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BURBANK, February 21: ABC Entertainment announced that a number of hit shows will return to its schedule this April with original episodes, including Brothers & Sisters, Lost and Desperate Housewives, among others. The freshman comedy Samantha Who? returns to the …

HONG KONG, February 21: Turner Entertainment Networks Asia (TENA) has announced three new appointments to its creative services and original production teams. In Hong Kong, Jonny Potter has joined as creative director, responsible for the entire output of creative services …

LOS ANGELES, February 21: Edie Falco, the Emmy Award-winning actress who starred in The Sopranos, has been tapped to play a New York City nurse in a new half-hour dark comedy for Showtime. The pilot, co-produced by Showtime and Lionsgate …

LONDON, February 21: Lion Television has appointed former Channel 4 commissioning editor Simon Welton as its senior entertainment executive. Welton’s production credits including series editing and executive producing Big Brother, Soccer Aid, The Games and The Match. He started his …

SINGAPORE, February 21: Singaporean media group MediaCorp has taken a stake in a new Vietnamese company that will produce entertainment and financial news content and assist in the establishment of a new channel in the latter half of this year. …

UNIVERSAL CITY/PAWTUCKET, February 20: Universal Pictures has signed a six-year partnership to produce at least four motion pictures based on Hasbro brands, including Monopoly, Candy Land, Clue, Ouija, Battleship, Stretch Armstrong and Magic: The Gathering. Hasbro will partner exclusively with …

WHITE PLAINS, February 20: Through an exclusive partnership with Showtime Networks, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts will offer hotel guests a sneak preview of the second season of the original series The Tudors in more than 50,000 hotel rooms across the …

NEW YORK, February 20: This June, Sundance Channel will premiere On the Road in America, a 12-part documentary series that follows four young Arabs as they travel across the U.S. The series will begin airing on Wednesday, June 4, at …

TORONTO/LONDON/BERLIN, February 20: DHX Media’s distribution subsidiary DECODE Enterprises has secured a broadcast deal for the 3-D-animated series Chop Socky Chooks with Cartoon Network in Germany. The series, aimed at children aged 7 to 11, is a DECODE Entertainment co-production …

NEW YORK, February 20: Scholastic Media has signed an agreement with YOTTOY Productions, a New York-based toy design company, to manage sales, marketing and product development for its SideKick toy offerings. The agreement will see the development of toys based …