‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor 6-part documentary series is set to air on Fox Sports in America. According to Sunday Times and Newstalk the series will air over six consecutive nights later starting on 26th April 2015.
The series was also nominated “as one of the ‘programmes to watch; at this year’s Marché International des Programmes de Télévision (MIPTV) showcase in Cannes.”
The news was first reported by Jeremy Botter last month via twitter
https://twitter.com/jeremybotter/status/580219891514417156
FOX have acquired my 6-part series #TheNotorious.
Episode 1 airs April 26th.
Congrats to my team on the project and everyone involved.— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 14, 2015
Here are some excerpts, you can read the full report at Newstalk
“Fox has moved quickly to pick-up RTE’s six-part series The Notorious – it will air on Fox Sports over six consecutive nights later in April. The channel reaches over 90 million homes in the US
The series was selected as one of the ‘programmes to watch’ at this year’s Marché International des Programmes de Télévision (MIPTV) showcase in Cannes.
Sunday Times report that the US deal is done – and that RTE is expected to enter negotiations with other potential international buyers today.
Fox Sports aired the original one-off The Notorious documentary on January 8th of this year.
The series follows Conor McGregor from Dublin, to Rio, Las Vegas and finally Boston – where the it concludes with his second round TKO victory over Dennis Siver in January of this year.”