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Torchwood is popular in the English-speaking North American continent; in fact, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation helped to finance the series, as they had the revived production of Doctor Who in 2005. On 2 April 2007, BBC America had acquired the rights to broadcast the series in the United States.[1] The series started on 8 September 2007; the initial broadcast of the series was tied-in to a "radical makeover" of the channel that was to occur later in 2007.[1] The second series started on BBC America 26 January 2008,[2] and the third on 20 July 2009.[3] Torchwood has become one of the higher rated programmes for BBC America with its first series première in September 2007 attracting an audience of almost half a million viewers.[4] HDNet acquired the US high definition rights for the first 26 episodes (Series 1 and 2) and began airing Series 1 episodes on Monday evenings, starting 17 September 2007.[5] On Monday 11 February 2008 HDNet began showing Series 2 episodes.

The Canadian network CBC was a co-producer of series one,[6] and premiered in October 2007.[7][8] The show airs for French-speaking Canadian audiences on Ztélé. Series two began airing on Space on 8 August 2008 and series three was aired on Space over five consecutive nights in July 2009. Space has since broadcast series 1 and repeated series 2. The series also airs in high definition on HDNet.

Torchwood also airs in Europe. In France, the first series began airing on 12 October 2007 on NRJ 12, and since 13 January 2009 on SciFi. The second series began on 5 September 2008 on NRJ 12 and the third series began on 17 November 2009 also on NRJ 12. In Germany, RTL 2 broadcast series 1 to 3. The first series started airing on 28 June 2010 on Icelandic network Stod 2. In Italy, the first series started airing on 3 September 2007 on Jimmy; the third series has not been aired. Portuguese network SIC Radical started transmitting the first series in January 2009. Subsequently the compete series wa picked up by AXN Black and the portuguese Syfy channel. The first series premiered on 24 June 2007 on Swedish network TV4+. Serbia aired the first and second series daily on the network RTS from 1 on 19 August 2009 to begin showing the third series from 13 April 2010. In Israel, the first 2 series aired on yes Stars Action and currently available on HOT V.O.D services, in HD also.

Torchwood also shows in the English-speaking nations of Australasia. In Australia, after the ABC[9] and SBS passed on the series, Network Ten acquired the rights to air it.[10] After its première on 18 June 2007, a reviewer for The Sydney Morning Herald's The Guide said, "The appeal of Torchwood is not so much that it's gloriously implausible sci-fi pulp, but that it knows it's gloriously implausible, sci-fi pulp."[11] Ten's press release cites rival programming in their decision to move the show to a Wednesday 12 am timeslot halfway through the series.[12] Torchwood now airs on UKTV in Australia.[13] Series one was played on Imparja, but as of 3 February 2008 the station is no longer affiliated with Ten and will not screen more.[14] Series 2 of Torchwood aired on Ten HD from 1 September 2008. On 19 June 2009, ABC2 began broadcasting series one, two and three on Fridays at 8:30 pm. When Series 2 started broadcasting on 18 September 2009, ABC2 started broadcasting Torchwood Declassified after each episode. Each episode of the third series was broadcast on UKTV and BBCHD the day after it was aired in the UK. ABC2 began airing Children of Earth on 8 January 2010 weekly. On 19 July 2011 it was announced Torchwood: Miracle Day had been bought by Eleven, a Network Ten Australia free to air digital only channel.[15] The first series began screening on TV2[16] in New Zealand on Wednesday, 9 July 2008, starting with series 1 and running straight through to the 4th episode ("Meat") in the second series. Series 2 continued airing on 11 February 2009 and season 3 premiered on 10 February 2010. Repeat screenings of the first two series began on 16 March 2010 after the conclusion of Children of Earth during the previous week, and now plays re runs on UKTV in New Zealand. On 13 August 2010, Children of Earth will begin repeated transmission after the conclusion of the second series on 6 August 2010. Additionally, in Malaysia the first two series were last transmitted on BBC Entertainment (Chn731) on the Astro Network on 29 November 2009. Japan also airs Torchwood on Super! drama TV.[17]

  1. ^ a b "Coming Soon on BBC America: "MI-5," "Hollyoaks," "Torchwood"..." (Press release). BBC America. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2007.
  2. ^ "Outpost Gallifrey: Doctor Who RSS News Feed". Gallifreyone.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference bbcamerica1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Ayers, Dennis (12 September 2007). "AfterElton, Torchwood's US premiere ratings". Afterelton.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  5. ^ "HDNet Delves into the Supernatural with the Smash-Hit BBC Series "TORCHWOOD"" (Press release). HDNet. 31 July 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2007.
  6. ^ Akyuz, Gün (6 April 2006). "BBC sci-fi thriller finds partner". C21 Media. Retrieved 8 April 2006.
  7. ^ MacDonald, Gayle (30 May 2007). "CBC's 'new direction': more drama, reality TV". Globe & Mail. Retrieved 3 June 2007.
  8. ^ Dertzo, Randi A. (4 June 2007). "Fall TV Preview" (PDF). Channel Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2007.
  9. ^ Michael Idato (4 January 2007). "2007 from the couch". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
  10. ^ "Ten signs BBC's hit Dr Who spin-off". National Nine News. 28 February 2007.
  11. ^ Torchwood: Think Men in Black, but without the budget Jim Pembri, 18 June 2007, accessed 19 June 2007 Sydney Morning Herald
  12. ^ Doctor Who and Torchwood schedule as of 31 July 2007 7 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  13. ^ Torchwood at UKTV accessed 2 January 2008 UK.TV
  14. ^ "Imparja drops Torchwood". 5 February 2008.
  15. ^ Eleven snaps up Torchwood Information released on SFSA web site; story dated 19 July 2011
  16. ^ "BBC Drama and Factual Titles Head to TVNZ". Scoop.co.nz. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2007.
  17. ^ "Superdramatv.com". Superdramatv.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
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