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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Reboots with Season One Marathon

Take back the first season of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES (T:SCC) this August on Fox. Beginning Sunday, August 10, encore episodes of the entire first season of T:SCC will air Sunday through Wednesday. The action-packed season finale cliff-hanger that left Cameron's fate unknown will air Sunday, August 24.

The Season One reboot kicks off the countdown to the Season Two premiere Monday, September 8 (8-9 p.m. ET/PT) on Fox.

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Toei's Series Digimon Data Squad And Dragonball GT Back In Germany

Toei Animation's popular animated series, DIGIMON DATA SQUAD and DRAGONBALL GT are back to RTL2 in Germany. RTL2 has acquired 48 half hour episodes of DIGIMON DATA SQUAD and 64 half hour episodes of DRAGONBALL GT.

DIGIMON DATA SQUAD is the fifth season of Toei's animated series of DIGIMON. The renowned DIGIMON franchise has achieved major global success and currently airs in 40 countries throughout Europe, North and South America, and Asia.

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Nick Jr.'s Brand-New Superhero-Themed Episodes

Preschoolers will become superhero sidekicks to their favorite Nick Jr. friends as Nickelodeon unveils three new superhero-themed episodes from THE BACKYARDIGANS, GO, DIEGO, GO! and THE WONDER PETS! Nick Jr. will premiere the new half-hour action-packed adventures full of robots, flying squirrels and extra-terrestrials during a new superhero play date on Friday, June 27, from 9 a.m. to Noon (ET/PT).

9 a.m. -- THE BACKYARDIGANS "Front Page News" Premiere

Nick Headline News

Nick Jr. Says Ni Hao To Second Season Of Kai-Lan

Nick Jr. has picked up a second season of the hit animated preschool series NI HAO, KAI-LAN.

The network has ordered 20 new half-hour episodes of the series that introduces preschoolers to Mandarin language and Chinese culture as they go on interactive adventures in Kai-lan's beautiful, culturally-rich world. Production on the second season, scheduled to premiere on Nick Jr. in winter 2009, will kick off in August in Burbank, California, USA.

Channel Headline News

Teletoon Retro French-Language Channel Premiers In September

Building on the phenomenal success of Teletoon Retro, Teletoon Canada will launch a French language version of the classic cartoon channel this September. The launch will see the total number of Canadian homes receiving Teletoon Retro grow to more than 5.8 million.

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Portfolio Cracks Prime Time Animation Market

Portfolio Ent. cracks the case with its first ever primetime animated show, CHINATOWN COPS. The project was green-lit by the Detour on Teletoon Pilot Project and is earmarked for primetime. Created by award-winners Howie Shia and Dave Wolfe, the series focuses on two self-proclaimed super-cops, Jay Walker and Rick Xia (SHAW) who dish out their own brand of ginseng-justice on a nightly basis.

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Monster Buster Club Premiering Tonight On Toon Disney

What do you do when alien invaders land in your backyard? You call the MONSTER BUSTER CLUB to bounce them out of town.

MONSTER BUSTER CLUB, the new original animated series, is set to premiere on Toon Disney's Jetix action-adventure block tonight (Monday, June 9) at 7 p.m. (ET). MONSTER BUSTER CLUB is the first 3-D animated series from Marathon Media, the producers and creators of the hit shows TOTALLY SPIES!, and MARTIN MYSTERY. With a budget of $21 million, MONSTER BUSTER CLUB has the biggest budget for a CG series this year.

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Kim Cattrall Added To Canadian Animated Sitcom Voice Cast

Kim Cattrall has signed on as the voice of Dee in the highly anticipated animated sitcom PRODUCING PARKER, slated to premiere in spring 2009 on E! in Canada. The announcement was made Thursday by Kevin Gillis, Ira Levy and Peter Williamson, the Executive Producers at Breakthrough Animation.

