World Screen

NEW YORK: The Crazy Ones, The Millers and Mom have received full-season orders from CBS. The Crazy Ones is currently the season's number one new comedy in viewers (13.71 million), adults 18 to 49 and adults 25 to 54. The show, which stars Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar, continues …

NEW YORK: Eric Sherman, who has served as manager for rock musician Steven Tyler and spent more than 20 years with MTV Networks, has been tapped by Veria Living to serve as its new CEO. The appointment, effective immediately, sees Sherman taking over the company's TV and digital media businesses. …

LOS ANGELES: Global Eagle Entertainment, the venture founded by Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky, has acquired IFE Services, which distributes a host of feature films and some 20,000 hours of TV programming, as well as games and more, to airlines in Asia, South America and Africa. The deal sees Global …

LOS ANGELES: FOX has committed to nine additional episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, a new comedy series starring Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher. Created and written by Parks and Recreation's Dan Goor and Michael Schur, Brooklyn Nine-Nine follows the life of a laid-back police detective. It is produced by Universal Television, …

NEW YORK: NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products has chosen Big Tent Entertainment to create a lifestyle program for The Biggest Loser, a popular weight-loss series from Shine America and 25/7 Productions. Under the agreement, Big Tent will help turn The Biggest Loser into a versatile franchise that represents healthy living. The …

SEATTLE: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and Amazon have enlarged the terms of their video streaming agreement for Prime Instant Video, making the epic series Vikings available to subscription customers. In the U.K. and Germany, Vikings was made available on LOVEFiLM, Amazon's European film and TV series subscription service. Vikings premiered on HISTORY …

LOS ANGELES: Fox Networks Group has promoted Michael Biard to president of distribution, replacing Mike Hopkins, who was recently named CEO of Hulu. Biard had been serving as executive VP of distribution at the company. In his new role, Biard will be overseeing the distribution strategy and sales and marketing …

BOULDER: Gaiam has completed the sale of its entertainment-distribution arm, Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment, to Cinedigm Corp. for $51.5 million, plus an additional cash consideration. The adjustment for closing net working capital is expected to total approximately $5 million to $7 million, Gaiam said today. The company is remaining focused on …

LOS ANGELES: Esquire Network, which debuted in the U.S. just last month, has hired three new executives for key roles in programming, marketing and communications. Dave Serwatka has been named VP of current programming. He will oversee and guide the network's current programming vision, reporting to Matt Hanna, the head …

SANTA MONICA: Ryan Seacrest has extended his deal with dick clark productions to continue to host and executive produce Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, which airs on ABC. Seacrest has been involved in the show since December 2005, when he first joined Dick Clark as co-host …