World Screen

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has renewed three more series for its Thursday night comedy lineup, with 30 Rock, The Office and Community set to rejoin Parks and Recreation. The freshman comedy Community is averaging a 2.7 rating, 7 share in adults 18 …

NEW YORK: David Bernath has been promoted to executive VP of program strategy and multiplatform programming at Comedy Central. Bernath was previously serving as senior VP in this capacity. He will continue to oversee Comedy Central’s program scheduling and acquisitions group, …

LONDON: CBBC has commissioned two further seasons of its hit Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures. The two additional seasons—24 half-hour episodes—will see all new adventures for the intrepid young investigative journalist and her gang of young sidekicks. Created …

ABU DHABI: A new global five-year publishing deal has been signed between twofour54 and Macmillan Children’s Books for the preschool property Driver Dan’s Story Train. Driver Dan’s Story Train is from twofour54 and 3Line Media. The series has been airing …

WINNIPEG: Leonard Asper is stepping down as the president and CEO of Canwest Global Communications "in order to pursue other business opportunities and to avoid any concerns regarding potential conflicts of interest," the company said in a statement. The Ontario …

MIAMI: The Telemundo Internacional telenovela Beautiful, but Unlucky takes a 2:30 p.m. time slot, Monday through Friday, on BTV in Bulgaria as of March 8. The novela is currently airing in more than eight countries, including Costa Rica and Peru. …

BUENOS AIRES: Telefe International’s romantic comedy WAGs, Love for the Game is headed to El Salvador, where it will air Monday through Friday on Channel 33 starting April 5. WAGs, Love for the Game is from the creators of The …

NEW YORK: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO) has greenlit a new eight-episode unscripted series, called Help Me, Martha!, which is being produced in association with Mark Burnett. The show is among the opportunities MSLO is pitching to advertisers at its Upfront …

ALVISO: A U.S. appeals court has sided with TiVo in the latest development in its long-running dispute against DISH Network and EchoStar over patent infringements of its DVR technology. In June 2009, a Texas judge ruled that DISH/EchoStar was continuing …

SYDNEY: Beyond Distribution has licensed the sixth season of Mythbusters to Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP), which has additionally agreed to take on all episodes of the series being produced. The 168×1-hour series investigates the bizarre claims of urban legends, putting …