‘Bridget Jones,” the TV show.
NBC seems to be working on a weekly version of the single-girl romantic comedy made famous in two movies starring Renée Zellweger.
It’s part of a new partnership announced earlier this month between the US network and the British movie company Working Title.
The deal, little noticed outside the TV business when it was first made public, opened a treasure trove of new material to TV.
Besides “Bridget Jones,” Working Tile made the movies “Nanny McPhee,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Shaun of the Dead.”
All appear to have potential to become American TV shows — following the success of Brit imports like “The Office.”
NBC has also had great luck selling American TV staples like “Law & Order” to other countries, where they are remade as local shows.
“Law & Order UK,” with a completely different British cast but the same da-dunk-dunk soundtrack, has just finished its second season on British TV.
“Bridget Jones,” the story of a single career woman in her 30s trying to juggle a job, family, friends and a love life, has the potential to work just about anywhere, Pete Smith, president of NBC Universal International, told a media conference in London.