World Screen

  BURBANK: Disney-ABC Television Group has announced the debut of a new Grey’s Anatomy web series, Seattle Grace: On Call, which will air over six episodes on ABC.com. The webisodes, each four to five minutes in length, will be shot …

UNIVERSAL CITY: From Magical Elves, the producers behind such hits as Project Runway and Top Chef, comes a new competition series for NBC that sees contestants vie for the opportunity to open a restaurant chain in four cities across the …

BURBANK: The sixth and final season of Lost will kick off on February 2 on ABC with an hour-long recap special, followed by the highly anticipated two-hour premiere.  At 8 p.m., ABC will air a special recap of the previous …

NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced that actor Ed Westwick will join MTV’s Alexa Chung and recording artist Moby on stage as presenters at the 2009 International Emmy Awards. British TV personality Graham Norton returns to …

NEW YORK: Buppies, a new web series that spotlights the lives of young African-American professionals living in Los Angeles, launches on BET.com on November 24 for a ten-week run.  The webisodes chronicle the relationship dramas of a group of slightly dysfunctional …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has ordered six hour-long episodes of John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show from Avalon Television. The series is hosted by John Oliver (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and features stand-up from some of his favorite …

LONDON: Scorpion TV has acquired the rights to the documentary Fahrenheit 2010, which looks at how South Africans really feel about the upcoming World Cup.  Fahrenheit 2010, directed by Craig Tanner of Levitation Films, asks the question of who stands to …

TORONTO: The Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) has announced key findings from the first phase of a national study on Canadian children’s and youth programming, presented as a highlight of today’s Children, Youth & Media Conference. The study surveyed …

LONDON: JimJam is hosting the world premiere of a new series, Jarmies, which will launch on the preschool channel’s dedicated Sky Italia feed on January 4. Created by London-based Jarmies, the animated series follows a gang of little stars as …

NEW YORK: Steve Macallister, the managing director of sales and distribution at BBC Worldwide, talks in this video interview about the quality of the BBC brand and what broadcasters are looking for in today’s market.     Four years in the …