DirecTV Picks Up Rights to SPT Drama Damages

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DirecTV has agreed to pick up the exclusive rights to the Sony Pictures Television drama Damages, inking a deal to run 20 new episodes of the Glenn Close-Rose Byrne series on its 101 Network.

After a three-season run on FX, where the law drama picked up four Emmy Awards––including two straight Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama trophies for Close––Damages will begin its fourth season on the satellite provider’s homegrown network. While word had sprung up about a possible rights-sharing deal between DirecTV and FX, the News Corp.-owned

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