World Screen

NEW YORK, May 13: Scrubs, which ended its seventh season on NBC this month, and David E. Kelley’s take on the BBC drama Life on Mars, are among the new series on ABC’s 2008-2009 schedule, which is dominated by returning …

NEW YORK, May 12: Maria Badillo has been promoted to the role of senior VP of programming at ¡Sorpresa!, with continuing responsibility for the creation and implementation of the channel’s new programming, scheduling and on-air initiatives. Badillo joined the Spanish-language …

LONDON, May 12: Martin Irusta has been appointed to the newly created position of senior VP of programming and acquisitions at NBC Universal’s Global Networks division, effective immediately. Based in London, Irusta will work directly with channel managing directors and …

SAN FRANCISCO, May 12: Multiplatform animation network Aniboom and Oberon Media’s casual games publisher I-play have partnered to create animated serial content for distribution across mobile, online and television platforms, kicking off with Turbo Subs, a new series based on …

SINGAPORE, May 12: MediaCorp is collaborating with the Japanese animation company Madhouse on Yona Yona Penguin, a new 3-D CGI anime feature film. Yona Yona Penguin was created and produced by Madhouse and French company Denis Friedman Productions. The film …

LONDON, May 12: Power will arrive at the L.A. Screenings with a lineup of original drama series and mini-series, headlined by Crusoe, a new 13×1-hour prime-time adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s classic novel for NBC. Crusoe will be co-produced by Power, …

MEXICO CITY, May 12: Televisa Internacional is heading to the L.A. Screenings with a slate of telenovelas that includes Dumb Girls Don’t Go to Heaven (Las Tontas no van al Cielo). Following on its successful presentation at MIPTV, Dumb Girls …

LONDON, May 12: Headlining FremantleMedia Enterprises’s (FME) roster for the L.A. Screenings this year is the 8×1-hour reality series Oprah’s Big Give, in which ten contestants are given the challenge to change the lives of complete strangers. Hosted by talk …

TORONTO, May 12: CCI Entertainment has sold its 3-D animated kids’ property Erky Perky to several broadcasters throughout the world, including the Spanish-language network ¡Sorpresa! in the U.S. The series has also been sold to TV2 Denmark, SRC in Canada …

STOCKHOLM, May 12: Several members of the global format exchange collective Sparks Network have secured new options and commissions, including Lebanon’s Imagic, whose game-show format Check or Bet has been optioned in six countries. The BBC has purchased the option …