CBS’ The Big Bang Theory bagged several awards at the 3rd annual Critics' Choice Television Awards, including Best Comedy Series, Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Simon Helberg) and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, whereKaley Cuoco tied with Eden Sher from ABC’s The Middle. Highlights of other networks’ wins: HBO performed well too, with Game of Thrones winning Best Drama Series together with AMC’s Breaking Bad and Julia Louis-Dreyfus winning Best Actress in … [Read more...] about CBS wins big at Critics’ Choice Television Awards
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Australia’s ABC to adapt award-winning novel, “The Secret River”
Australia’s ABC has committed to the development of acclaimed Australian novel, The Secret River, by author Kate Grenville, as a television mini-series. The novel won the Commonwealth Writers Prize in 2006 and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in the same year. Through the deeply personal story of a young couple, William and Sal Thornhill, The Secret River dramatises the colonisation of Australia and the escalating conflict between the original Indigenous inhabitants and the newly … [Read more...] about Australia’s ABC to adapt award-winning novel, “The Secret River”
Sony Pictures Television announces 2013/ 2014 upfront slate
Sony Pictures Television has announced its 2013/ 2014 upfront slate. NBC’s comedies The Michael J. Fox Show and Welcome to the Family, medical drama The Night Shift, and The Blacklist, have been picked up by the network set to be distributed globally. Additionally, the network has also picked up ABC’s comedy The Goldbergs; FOX’s Us & Them – a U.S adaptation of the U.K’s Gavin & Stacey – of which both has been ordered for a full series; FOX’s … [Read more...] about Sony Pictures Television announces 2013/ 2014 upfront slate
Australia’s ABC to co-produce “Hoopla Doopla!” with CCTV
Australia’s ABC and China’s China Central Television (CCTV) have announced for a co-production, Hoopla Doopla!, with a ceremony held in Beijing on April 23. Hoopla Doopla! is being produced by Melinda Wearne and Ron Saunders from Beyond Screen Productions Pty Ltd and the China Central TV Screen Drama Production Centre. The Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) provided script development investment to the series from its early stages and will now distribute … [Read more...] about Australia’s ABC to co-produce “Hoopla Doopla!” with CCTV
Screen Australia releases results of research “Child’s Play: Issues in Australian Children’s Television 2013”
Screen Australia has released a new research which looks at how children engage with screen content and the challenges involved in financing, producing and scheduling children’s programmes. The report, Child’s Play: Issues in Australian Children’s Television 2013, revealed that children prefer content that was made specifically for them. It notes that while children are commonly co-viewing general-audience programmes with their families, they have a clear preference for … [Read more...] about Screen Australia releases results of research “Child’s Play: Issues in Australian Children’s Television 2013”
Nielsen expands digital measurement with pilot programme for new content ratings
New York – Nielsen has announced a pilot programme for Nielsen Digital Program Ratings, which will measure audiences for TV content viewed online. A+E, ABC, AOL, CBS, The CW, Discovery Communications, FOX, NBC and Univision have all signed on to participate in this test, which will begin in May and run through July. The initial focus of the pilot will be measurement of TV content viewed online, with additional content types and devices to be supported in future releases. The pilot program … [Read more...] about Nielsen expands digital measurement with pilot programme for new content ratings