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NEW YORK: Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson, co-creators of the TV Land sitcom Happily Divorced, which is sold by Endemol Worldwide Distribution, talk to World Screen about the comedy’s second season.   Fran Drescher, best known from her iconic role as Nanny Fine in the long-running comedy The Nanny, …

LAS VEGAS: A look at the highlights of the 2012 NAB Show, held in Las Vegas from April 14 to 19, when nearly 200 first-time exhibitors are set to showcase at the event.   Broadcasters are constantly being challenged to come up with new ways to deliver content to their …

LOS ANGELES: Shine Group is bringing together its U.S. divisions under one single unit, to be known as Shine America. The Reveille brand, along with Shine Americas and Shine USA, will all cease exist. As part of the rebrand effort, all three will simply be known as Shine America. The …

BURBANK: Warner Bros. Television Group and the Paley Center for Media are celebrating the 60-year legacy of the Hollywood studio with a new museum retrospective at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. The interactive, multimedia museum exhibit is called Television: Out of the Box. It will feature props, …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has unveiled premiere dates for new and returning series for its summer lineup, including Love in the Wild, among others. NBC is adding Saving Hope, the new, hour-long original drama series, to its lineup. The series stars Erica Durance (Smallville), Michael Shanks (Stargate Atlantis), Daniel Gillies (The …

SANTA MONICA: Mike Lang, the CEO of Miramax, is leaving his post, though will remain a consultant to the company as it looks for a successor. Steve Schoch, Miramax’s CFO, will serve as interim CEO until a permanent replacement is named. Richard Nanula, the chairman of Miramax and a principal …

NEW YORK: EPIX is celebrating Stan Lee and his roster of legendary superheroes with Marvel Heroes Weekend, a programming stunt planned for April 27 to 29. The marathon of movies will feature Iron Man 2, the world TV premiere of Captain America: The First Avenger and the EPIX original doc With …

SANTA MONICA: Ovation and FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) have set the U.S. premieres for the dramatic mini-series Laconia and What To Do When Someone Dies as well as the two-hour feature Holy Flying Circus for the channel’s new branded programming night, The Best You’ve Never Seen. Laconia is written by Alan …

LOS ANGELES: Golden Globe- and Grammy Award-winner Queen Latifah is to star in and executive produce the Lifetime original movie Steel Magnolias, a TV adaptation of the play and 1989 film of the same name. Latifah (Chicago, Hairspray, Beauty Shop) will star alongside an all-star cast that includes Golden Globe …

LOS ANGELES: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is restructuring its operations in New York and Los Angeles, cutting 30 positions and redistributing the responsibilities among the network and its partners Discovery Communications and Harpo Studios. As part of the restructure, Neal Kirsch, the CFO of Discovery’s U.S. networks, will be moving …