Animation Headline News

Ovation TV To Present World Premiere Of Dante's Inferno

Ovation TV will salute the art of animation with a week-long programming event, "Unreal Worlds: The Art of Animation," June 15-22. The special event will feature some of the most innovative and provocative animation, highlighted by the world television premiere of the unconventional animated feature film DANTE'S INFERNO, Thursday, June 19 (8 p.m. ET/PT).

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Click & Clack's As The Wrench Turns Premieres July 9 On PBS

Tom and Ray Magliozzi, the didactic duo whose voices grace the NPR airwaves on the ever-popular radio show "Car Talk," are moving themselves into the world of animation with the all-new primetime series CLICK & CLACK'S AS THE WRENCH TURNS, premiering Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 8-9 p.m. ET on PBS.

Series Headline News

New Tween Animated Series My Life Me Greenlighted

TV-Loonland and Canadian-based company, CarpeDiem Film & TV will start production on their new animated series MY LIFE ME (52x11). Canadian kids broadcaster, Teletoon Canada and French broadcasters, France 2 and Canal J, are backing this co-production. TV-Loonland will handle all international distribution rights in all media including L&M.

The project was co-created by J.C. Little, Cindy Filipenko and rising manga star Svetlana Chmakova, who found success with the top selling Tokyopop comic book hit DRAMACON.

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Simpsons Voice Cast Receive More Doughnuts From Fox

THE SIMPSONS cast have signed on to a four-year deal and solidifies the show's landmark 20th season, according to VARIETY.

Production has been delayed for several months as the voice actors and Twentieth Century Fox worked out a new deal, which ups the actors' salaries to about $400,000 an episode; the previous amount was somewhere in the mid-$300,000 range.

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Garbage Singer Turns CEO In Sarah Connor Chronicles

Scottish rocker Shirley Manson, lead singer of Garbage, will play the CEO of a cutting-edge tech company in Fox's TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, per THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

The character of Catherine Weaver will be a regular role for the singer. The sci-fi series, starring Lena Headey as Sarah Connor, Thomas Dekker as her son John Connor and Summer Glau as terminator Cameron Phillips, was the highest-rated new scripted series of the shortened 2007-2008 season. It will return with new episodes in the fall.

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The HD World Premiere of South Park's Imaginationland On DirectTV

For the first time ever, SOUTH PARK will be broadcast on television in HD when SOUTH PARK'S IMAGINATIONLAND premieres on DIRECTV's The 101 Network tonight at midnight.

DIRECTV will be the exclusive home of the feature-length, director's cut from May 30-May 31. The instant classic IMAGINATIONLAND trilogy originally aired on Comedy Central last fall, setting ratings records for the all-comedy network.

Film Headline News

AFI's 11th Annual Countdown to Unveil Top 10 Films in 10 Genres

American Film Institute announced the notable film artists that have been confirmed to appear in AFI's 10 TOP 10, a three-hour event airing on CBS Tuesday, June 17, 2008 (8-11 p.m., ET/PT). During the broadcast, some of Hollywood's biggest stars will help reveal the confidential list of America's 10 greatest films in 10 classic film genres.

Season Headline News

Sci Fi Channel Announces Summer Lineup Of Hit Series

This summer, Sci Fi Channel features the returns of some of cable's hottest shows. On the reality front, viewers can look forward to all-new investigations with the team from the immensely popular GHOST HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL as well as the return of the hilariously irreverent SCARE TACTICS, hosted by comedy superstar Tracy Morgan.

Series Headline News

Olivia Coming To Nickelodeon In 2009

With more than six million copies of Ian Falconer's beloved OLIVIA series books sold to date, and with just as many fans, Nickelodeon has partnered with media content company, Chorion, to bring the bestselling Simon & Schuster books to life in a new animated television series. The debut of this anticipated preschool series is planned for 2009.

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James D'Arcy Cast As Lead In Virtuality

James D'Arcy will play a psych officer in VIRTUALITY, Fox's two-hour backdoor pilot from BATTLESTAR GALACTICA creator Ronald D. Moore, UMS and BermanBraun, per THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

Peter Berg will direct the sci-fi project, which is set aboard the Phaeton, Earth's first starship, on a 10-year journey to a distant solar system. To help the crew handle the long trip, NASA gives them advanced virtual reality modules, allowing them to assume identities and go anywhere they want.

