Network Ten and FOXTEL share an overall output deal with 20th Century Fox Television.

20th Century Fox Television’s 2009 production slate proved to be quite popular in Australia, with ‘Glee’ and ‘Modern Family’ both becoming major hits for Network Ten.

Ten and FOXTEL have now reached agreements over the studios upcoming production slate for the 2010 US fall television season.

The free-to-air broadcaster and pay-TV provider will split the first-run broadcast rights for programs acquired through their shared output deal with the studio.

Ten will pick up 2 comedies from the deal — ‘Raising Hope’ and ‘Mixed Signals’.

‘Raising Hope’, from ‘My Name is Earl’ creator Greg Garcia, follows the Chance family as they find themselves adding an unexpected new member to household, was

‘Mixed Signals’ chronicles three longtime friends and their attempts to balance their relationships with their need for freedom.

“We chose the two sitcoms because A, they were just hilarious and B, we knew we had three very good dramas coming out of CBS,” said Ten’s chief programming officer David Mott.

Ten’s CBS deal gave them a first look at the highly anticipated ‘Hawaii 5-0′ remake — which stars Australia’s Alex O’Loughlin — and fellow dramas ‘Blue Bloods’ and ‘The Defenders’.

The network have also picked up Fox’s Texas-set drama ‘Lone Star’, which stars Jon Voight. The pilot was directed by Marc Webb (‘(500) Days of Summer’).

Meanwhile, FOXTEL’s owned and operated channels will have first-run rights to a number of dramas including: the new police drama ‘The Glades’, which stars Australia’s Matt Passmore (‘Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities’).

FOXTEL also acquired ‘Ride-Along’, from Shawn Ryan creator of ’The Shield’ and ‘The Unit’. The the hard hitting crime drama stars another Aussie Jason Clarke and co-stars Jennifer Beals.

Their other drama pick up us the supernatural series ‘The Gates’.

The remainder of Fox’s upcoming slate will go to Ten, with one exception — Steven Spielberg’s big-budget dinosaur drama ‘Terra Nova’ — which is yet to be decided on.

The sci-fi series, which follows a family that time-travels back to the prehistoric age, is expected to film in Australia, though production has not yet commenced.

Source: The Australian, Network Ten