Category: Television

Press Release from Target Entertainment Group

London: Target Entertainment Group, the international production and rights management company, has sold series one and two of the pre-school animation series FLUFFY GARDENS to GMTV/CiTV in the UK.

The broadcaster will air the series within its Fluffy Club block, which broadcasts at weekends on GMTV 6am to 7.25am. The Fluffy Club also broadcasts on The CiTV Channel and ITV4 during term time weekdays from 8.40am to 9.25am.

Sci Fi is in development on a TV adaptation of 1988 feature ALIEN NATION, per VARIETY. The property was also previously a series on FOX.

Tim Minear (ANGEL, THE X-FILES, FIREFLY) will write the pilot, a fresh take on the franchise about a veteran cop and his alien detective partner. The series also focuses on alien newcomers who move to Earth and assimilate into society.

Press Release from ABC Family

Burbank, CA (June 26, 2009) -- To help all Potter-philes gear up for the July 15th opening of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," fans can catch up on all of the magical mischief at Hogwarts when ABC Family airs the first four films of the franchise during its summer "Harry Potter Weekend," airing Friday, July 10 through Sunday, July 12.

Press Release from Keyframe Digital Productions

Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON, June 29 -- Digital animation and visual effects studio Keyframe Digital Productions has been tapped by Universal Media Studios to create visual effects for the new Sci Fi Channel supernatural drama "Warehouse 13," according to Keyframe co-founders Clint Green and Darren Cranford. The show's first season will be comprised of 11 hours produced by Universal Cable Productions and shot in Toronto.

The series is set to debut July 7.

MTV is bringing unfiltered comedy with a twist all summer long as the network premieres a new daily lineup combining three unique genres like they've never been done before. The weekday comedy block kicked off this pas Monday, inviting fans to sit back, relax and be entertained by some pretty hilarious, balls out comedy. The new block includes the animated strip, DJ & THE FRO, a funny look at questionable couplings in IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM? and not really a game show game show with SILENT LIBRARY.

Matthew Belloni of THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER was one of a few TV critics to screen ABC's upcoming fall drama FLASHFORWARD this week, and one new tidbit that emerged is that FAMILY GUY creator Seth MacFarlane has a recurring role as an FBI agent.

Exec producers David Goyer said MacFarlane asked if there was a part for him on the show, so they cast him as an FBI agent who will likely recur in future episodes. "Seth called me up. He said 'I f****** love this script,'" Goyer said.

Press Release from CAKE Entertainment

CAKE Entertainment is marking its strategic move into producing live-action with today's announcement of a live-action/CG hybrid tween comedy pilot for a series called CARTOON GENE (26 x 30"), co-produced with Galakids and TELETOON Canada. The move sees CAKE build on their existing experiences in this area, and reinforce their established position as a meeting place for a growing family of producers of high-end children's content.

Nickelodeon Asia, in an effort to boost China's animation business, will launch ChinaToon next month, per VARIETY, a one-hour branded block dedicated to local cartoons.

Two acclaimed series will kick off the block on July 5: Creative Power Entertaining's PLEASANT GOAT AND BIG BIG WOLF and Zhejiang Zhongnan Group Animation Video's MAGIC WONDERLAND. ChinaToon will be broadcast in 13 territories across Asia.

Press Release from Grizzly TV and Honeycomb Animation

The multi award winning animated series GRIZZLY TALES is to be re invented for Nickelodeon UK. The 26 new eleven minute episodes are based on the recent series of books written by Jamie Rix and published by Orion. The new series is to be broadcast in 2011, preceded by re runs of the 79 original episodes in 2010.