is “funny, modern, smart and relatable––a perfect fit for our brand.”

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