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Carol Burnett is fronting a new unscripted comedy series on Netflix, A Little Help with Carol Burnett, in which the famed comedienne will have candid conversations with children between the ages of 4 and 8.

Crown Media Family Networks is launching a third cable network, Hallmark Drama, to sit alongside Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

CBS Corporation and Imagine Television Studios have entered into a four-year co-financing and first-look agreement for TV series.

Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) has promoted Jonathan Gabay to the post of senior VP of comedy development and programming.

AT&T has made several executive appointments in preparation for completing its acquisition of Time Warner, putting John Stankey in place to assume leadership for the new assets.

PBS has unveiled new initiatives and programs focused on reading and art, while PBS Kids is set to bring back the canine star of the classic program Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman in an all-new digital series and will premiere the animated show Luna Around the World.

AMC has greenlit the new drama Dietland, from Marti Noxon (Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, UnREAL), based on Sarai Walker’s 2015 novel of the same name.

Turner's TNT has given a straight-to-series order for the new drama One Day She'll Darken, which reteams Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins and actor Chris Pine.

Hulu has scored a deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution for more than 800 episodes from ABC's classic TGIF lineup to stream on SVOD for the first time ever in the U.S.

The second quarter of this year saw 232 merger and acquisition deals in the U.S. media and telecommunications sector, according to PwC, down 9 percent on Q1 but higher than the 192 recorded in the same period last year.