Another heated bidding war has been won by Netflix with a straight-to-series order. The streamer’s latest high-profile buy is Lovesick , a romantic drama starring and executive produced by Emmy winner Claire Danes ( The Beast In Me, Homeland ). Written and executive produced by Sarah Treem ( The Affair, House of Cards ), who will serve as showrunner, Lovesick is based on the 2024 Israeli series of the same name, aka The Best Worst Thing ( Choley Ahava ), created by Rona Tamir, Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon for Israeli TV channel Keshet 12. Universal Television , a division of Universal Studio Group, and Keshet Studios, the U.S. production arm of format owner Keshet International, are producing. Lovesick is described as a sweeping, modern romantic epic that follows the intense affair between two people whose lives unexpectedly intertwine. Annika (Danes), a renowned breast cancer surgeon, has just received her own cancer diagnosis. Her new patient, Nate, is a promising politician.…