World Screen

LONDON/ALBUQUERQUE: The eight-part drama The Kennedys will make its world premiere on ReelzChannel in the U.S., after HISTORY and Showtime decided to pass on the biopic, while the U.K. debut will be on the HISTORY channel. The movie event recreates …

NEW YORK: The Battle for Marjah is a new documentary, set to air exclusively on HBO, that details the story of the U.S. marines’ battle to liberate the Afghanistan town of Marjah, which had been under a Taliban stronghold. Journalist …

LOS ANGELES: The half-hour series Elizabeth Stanton’s Great Big World has been cleared by Fox owned-and-operated stations in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, among other U.S. markets. The educational/informational series is set for fall 2011. It features Stanton visiting …

NEW YORK: Goodnight for Justice, starring Luke Perry, marked the first original premiere of 2011 for Hallmark Movie Channel and was the highest rated debut in network history. The TV movie earned a 1.5 household rating for its January 29 …

BURBANK: ABC has scheduled spring slots for the comedy series Better with You, Cougar Town and Happy Endings. The new comedy Happy Endings will premiere with back-to-back episodes on April 13, starting at 9:30 p.m., following an original episode of …

PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK: A long-term agreement between Comcast Corporation and Time Warner provides digital cable customers with online and on-demand access to shows and movies from Turner Broadcasting System networks, including TNT, TBS and Cartoon Network. The deal gives Comcast digital …

MUNICH: SevenOne International is to co-produce the Lifetime movie William & Kate, about the real-life romance of the royal couple, also picking up the worldwide distribution rights for the biopic outside of North America. The HD production will be produced by …

  NEW YORK: The Kratt brothers, Chris and Martin Kratt, talk about children’s love for wildlife and how their new series Wild Kratts serves kids’ curiosity. Real-life zoologists turned "creature adventurers" Chris and Martin Kratt are best known, more simply, …

MONTREAL: Chantal Bowen has been tapped to succeed Caroline Fortier as executive director of the Youth Media Alliance (YMA) in Canada. Fortier is exiting the organization after 12 years. Bowen was formerly with the National Film Board of Canada, where …

LOS ANGELES: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has two new original series for its prime-time lineup, Searching For… and Breaking Down the Bars, while also picking Crime After Crime for its Documentary Film Club. Searching For… follows the real-life work of …