World Screen

NEW YORK: To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the donation of the world’s most valuable diamond to the National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Channel has scheduled the hour-long special Mystery of the Hope Diamond to air on November …

LOS ANGELES: FX has slated the live-action comedy Wilfred, starring Elijah Wood and Jason Gann, in its schedule, the fourth comedy added to the channel’s roster in the past 18 months. The show is based on the Australian series of …

NASHVILLE: Meet the In-Laws is a new series for CMT, to launch in January 2011, that will feature Pauly Shore providing running commentary as couples move in with their future in-laws. The ten-episode series watches as newly engaged couples learn …

NEW YORK: The co-founder of KISS is a lot more than a world-renowned rock star. This exclusive interview provides a look at the reasons for Gene Simmons’ popularity for more than 30 years, the appeal of his TV shows, his …

BURBANK: ABC has given full-season pickups to the new series Better With You and No Ordinary Family, along with ordering further episodes of Detroit 1-8-7 and returning drama Brothers & Sisters. Detroit 1-8-7 takes a look at what it’s like …

HONG KONG: Li TV International is continuing its Asian rollout with a new launch on now TV in Hong Kong. Short for Life Inspired, the channel will include a mix of Asian, North American and European programming that incorporates genres …

SINGAPORE: SPE Networks—Asia has secured a deal with Media Resource Management (MRM) and Mass Communications Organization of Thailand (MCOT) to bring the youth entertainment service Animax to all TrueVisions pay-TV subscribers in Thailand. The anime network launches on TrueVisisions on …

LONDON: The new documentary Take That: Look Back, Don’t Stare, which follows the reunion of the former band mates, is to air on ITV1 in November, ahead of the planned December 6 release of the full-length DVD. Pulse gained access …

LONDON: Endemol Worldwide Brands and digital gaming specialist Visiware have signed a deal for The Money Drop, making it the first ever game show to be internationally sold incorporating a suite of built-in digital game extensions. The games can be …

Taking place for this first time this year, MyContent, set for November 29 to December 1 in Dubai, aims to tap into the tremendous interest in the rapidly growing media market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The …