‘Wild Cards’ Lands Global Deals After Renewal

Canadian procedural Wild Cards has landed a raft of deals following its renewal in Canada at pubcaster CBC. The series, which stars Vanessa Morgan (Riverdale) and Giacomo Gianniotti (Grey’s Anatomy) as an unlikely ex-con and sardonic cop duo who team to solve crimes. Distributor Fifth Season has shopped a Season 1 and 2 package of the show, which is on The CW in the U.S., to Talpa TV (Netherlands), Star Life (Portugal), Mediaset España (Spain), TV Joj​ (Slovakia), Warner TV, NBCUniversal International Networks & Direct-to-Consumer (Africa), Now TV (Hong Kong), Wowow (Japan), Mediacorp TV (Singapore), Nine Network (Australia), Warner Bros. Discovery (New Zealand), and Yes and Hot (Israel). Season 1, which launched last year as CBC’s highest-rating new series in total audience terms, has gone to Play Media (Belgium), ProSiebenSat.1 (Germany), Disney in Bulgaria and the Middle East, and Quebecor Content...