World Screen

LOS ANGELES: CBS has filed a federal lawsuit against ABC to halt an upcoming reality show, Glass House, which it says is too similar to the long-running series Big Brother. CBS filed the suit yesterday in the Federal District Court in Los Angeles. The network is seeking a number of …

UNIVERSAL CITY: The fate of Community has been settled, as NBC renewed the Thursday night comedy for a fourth season, joining 30 Rock, which has been picked up for a seventh and final run. NBC gave an order for 13 new episodes of Community. The network is bringing back 30 …

BURBANK: A trio of unscripted series have been renewed by ABC, alongside a number of the network’s hit comedies, among them Modern Family and Suburgatory, and dramas, including Revenge. ABC renewed Shark Tank for a fourth season. Dancing with the Stars and The Bachelor are also set to return. The …

ATLANTA: The comedy Cougar Town is moving from ABC to TBS for its fourth season, with the cable network also giving the greenlight to a pair of series from Warner Horizon Television. Cougar Town, which stars Courtney Cox, is headed to cable after three seasons on network TV. TBS also …

ATLANTA: TBS has signed an exclusive agreement with DumbDumb, the advertising and digital production outfit launched by Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, in partnership with Ben Silverman’s Electus that will see the creation of branded digital comedy shorts. DumbDumb will produce up to six short-form comedy videos for TBS.com. Each …

LOS ANGELES: Marc Cherry, the creator and executive producer of Desperate Housewives, is to serve as the keynote speaker at this year’s PitchCon, which NATPE is presenting June 7 and 8 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Cherry will participate in a one-on-one conversation on June 7. He will be discussing …

ATLANTA: Bounce TV is adding a second original series to its schedule, with the comedy Uptown Comic to launch on June 18 following the premiere of the recently announced sitcom Family Time. The new half-hour series will feature stage and skit performances by up-and-comic comics. The show is currently in production, …

HOLLYWOOD: Guillermo Del Toro and Mark Gustafson are co-directing the 3D stop-motion feature Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, a production from The Jim Henson Company. Based on Carlo Collodi’s classic story and illustrated by Gris Grimly, the new Pinocchio will be co-directed by Gustafson, who was the animation director on The …

LOS ANGELES: Thomas Valentino, a former sales support coordinator for Reed Exhibitions, has been hired as international sales coordinator for BoPaul Media Worldwide. Valentino will be administering contracts and assisting the company’s sales staff located in Los Angeles, New York and Paris with client relations in all territories. Previously, Valentino …

LOS ANGELES: Go On, The New Normal, Guys with Kids and 1600 Penn are among the comedies lined up for NBC, which has slated The Voice to return this fall in its third season. The Voice returns Mondays at 8 p.m., with an additional weekly hour on Tuesdays at 8 …