World Screen

NEW YORK, October 22: USA Network’s hit mini-series The Starter Wife is returning to the NBC Universal-owned cable channel as a full series, with Debra Messing again filling the title role. Messing will also executive produce the show, which will …

SAN JOSE/LONDON, October 22: The technology venture capital fund Pond Venture Partners has completed a series A investment round in TIOTI, a new TV programming portal. The recently launched site indexes TV content from across the web and currently contains …

MUNICH, October 22: SevenOne International has licensed The Successor to Canada and Australia, a few days ahead of the premiere of the American version of the show on NBC. Phenomenon, NBC’s adaptation of The Successor, launches October 24 with illusionists …

BURBANK, October 22: Disney Channel is tonight launching Pass the Plate, a series of short-form segments intended to promote healthy eating habits. Premiering during Hannah Montana tonight, segments of the series aim to inspire kids and tweens by focusing on …

NEW YORK, October 22: Hogfather, RHI Entertainment’s mini-series that delivered top ratings for Sky One in the U.K., will premiere in the U.S. on November 25 on ION Television. Based on the best-selling novel by Terry Pratchett, the four-hour holiday …

LOS ANGELES, October 22: MySpaceTV today launched Roommates, an original scripted web series produced in collaboration with new-media entertainment production company Iron Sink Media and sponsored by the 2008 Ford Focus. The first of 45 episodes went live on the …

LONDON, October 22: The BBC dominated the nominees for the BAFTA Children’s Awards—set to be presented at a ceremony at the London Hilton on November 25—followed by Nickelodeon UK. The BBC’s CBeebies is up for Channel of the Year, alongside …

LOS ANGELES, October 22: Members of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have voted to go on strike if an agreement cannot be reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and …

October 2007 By Anna Carugati Many of Viacom’s brands are household names around the world. MTV is synonymous with “cool” across countless countries and is widely recognized for having revolutionized tele­vision. Nickelodeon redefined children’s programming with the irreverent fun of …

October 2007 By Bill Dunlap It wasn’t all that long ago that a show’s success was measured exclusively by its ratings. Today, prime-time hits are no longer simply shows. They have become small businesses that generate multiple revenue streams—from program …