Series Headline News

Lead Actors Signed For Raimi's Wizard

Craig Horner and Bridget Regan will star in Sam Raimi's syndicated series WIZARD'S FIRST RULE, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. The show launches this fall.

Based on Terry Goodkind's book WIZARD'S FIRST RULE and epic fantasy series THE SWORD OF TRUTH, the show is an hourlong weekly from Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios.

Horner will play woodsman Richard Cypher, who transforms into a magical leader and joins with mysterious Kahlan (Regan) to stop a sinister tyrant.

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NBC's Crusoe Adds U.K.-Flavored Cast

Sam Neill, Sean Bean and Joss Ackland have signed on to the cast of NBC's fall action series CRUSOE, says THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

The project is based on Daniel Defoe's novel about dashing and resourceful castaway Crusoe (Philip Winchester) and his companion Friday on a desert island. Not un-LOST-like, the show will give viewers flashbacks that deal with Crusoe's life before his fateful voyage.

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Venture Bros. Returns To Adult Swim

THE VENTURE BROS., the hit Adult Swim series from creator Jackson Publick III, returns with its third season on Sunday, June 1 at 11:30 p.m. (ET, PT). When the second season left off, the wedding of The Monarch to Dr. Girlfriend brought together arch enemies and friends alike, until the ceremony was crashed by The Phantom Limb, who was determined to have Dr. Girlfriend all to himself. What has happened to everyone in the aftermath?

Nick Headline News

Backyardigan Special Kicks Off Week Of Pirate-Themed Episodes

Ahoy mini mateys! Preschooler pirates will learn to swashbuckle, heave ho and scalawag as they join the Back-yAAR-digans in the new half-hour special adventure "Pirate Camp," premiering Monday, June 9, at 9 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nick Jr.

The half-hour special of THE BACKYARDIGANS, which takes the backyard pals on a high seas adventure to pirate camp, is followed by the premiere of a brand-new episode of THE WONDER PETS! titled "Save the Pirate Parrot!" at 10 a.m. (ET/PT).

Season Headline News

Simpsons Voice Actors Don't Have New Deal Yet

Despite Fox announcing last week the traditional Sunday night opening timeslot was saved for staple THE SIMPSONS, the cast has yet to sign on for a 20th season, according to VARIETY.

This means the season could be in jeopardy. Sources close to both the actors and 20th Century Fox are optimistic the new deal is near, production on the next season has been on hold for months, likely meaning a 20 episode season, not 22.

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Sci Fi Channel Hits Ratings High With Mystery Of The Crystal Skulls

Sci Fi Channel's new original special MYSTERY OF THE CRYSTAL SKULLS, which premiered on Sunday May 18 and hosted by NBC News' Lester Holt, scored ratings records as the #1 documentary special in Sci Fi history.

The Sunday night special which aired at 9 p.m. brought in a 2.2 household rating 1.4 P18-49, 1.6 P25-54 and 2.8 million total viewers. Sci Fi was the #1 cable network in primetime Sunday and delivered four of the top five P25-54 telecasts for the day and four of the top six P18-49 telecasts, including the #1 telecast of the day in both demos.

Show Headline News

Fox Reveals Few Surprises In Fall Scheduling

Sci fi series FRINGE and DOLLHOUSE, and animated comedies SIT DOWN, SHUT UP and THE CLEVELAND SHOW will make up the sparse new offerings from Fox this fall.

J.J. Abrams' FRINGE will air in the plum spot after drama HOUSE on Tuesday nights at 9 p.m.

Joss Wheden's DOLLHOUSE won't premiere until midseason to allow continued development, more fallout from the writers strike. Animated entries SIT DOWN, SHUT UP and FAMILY GUY spinoff THE CLEVELAND SHOW will also debut at midseason.

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