TV4 renews Welcome to Sweden

MIPTV: Sweden’s TV4 has ordered a second season of its first English-language comedy, Welcome to Sweden, due to air on NBC in the US this summer.

The series, which is two weeks into its first season on TV4, is produced by Entertainment One Television (eOne), TV4 and Syskon – a prodco owned by creator Greg Poehler and his sister, comedian Amy Poehler.

The Poehlers exec produce and Amy is due to deliver a ‘Media Mastermind’ keynote here at MipTV in Cannes this afternoon.

TV4 will now move ahead with a second 10×30’ instalment of the comedy, about an American man who falls in love with a Swedish girl, following its early ratings success.

Greg stars in the series along with Josephine Bornebusch (Solsidan), Lena Olin (Chocolat, The Ninth Gate), Illeana Douglas (Easy to Assemble, Grace of My Heart) and Patrick Duffy (Dallas).

TV4 head Fredrik Arefalk exec produces for the channel along with the Poehlers and eOne executive VP of global production Carrie Stein.

“Television viewers are interested in stories that stretch beyond their borders which is what Welcome to Sweden can deliver, making it all the more fun to produce,” said Stein.

The first season is due to air on NBC on Thursday, July 10 at 21.00, after the network picked up the show from eOne last fall.