Five get Nine

Channel Five have picked up The Nine, the new drama from Without A Trace creator Hank Steinberg. It follows a group of strangers after they are held hostage in a bank robbery. Scott Wolf, Kim Raver and Tim Daly among the stars of the much anticipated show that will air after Lost on ABC in the US.

Five have secured the rights to screen this on their terrestrial channel as well as their new digital offering, Five US. They have also now sorted out the rights to all three flavours of CSI for the new network.