World Screen

NASHVILLE: A retrospective of eight works from the filmmaking duo of DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus will be the focus of Saturday nights this September on Documentary Channel (DOC). As part of its Primetime Premieres lineup, DOC has secured an …

NEW YORK: AMC has given a full season order for the pilot formerly known as The Killing, from writer and executive producer Veena Sud. Sud (Cold Case) will also serve as showrunner for the as-yet-untitled series. The show is based …

NEW YORK: Syfy has acquired the third season of Merlin from FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), to make its U.S. TV debut in early 2011. The second season of Merlin wrapped on July 2, averaging 1.72 million total viewers. New guests stars …

LONDON: Darren Childs, currently the managing director of BBC Worldwide Channels, is headed to UKTV as its new CEO, replacing David Abraham, who stepped down earlier this year to become the chief executive of Channel 4. Childs takes on the …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Channel’s 23rd annual Shark Week programming event brought in 30.8 million viewers this year, making it the most watched Shark Week in the network’s history. From August 1 to 7, Shark Week featured six premiere programs, two …

SAN FRANCISCO: Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG) has hired Grace Ressler as its new director of licensing and publishing. Ressler joins JTMG after served as director of licensing and publishing at DIC Entertainment and Sony Pictures Consumer Products. Ressler was …

NEW YORK: Steve Grimes has been named senior VP of digital media at Comedy Central. To be based in New York, Grimes will report directly to Erik Flannigan, the executive VP of digital media at MTV Networks Entertainment Group. He will …

BOSTON: The WORLD multicast channel has received two grants from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB), which will bolster broadband and broadcast expansion efforts. WORLD features a range of the best documentaries, nonfiction and news programming from U.S. public television. …

BURBANK: Led by its cable networks and theatrical divisions, The Walt Disney Company increased its net profit by 40 percent in the third quarter to $1.3 billion, on revenues that rose 16 percent to $10 billion. “We’re very pleased with …

LOS ANGELES: CMT has ordered 12 episodes of the its first scripted comedy, Working Class, starring Melissa Peterman. The half-hour family sitcom is slated to premiere on CMT in January 2011. Working Class follows the life a single blue-collar mom, …