Broadcast_history Jo_(TV_series)

1 broadcast history

1.1 overview
1.2 episode order , alternate versions
1.3 cancellation

broadcast history

atlantique productions entered in negotiations american ion television network @ miptv media market ion s first original series. agreement finalized on july 19, 2012, details of include ion paying 4 million dollars license 8 episodes , having english title, budget , final cut approval, among other things. ion, however, never paid atlantique owed, citing dissatisfaction jean reno s accent , other creative concerns, further claiming in september had never entered in agreement atlantique. such, atlantique filed lawsuit against ion 4 million dollars in direct damages on october 9, 2012 in california federal court.

the german prosiebensat.1 media group , italian rai acquired free-tv rights show on september 10 , september 25, 2012 respectively, prior presentation @ mipcom in october sat.1 additionally becoming broadcast partner.

jo premiered in italy on fox crime on january 17, 2013 , completed run in 8 weeks @ pace of 1 episode per week on thursdays. later shown in poland on fox starting january 25, spanish-speaking latin american countries on fx march 4 onwards, in spain on fox 3 days later , brazil on fx starting march 10. in belgium la une started showing series on april 18, 2013, , rts un in switzerland next day, completed run in 4 weeks @ pace of 2 episodes per night. began broadcasting week later in france on tf1 @ same pace, on thursdays in prime time. oddly, tf1 showed program dubbed in french, not giving option see episodes in english american shows. following this, show started airing in portugal on fox on may 6, before having premiere in english-speaking country, debuting in united kingdom , ireland may 19 on fox. rtl klub started programming jo 2 days later in hungary , may 27 showing in african countries covered fox. more month later, series had german-language premiere, airing on austrian , german broadcast partners, orf eins , sat.1, starting july 3 , 4 respectively, first 2 episodes shown on same night, following episodes shown @ one-per-week pace.

broadcast rights show have far been sold 140 countries.

overview

episode order , alternate versions

opening titles seen in france, belgium, hungary , switzerland (bottom) , across world on fox channels (top). 2 credit sequences feature different theme music

confusingly, fox international channels in africa, greece, ireland, italy, latin america, netherlands, poland, portugal, spain , united kingdom rtl klub in hungary on 1 hand , la une, rts un, tf1, orf eins , sat.1 in belgium, france, switzerland, austria , germany on other have aired or plan air episodes of series in 2 different orders, reflected in following chart. according balcer, fox international channels version , air order intended official version , while other version represented tf1 s unilateral decision re-edit show felt dark – changing music, color , pacing. example, according balcer, in addition changing theme music , score, tf1 changed source music – in official version, opening of notre dame featured organist playing mozart s requiem on digital organ, setting tone , theme of series relates jo saint-clair, tfi changed music lighter maudlin piano piece.

in addition, orders feature vastly different edits. in addition opening credits , music being changed, franco-belgian-swiss versions have several scenes cut or replaced, music tracks changed , different color grading. according balcer, scenes had been cut official version because of poor performances or directing (for example, in pigalle, interview witness on eiffel tower , search of victim s apartment) put in tf1. again, according balcer, tf1 changes created imbalance between procedural , personal scenes , wreaked havoc on actors performance. balcer has disowned tf1 version, has not surprisingly been met largely negative reviews.

cancellation

tf1 announced show s cancellation on june 7, 2013, shortly before filming on second season scheduled begin, citing disappointing ratings , prohibitive costs. few days later, co-creator rené balcer reacted news @ monte-carlo television festival, expressed hope series might still continue due international success , blamed tf1 , changes made show reception in france , wherever tf1 version shown. pointed out official original version had met greater success wherever played.

part of show financed through deal based ion tv. jo allegedly going ion s first foray original tv series, things went awry, either because network got cold feet or there terrible misunderstanding. when pressed payment, ion tv purportedly cited creative concerns, such intelligibility of reno s accent. atlantique productions claims $4 million transatlantic breach-of-contract lawsuit in direct damages, plus alleges has been further harmed loss of value series in marketplace, since losing american network distributor allegedly adversely affects license fees producers can in other territories. producers have been scrambling find funding can meet contractual delivery obligations other licensees. loss of american distributor led cancellation of show.