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NEW YORK: Eight of the new series featured on the U.S. networks’ upcoming schedules hail from the NBCUniversal Television Distribution catalogue, among them the FOX comedy The Mindy Project. The Mindy Project feature The Office‘s Mindy Kaling in a Bridget Jones-type role. The show is headed to FOX for Tuesday …

NEW YORK: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) will be screening a number of new U.S. shows for buyers, including the NBC series Save Me, starring Anne Heche. Save Me, about a woman who suffers a near-death experience and gets a direct line to God, will be featured in NBC’s midseason slate. …

NEW YORK: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution’s L.A. Screenings lineup includes Ryan Murphy’s new show The New Normal. The New Normal, set for NBC’s Tuesday night lineup, features a gay couple and their surrogate. NBC also went for 1600 Penn, a comedy set in the White House. The studio had …

NEW YORK: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) will be screening such series as The Following, starring Kevin Bacon, for international buyers. From WBITD’s catalogue, Arrow, based on a character from DC Comics; The Carrie Diaries, based on the novels of Candace Bushnell; and Cult are headed to The CW. …

NEW YORK: In bulking up its original programming, USA Network has unveiled a development slate that features a number of comedies, including projects from Kelsey Grammer, Mark Gordon, Denis Leary and Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun. Berman and Braun serve as executive producers, alongside Gene Stein, for the new half-hour …

NEW YORK: CWD is a newly formed digital studio from The CW that will serve as a destination for original content created exclusively for the digital platform. Launching this fall, CWD will feature original content in the areas of animation, game shows, comedy and digital personalities. CWD will feature original …

MIAMI: NPN Media has formed a dedicated advertising sales division that will operate out of its new corporate office in New York City, with Kate Rolston to serve as general manager of the ad solutions group. Rolston recently joined NPN, a provider of original syndicated video content to broadcasters and …

NEW YORK: According to new research from Viacom, watching live TV unlocks the greatest benefits of social activities, including co-viewing.  The study, Social TV: Viewers C’s the Moment, reveals that social TV and co-viewing trends are on the rise, making TV a more engaging "lean-forward" experience. The most common social activities are …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: The mockumentary mini-series The Yard from Entertainment One (eOne) is to debut in the U.S. on Hulu and Hulu Plus, where a full slate of new originals and exclusive shows have been lined up for summer. The six-part, half-hour series records students’ behavior during recess. The show, which originally …

SHERMAN OAKS: Bryan Bowles is joining ITV Studios America as the executive VP of corporate development, coming from Sony Corporation of America, where he most recently served as VP of corporate development and mergers and acquisitions. Bowles will be working with Paul Buccieri, the managing director of ITV Studios International, and …