WHY THIS MATTERS:While the upfront TV marketplace has suffered a bit of erosion lately, with the shortfall made up in scatter, dollars have been flowing into NewFronts companies' coffers.
Debuting May 2 on Fox, Houdini & Doyle is a unique series in a number of ways. The show, depicting the unlikely friendship between an extraordinarily famous American magician (Harry Houdini) and an extraordinarily famous British author (Arthur Conan Doyle), is a co-production between Canada and the U.K., with a writers room—comprised of Canadian and British scribes—in Los Angeles.