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NEW YORK: CBS Studios International (CBSSI) will be presenting international buyers with the new CBS comedies The Millers and We Are Men and the drama Reckless, alongside a pair of shows that made it to The CW. The Millers features Will Arnett as Nathan Miller, a recently divorced local roving …

NEW YORK: The ABC series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is among the new shows Disney Media Distribution (DMD) will be screening in Los Angeles. The much-buzzed-about Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. makes the list, alongside Lucky 7, from executive producer Steven Spielberg. DMD will also be talking to buyers about the …

NEW YORK: Seven new shows picked up by U.S. networks for 2013-14 hail from the NBCUniversal Television Distribution catalogue, among them the comedy About a Boy. About a Boy, from writer Jason Katims and director Jon Favreau, is headed to NBC’s Tuesday midseason schedule. It will be paired in the …

NEW YORK: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) will be screening a slew of new shows for buyers, including the NBC comedy The Michael J. Fox Show. Marking Fox’s return to the small screen, The Michael J. Fox Show will be featured Thursday nights on NBC starting this fall. The studio also …

NEW YORK: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution’s L.A. Screenings lineup includes 24: Live Another Day, a limited series that reunites showrunner Howard Gordon with Kiefer Sutherland. 24: Live Another Day will run for 12 episodes over summer 2014 on FOX. The studio had a number of other shows picked up …

NEW YORK: International buyers can look forward to screening such shows as Almost Human, executive produced by J.J. Abrams, from the Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) catalogue. WBITD’s The Originals, a spinoff of The Vampire Diaries; The Tomorrow People, about a group of humans born with paranormal abilities; Famous …

BEVERLY HILLS: Off the back of Skyfall and The Hobbit, MGM posted first-quarter revenues of $481.7 million, more than double the amount posted in the year-ago period. The studio reported a net income of $57.4 million for the period, up from $23.3 million last year. Highlights included theatrical revenues for …

NEW YORK: The CW’s Reign, a period drama about a teenage Mary, Queen of Scots, generated overwhelmingly positive comments in social media, according to research by Networked Insights. The firm, which tracks social media to see how consumers are responding to brands, found that 74 percent of conversations about the …

NEW YORK: After more than 40 years on CBS, coverage of the US Open is moving to ESPN in 2015, with the pay-TV sports behemoth clinching an 11-year deal for the tennis tournament. The deal with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) makes ESPN the exclusive home in North and …

SANTA MONICA: The U.S. arts network Ovation has tapped Jason Black as its new VP of original programming and head of digital media. Black will be responsible for overseeing the management, development and execution of all original programming on the linear channel, and is also responsible for Ovationtv.com, the network’s YouTube …