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ABC nabs rights to German miniseries Impact Entertainment Television Reuters

By Scott Roxborough

COLOGNE, Germany (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC has acquired the U.S. TV rights to "Impact," a four-hour miniseries about a meteor that strikes the moon and sends it on a collision course with Earth.
NBC Universal's Sci Fi Channel has picked up second-window rights to the disaster drama, which stars David James Elliott, Natasha Henstridge, Steven Culp and James Cromwell and is directed by Michael Rohl ("Eureka").

ABC is expected to air it in the summer as a limited series.

The $14 million miniseries was produced by Germany's Tandem Communications, Jaffe/Braunstein Entertainment and Muse Entertainment and sold by Tandem.

Sci Fi has a strong track record with Tandem shows, with the futuristic tale "Lost City Raiders" and fantasy epic "Ring of the Nibelungs" having scored ratings gold for the channel.

The sale to ABC is a high-water mark for Tandem, which has carved a niche in high-end TV events by combining international financing with U.S.-bankable casts and scripts.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has acquired U.S. video rights to "Impact."

(Editing by Sheri Linden at Reuters)