World Screen

ATLANTA: Turner Broadcasting System has reached a deal with Cable One for the restored carriage of its channels. The new agreement comes more than three weeks after Cable One deauthorized signals for TBS, TNT and Cartoon Network. The dispute over pricing came when Cable One claimed that Turner had demanded …

LOS ANGELES: FOX has picked up nine additional episodes of Dads, for a full 22-episode season order. Dads currently ranks as one of the top 10 new series among men 18 to 34 and one of the top 10 new comedies among men 18 to 49 and women 18 to …

LOS ANGELES: Lifetime has ordered a 13-episode sixth season of Drop Dead Diva, a dramedy produced by Sony Pictures Television. Drop Dead Diva is about a deceased aspiring model whose soul takes over the body of a plus-size attorney. The show's cast is led by Brooke Elliott, Margaret Cho, Jackson …

NEW YORK: A&E, BET, Channel 4, FOX, HISTORY and IFC were among the broadcasters to award development deals at the recent New York Television Festival, which wrapped on Saturday night. The MSN Short-Form Storytellers Challenge was won by Guy Georgeson of Canada with Coolest Thing I've Ever Made. From the …

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: FremantleMedia North America and Debmar-Mercury have joined forces to deliver the nationally syndicated game show Celebrity Name Game, which will be hosted by The Late, Late Show's Craig Ferguson. The half-hour strip is based on the board game Identity Crisis. Courteney Cox and David Arquette's Coquette Productions …

LOS ANGELES: Randy Freer has been elevated to president and chief operating officer of Fox Networks Group, reporting to chairman and CEO Peter Rice. Freer was previously the co-president and COO of FOX Sports Media Group. He will now be overseeing revenue, distribution and operations. Eric Shanks, who ran FOX …

LONG ISLAND CITY: Aereo is planning to launch in the Denver metropolitan region on November 4, covering more than 3.4 million customers, as it continues to face new lawsuits. The New York-based service previously rolled out to Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Salt Lake City, Houston, Dallas and Detroit areas. Additional launch …

LOS ANGELES: TLC has appointed Sandy Varo Jarrell as its senior VP of production and development for the West Coast, effective November 12. In the newly created post, Varo Jarrell will be responsible for supervising the strategic direction and storytelling tone of new and existing projects that are developed and …

CHICAGO: The findings from STRATA’s Fall TV Sentiment Survey reveal that in many cases viewers’ attitudes about a show are not necessarily in line with ratings, citing The Millers and The Blacklist as two examples. The survey, conducted by STRATA—a media buying and selling software company—found that while 13.3 million …

PHILADELPHIA: Revenue for NBCUniversal decreased 14.2 percent to $5.9 billion in Q3, hurt by a tough comparison to the prior year's quarter, which included $1.2 billion in revenue generated by the Olympics. Excluding the Olympics, revenue increased 3.9 percent. Operating cash flow increased 9.6 percent to $1.3 billion, compared to …