Brazil’s Globoplay, Fremantle Strike a Deal on ‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ 

Globoplay, the top Brazilian streaming service and certainly one of Latin America’s few home SVOD gamers to compete with the world’s global streamers in a big national market, has struck a cope with Fremantle to amass “Sullivan’s Crossing.”

With this deal, the acquisition marks the first time Brazilians will have the ability to see the CTV Original sequence. 

Based on the e-book of New York Times best promoting novelist Robyn Carr, whose work also impressed Netflix’s lengthy working hit “Virgin River,” and tailored for TV by showrunner Roma Roth, “Sullivan’s Crossing” stars Morgan Kohan (“When Hope Calls”), Chad Michael Murray (“One Tree Hill) and Scott Patterson (“Gilmore Girls”). Globoplay, the streaming service of Brazilian TV big Globo, will launch Season 1 of “Sullivan’s Crossing” in March 2026. 

As Variety reported when asserting the sequence, “Sullivan’s Crossing” turns on neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan as her life in Boston collapses round her, putting a fork in the highway the place her private {and professional} paths as soon as moved effortlessly ahead. 

Forced to move in the other way, she finds her manner again to the rural city she as soon as called dwelling, the place her estranged father runs the local outpost. “The 10-episode romantic drama unspools as Maggie confronts past traumas to reconnect to the parts of herself she’d long forgotten. “Tackling relatable themes of community, familial bonds, love and self-fulfilment, the show allows its characters the grace to grow, heal and live a bit in the process,” Variety said. 

“Sullivan’s Crossing” also types a part of Fremantle’s drive into English-language manufacturing this decade each in the U.Okay., –the place it triumphed in 2022 with BBC One’s “The Responder,” starring Martin Freeman – and past, in Australia and now Canada.

“Sullivan’s Crossing” also confirmed yet another key global TV participant, right here Fremantle, shifting 4 years in the past into ever larger mainstream swings as distributors and VOD platforms alike look to safe big audiences as soon as broadly the area of broadcast networks.

That wager performed off. Distributed internationally by Fremantle, “Sullivan’s Crossing” has been licensed to over 180 territories. Season 4 is ready to premiere in Canada on CTV and Crave this Spring.

“‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ is a beautifully crafted, character-driven series with proven global success, and we’re thrilled to be bringing it to Brazilian audiences with Globo. Its themes of family, love and second chances resonate deeply, and we’re confident the series will strike a chord with Globo’s viewers,” said Sheila Aguirre, Fremantle EVP co-production & distribution, Latin America & Hispanic USA.

“Bringing ‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ to Globoplay reinforces our commitment to offering an increasingly diverse catalog, embracing different storytelling styles and expanding the possibilities of connection with our audience. The series arrives to strengthen our portfolio of emotional dramas and stories that truly resonate with viewers,” added Tatiana Costa, Globo director of leisure and news channels & content.

Roth, also creator and government producer on the sequence, said she was “so excited to be sharing ‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ with Brazil, a country known for its love of romance and telenovelas. I can’t wait to see what audiences think!”

From government producers Roth and Christopher E. Perry, the team behind “Virgin River,” “Sullivan’s Crossing” is government produced by Reel World Management in affiliation with Bell Media’s CTV, The CW and Fremantle. Marc Tetreault, Mark Gingras and Jason Levangie function producers. For Fremantle, Michela Di Mondo and Hilary Martin are also government producers.