World Screen

BURBANK, August 29: America’s Got Talent has been renewed for a fourth season by NBC, which also picked up nine additional episodes of the sophomore drama Chuck. America’s Got Talent, produced by FremantleMedia North America and Simon Cowell’s SYCO Television, …

NEW YORK, August 29: The six-episode season of the comedy Little Britain USA, a take-off from the hit BBC series, will debut on HBO on September 28. Set in contemporary America, the show, which will air at 10:30 p.m., will …

SINGAPORE, August 29: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific is replacing Discovery Real Time with Discovery Turbo, a new male-skewing entertainment channel dedicated to motoring. Discovery Turbo will be available in Australia, Brunei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand …

BURBANK, August 29: Disney Channel has placed an order for a second season of the hit comedy Wizards of Waverly Place, which year-to-date across all of cable is the number one program among kids 6 to 11 and tweens. Created …

NEW YORK, August 29: Defiance will head to MIPCOM with a number of newly acquired programs, including Spin 360, an entertainment newsmagazine series about what’s on the Internet. Spin 360 caters to all media platforms and is available in both …

WINNIPEG, August 29: Frantic Films is set to begin production in mid-September on House Poor, a pilot for Canwest Broadcasting’s HGTV, in addition to prepping new seasons of returning series Til Debt Do Us Part and Guinea Pig. House Poor …

LONDON, August 29: Mark Sammon, the senior commissioning editor of LIVING, has been promoted to the newly created role of head of commissions for Virgin Media Television (VMtv), while Chris Collie has been upped to the head of scheduling and …

BURBANK, August 29: ABC Studios executives Gary French and Paula Warner have been named the new co-heads of production, replacing Barry Jossen who will run creative for the studio. In their oversight of the department, French and Warner will be …

HILVERSUM, August 29: Lurdes Guerreiro has been appointed as managing director of Endemol Portugal, which has been commissioned by SIC to produce a local version of the format Wipeout. Guerreiro has been with Endemol Portugal for more than nine years, …

LONDON/NEW YORK, August 29: Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) has named Andrés Mochón VP for Latin America and Jennifer Lawlor to the newly created position of VP of agent territories for Europe, the Near East and Africa. Both Mochón  …