World Screen

SILVER SPRING, March 19: TLC has tapped What Not to Wear co-star Stacy London for its first talk show, Shut Up! It's Stacy London, with an hour-long preview of the series scheduled to air April 6 at 10 p.m. The …

YAKUM, March 19: HOT Cable Systems Media is calling for interested parties to submit proposals for the production and delivery of the Israeli platform’s movies and series channels, currently overseen by Jasmine TV. Jasmine TV, owned by Yossi Ozrad, has …

MAINZ, March 19: ABC has acquired the format rights to the long-running format Wanna Bet? (Wetten, dass…?) from Germany’s ZDF, with Phil Gurin set to develop the U.S. version and the U.K.’s Ant and Dec signing on to host. A …

LOS ANGELES, March 19: According to a Reuters report, comedian Carol Burnett has filed a copyright infringement suit against the FOX animated sitcom Family Guy for poking fun at her and her series The Carol Burnett Show, which ran on …

NEW YORK, March 19: New Nielsen data says that the average U.S. home receives a record 104.2 TV channels, up by almost 8 on 2005, tuning in to almost 16—15.1 percent—for at least ten minutes per week; in 2000, this …

LONDON, March 16: IMG Media has appointed BBC Worldwide global TV sales chief Mark Young as senior VP of entertainment sales and acquisitions worldwide, effective in May. Young joins IMG Media after more than 14 years at BBC Worldwide, where …

PARIS, March 16: France’s Gedeon Programmes will release a 70-minute documentary on the world tour of French navigator Maud Fontenoy. Directed by Luc Marescot, the documentary will feature shots of her preparation, her five months at sea in all conditions, …

NEW YORK, March 16: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the television series The Gumby Show today, classic TV episodes from the 1950s and 60s, including the pilot Gumby on the Moon, have been digitally remastered and launched on Google …

LONDON, March 16: Entertainment Rights (ER) will be attending MIPTV with content from its recently acquired U.S.-based subsidiaries Classic Media and Big Idea, including the 26×30-minute animated series George of the Jungle, and the 26×30-minute 3-2-1 Penguins! In addition, ER …

SAN FRANCISCO, March 16: Two of VIZ Media’s anime series, Prince of Tennis and MÄR, have been renewed for a second season on Toonami Jetstream, Cartoon Network’s Saturday-night programming block. New episodes of Prince of Tennis will air at 10 …