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"Sky is looking to cut down its number of US TV acquisitions to focus on original series. The broadcaster&amp;#039;s director of entertainment channels Stuart Murphy has announced plans to buy &amp;quot;fewer US shows&amp;quot; in future, Broadcast reports.  &amp;quot;Our roster of returning US series has grown,&amp;quot; Murphy explained. &amp;quot;So we&amp;#039;re only looking for a couple more [new shows] from the [LA pilot] screenings.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Instead, our focus is to build up our original series,&amp;quot; he added. Upcoming original drama projects from Sky include firefighter series The Smoke, an Ian Fleming biopic starring Dominic Cooper and historical drama Moonfleet with Ray Winstone. A remake of Scandinavian crime drama The Bridge - retitled The Tunnel - is also in the works. &amp;gt; Sky seeking star-led sitcom: &amp;#039;We want our own Miranda, Not Going Out&amp;#039; Watch a teaser for Sky&amp;#039;s Fleming starring Dominic Cooper below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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