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LOS ANGELES: AXS TV is making its foray into the TV-movie business, partnering with The Asylum, the production company behind the cult hit Sharknado franchise, for the conspiracy thriller Elvis Lives!

LOS ANGELES: The comedy series New Girl, which stars Zooey Deschanel, is returning to FOX for a sixth season.

LOS ANGELES: FXX has renewed the comedy series Man Seeking Woman for a ten-episode third season that is slated for broadcast early next year.

ENGLEWOOD: Sling TV has launched a beta multi-stream service, available for $20 per month, including live and on-demand content from Fox Networks Group channels.

BURBANK: The sketch comedy show MADtv is returning to television, set for The CW in prime time.

For the first time in six years, Netflix has surpassed HBO in having the "best original programming," according to a survey by Morgan Stanley. The percentage of the survey population picking Netflix as best in original programming increased from 23 percent last year to 29 percent this year, moving the service ahead of HBO, which came in second at 18 percent.

NEW YORK: NBCUniversal is partnering with the Chrysler brand, Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment to launch the all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica and Illumination and Universal’s The Secret Life of Pets movie, which hits theaters on July 8.

LOS ANGELES: Ben Silverman has been appointed chairman and co-CEO of Propagate Content, reuniting him with former partner and longtime collaborator Howard T. Owens, who is co-CEO of the U.S. indie.

UNIVERSAL CITY: Universal Cable Productions (UCP) has unveiled details for its first annual Pitch Fest, a one-day open forum for aspiring TV writers.

LOS ANGELES: Critical Content, which was born out of Relativity’s television division, and Machinima have entered into a co-development deal for scripted and unscripted projects.