• Variety, Thursday, September 3, 2009 9:26 PM

NBC is developing a new take on the groundbreaking U.K. drama series "Prime Suspect." The project is the first output from a pact sealed by NBC and ITV Studios. The deal includes two more pilot commitments over the next two years for ITV fare at NBC. Earlier this year, ITV signed on to produce and air a U.K. version of the long-running NBC procedural "Law and Order."

The partnership was sealed by NBC Primetime Entertainment president Angela Bromstad, ITV Global Content managing director Lee Bartlett and U.S.-based ITV Studios CEO Paul Buccieri.

Hank Steinberg ("Without a Trace") is onboard to develop and write a two-hour U.S. pilot of "Prime Suspect," which originally starred Helen Mirren as a police detective. "Hank Steinberg was key in helping us secure this project. Our intention is to create another classic television show from this brilliant original format," Bromstad says.

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