“Call My Agent!”
France tv distribution has sold the successful French show “Call My Agent!” to Turkey’s Ay Yapim production company. The Turkish adaptation (titles "Menajerimi Ara") started airing on Star TV on August 25, every Tuesday during prime time and by its second night, both episodes had an audience rate of 38% among female buyers aged 20+ and the second episode saw a 30% raise, all target audiences combined.
By the second night, the show was the market leader; it has since been ranked second among the most popular shows. On the other hand, MBC (Middle East and North Africa) is also airing it simultaneously.
France tv distribution is celebrating the success of its export strategy and its partnership with Mon Voisin Productions, Mother Production, and Madd (Ayyapim and Medyapim's company).
Dicle finds herself in an agency when she comes to Istanbul dreaming of becoming a filmmaker. There's only a place for stars, ego wars, greed, fame, money, hope, and disappointment here. Dicle struggles to exist in this glamourous world without losing her way. Her broken family ties start to bleed again. Her father who abandoned them before she was born is now one of the sharks of the industry, and they are working in the same agency. The magical lights of cinema start to shed light on Dicle's first love.
As far as the French version is concerned, the first two episodes of Season 4 will be premiered at the close of the Canneseries festival, which will take place from October 9 through 14, 2020; celebrating France 2's upcoming broadcast of the new season this fall, a special party will be thrown for the cast and crew in the Louis Lumière Grand Auditorium, inside the famous Palace of Festivals and Conferences.
In addition to a Quebec version, the "Call My Agent!" show is currently broadcast in more than 150 countries. Development of the format's adaptation is also underway in India, China, Vietnam, and an English version is in progress in the US/UK. Other negotiations are taking place in various parts of the world, including Germany, South Korea, and Italy.
France tv distribution is proud to have a hand in creating a worldwide presence for this show and, on a wider scale, for French fiction in general - a genre that is constantly gaining in qualité and ambition.