Category: Television

Allison Scagliotti has been cast in WAREHOUSE 13, the all-new Sci Fi original one-hour dramedy adventure series. She joins the previously announced cast members Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek and CCH Pounder. WAREHOUSE 13 will premiere Tuesday, July 7 with a two-hour pilot from 9-11 p.m. ET/PT.

Cartoon Network Asia has announced a lineup of new cartoons that will be joining its current roster of animated shows.

Along with current shows BEN 10, BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE and STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, these new cartoons will include original series L.O.S.E., JIMMY TWO SHOES, MATT'S MONSTERS and CREEP SCHOOL and familiar favorites such as THE GARFIELD SHOW and season two of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS.

The lead roles in RIVERWORLD and THE PHANTOM -- two of SCI FI Channel and RHI Entertainment's recently-announced trio of four-hour movie events --- have been cast and production on both back-door movie pilots has started.

Turner Networks has purchased the TV rights to three Jason Statham actioners: THE BANK JOB, TRANSPORTER 3 and the upcoming CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE, per VARIETY.

The licensing deal will make Turner's TNT and TBS the first non-pay TV outlets to show the films starting in 2011; 2010 for THE BANK JOB.

ABC's new animated comedy THE GOODE FAMILY, from KING OF THE HILL co-creator Mike Judge, will reportedly debut May 27, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

ABC has yet to officially announce their summer schedule, but is expected to confirm the rumors soon. THE GOODE FAMILY is about a family obsessed with doing the "right" thing.

The show will debut with two new episodes from 9-10 p.m. (ET/PT) after the season premiere of reality show WIPEOUT.

Cartoon Network will premiere STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS: DECODED, a full slate of 22 enhanced episodes from season one of the CG-animated series from creator George Lucas and Lucasfilm Animation. Using text windows to provide in-the-moment insights into all aspects of the sweeping galactic conflict -- from trivia to background on characters and storylines -- STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS: DECODED enhances each episode with exclusive content created by the Lucasfilm Animation talent responsible for the show itself.

Fans of the down and dirty wrestling parody THUMB WRESTLING FEDERATION: TWF are gearing up for this Saturday's new season premiere. Featuring new characters, matches and the usual over-the-top thumbtastic action, season three of the hit show will debut April 4 on Cartoon Network during the popular Saturday morning "Crush Zone" block.

IRON MAN: ARMORED ADVENTURES will premiere April 24 on Nicktoons Network as part of the network's partnership with Marvel Animation. The new animated half-hour series based on Marvel's armored super hero, and which includes an original theme song from rock band Rooney, follows a teenage Tony Stark as he attempts to balance the pressures of being a teen with his responsibilities as Iron Man.

The 26-episode adventure begins Friday, April 24 from 7 to 8 p.m. and continues regularly Friday at 7 p.m. on Nicktoons.

Nickelodeon has paired Johnny Depp with SpongeBob in the first of several special on-air events this year in celebration of SpongeBob's 10th anniversary. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS' "SpongeBob vs. the Big One," an all-new half-hour television special, will premiere Friday, April 17, from 8 to 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The special follows a stranded SpongeBob and his friends as they search for Jack Kahuna Laguna (voiced by Depp) to teach them the gnarly surf moves to hit the elusive wave, The Big One, in order to return to Bikini Bottom.

Scholastic Media has two Earth Day specials running on PBS KIDS and PBS KIDS GO! on April 22.

MAYA & MIGUEL "Every Day Is Earth Day" -- airs April 22 on PBS KIDS GO! (Check local listings for times.)

For a school Earth Day project, the kids decide to clean up an old lot and plant a community garden. But as the deadline approaches, a rainstorm hits, turning the patch of dirt into a muddy mess. How will Maya get her friends out of the muck this time?

twofour54, based in Abu Dhabi, has signed its first partnership deal, an agreement with 3Line Media of the U.K. to co-produce a fun, educational Arabic/English children's series, DRIVER DAN'S STORY TRAIN. The series will debut in the spring of 2010 in the U.K. on the BBC's flagship U.K. children's channel CBeebies.