World Screen

TORONTO: A second season of the live-action series My Babysitter’s a Vampire has been greenlit by Canada’s TELETOON to premiere in 2012. Production of the 13-episode season will begin in September. The series will be in both English and French, …

MADRID: The Zinkia Entertainment preschool animated series Pocoyo is to be added to the Nick Jr. weekend lineup in the U.S. beginning July 23, in addition to its current weekday broadcasts. Pocoyo is currently licensed to broadcasters in more than …

LONDON, July 21: The factual series Misbehaving Mums to Be has been picked up from DCD Rights to air across Europe and Australia. ABC in Australia, Discovery Networks Central and Eastern Europe, Nelonen in Finland, TV Norge in Norway and …

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon, Toynami and the toy company UNKL have inked a licensing agreement to launch a line of SpongeBob SquarePants vinyl toys. The first series of toys will include SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs and The Flying Dutchman, and …

LONDON: Zodiak Rights has secured the distribution rights for the documentary series On Trial, which offers behind-the-scenes coverage of some of Australia’s major criminal trials. The series is produced by On Trial Television and premiered on ABC in Australia in …

MIAMI: Paula, for Love or Money (Los Herederos del Monte) has premiered in Romania and Estonia this week, following a distribution deal with Telemundo Internacional. The novela, which is an adaptation of TVN’s Chilean series Hijos del Monte, debuted in …

NEW YORK: WE tv has greenlit a new eight-part reality series that follows actress Shannen Doherty of Beverly Hills, 90210 fame. The show, tentatively titled The Shannen Doherty Project, will follow the Charmed star’s relationship with photographer Kurt Iswarienko. The …

SINGAPORE: In its first-ever original reality series, the Asian Food Channel is launching a region-wide search for Asia’s next celebrity chef. E&O Search for AFC’s Next Celebrity Chef will feature contestants from across the region, with auditions to be held …

NEW YORK: Bravo Media has teamed up with Ryan Seacrest Productions on the new docu-series tentatively titled Shahs of Sunset, which will follow a group of Persian-American friends living in Los Angeles. Ryan Seacrest is on board as executive producer …

NEW YORK: The TV Land original sitcom Happily Divorced, starring and co-written by Fran Drescher, is to return for a second season with 12 new episodes. The second season is tentatively scheduled for spring 2012. The show’s first season on …