World Screen

LONDON: The catalogue at Passion Distribution includes three new food competition shows from Scripps Networks International and Food Network, to be featured alongside a host of returning titles in the same genre. 24 Hour Restaurant Battle is a weekly competition …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has picked up three new children’s animated shows from Niolan Entertainment: The Mooh Brothers, Robot Zoo and The Droogles. The Mooh Brothers is a character-driven show with an environmentally-conscious theme. Robot Zoo brings back retro-style animation and …

TORONTO: Guru Studio has started production on Cookie Jar’s new live-action/animation hybrid series Mudpit, a TELETOON original scheduled for 2011. The 26×30-minute series follows the lives of four teenage friends—Reese, Geneva, Liam and Mikey—as well as their online personas—Dodge, G, …

LOS ANGELES: The new competition series Bridalplasty, set to debut on E! on November 28, features celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Terry Dubrow and host Shanna Moakler as they guide competitors in the their quest for a flawless wedding. The first …

TORONTO: The CGI-animated series Babar and the Adventures of Badou is to make its U.S. debut on Disney Channel’s Playhouse Disney preschool programming block. The new series is an updated version of the classic Babar, introducing the iconic elephant’s 8-year-old …

LONDON: BBC Knowledge and BBC Lifestyle are to launch on the YouSee pay-TV platform in Denmark this winter. BBC Lifestyle will preview on YouSee’s extra channel on November 1, with a full launch on December 1. BBC Knowledge also launches on December 1. …

HILVERSUM: Endemol Netherlands has taken a minority share in the Dutch production company Human Factor TV, which specializes in comedy, satire, entertainment programming, factual entertainment, talk shows and documentaries. The partnership will see the two outfits share new ideas and …

PARIS: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss and John Slattery, the stars of the smash hit series Mad Men, will be attending MIPCOM, and will be on hand for the inaugural World Premiere TV Screenings event on October 4. Mad Men has …

Long before the word “franchise” became the much-coveted holy grail of television and movie producers, Haim Saban had begun envisioning the world he could build around a TV property he had seen in Japan in 1987. Produced by Toei, the …

If it’s true that a picture paints a thousand words, then a beautifully crafted series or mini-series creates a world viewers want to inhabit. Oscar-winning director and producer Ridley Scott, who has thrilled the movie-going audience with classics such as …