Who'd have thought Michelle Ryan would become such hot property?
The former EastEnder's graduation to US network drama took many people by surprise. But her portrayal of Jaime Sommers in the remake of the 1970s drama has already proved a success: its debut gave NBC its best Wednesday night audience in eight years.
ITV will be pleased too: they acquired the show and will be screening it on ITV2 some time next year. Not that success on NBC will necessarily translate to popularity on ITV2.
Interestingly, ITV2 tried to generate some extra traffic for its US acquisitions Entourage and The Black Donnellys last night, by scheduling them around The Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
Despite a huge 1.8 million audience for the Billie Piper drama, there was little noticeable boost for the American shows.
My colleague Maria Esposito also reports on how other new US network shows have been faring this week at the start of the autumn season.
