World Screen

BURBANK: Legendary Digital Media and Fullscreen have tapped the YouTube stars Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart for an updated version of Sid and Marty Krofft’s classic '70s TV series Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. Fullscreen will debut and exhibit the new Electra Woman and Dyna Girl in the U.S., with …

STAMFORD: Stephanie McMahon, WWE's chief brand officer; Paul Levesque, WWE's executive VP of talent, live events and creative; and Robyn Peterson, chief technology officer and head of product for Mashable have been elected to WWE's board of directors. McMahon is charged with helping WWE enhance its global brand reputation among …

SAN FRANCISCO: CBS Interactive has launched Studio 61, an initiative focused on creating branded content for marketing partners. Studio 61 will rely on an in-house team of creative talent that will develop unique custom content due to run on the portfolio of CBS Interactive brands. Those brands span multiple vertical …

BURBANK: ABC Family has given the go-ahead to a fifth season of Baby Daddy, an original multi-camera comedy series starring Jean-Luc Bilodeau. Baby Daddy follows a New York City bachelor who, with the help of his family and friends, raises a baby that was left on his doorstep after a one-night stand. …

LOS ANGELES: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has ordered additional episodes of the hit scripted Tyler Perry series The Haves and the Have Nots, If Loving You is Wrong, Love Thy Neighbor and For Better or Worse. OWN commissioned 23×1-hour epsiodes of the drama The Haves and the Have Nots, and 22×1-hour …

LOS ANGELES: Seasoned TV exec Chris Rantamaki has been hired as Discovery Channel's senior VP of production and development, effective April 20. In his new role, Rantamaki will work out of Los Angeles under Denise Contis, Discovery's executive VP of production and development. He is charged with executing production strategies …

ATLANTA: U.S. network Bounce TV has secured the rights for live boxing events from the Premier Boxing Champions series, with the first match broadcast lined up for July. The multiyear deal will see Bounce TV host the monthly series PBC The Next Round, featuring two hours of live boxing. A …

LOS ANGELES: RLJ Entertainment (RLJE) has elevated Mark Ward to chief acquisitions officer for feature films, while naming Angela Northington as the new senior VP of content acquisitions for Urban Movie Channel (UMC). Ward will continue to supervise feature film acquisitions for both Image and UMC. He spent the last …

NEW YORK: Spike TV has partnered with Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia's $7 Bucks Productions for a development deal to create and produce shows ranging from big live events, specials, sports and initiatives surrounding our troops and veterans. Johnson and Garcia will executive produce the event programs. The goal is …

NEW YORK: U.S. network truTV has greenlit Those Who Can’t, its first scripted comedy. The 10×30-minute series, which is set to debut early next year, stars show creators Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl and Ben Roy as a trio of frustrated high school teachers. Thank You, Brain! Productions and 3 Arts …