Penguin Young Readers tomorrow (March 5) will launch The Very Big Wiggle tour, a month-long national car and costume tour to celebrate Eric Carle’s classic picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The tour starts at The Reading Bug in San Carlos, CA, and will travel across the country in a custom Volkswagen Bug on a […]
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CBS Television Distribution is staying in business with Judge Judy Sheindlin, extending her agreement through 2020. The new pact includes a first-look production deal with the Judge Judy host, whose Queen Bee Productions produces Hot Bench. In its 19th season, Judy is averaging 10.3 million viewers; top of the freshman class Bench is averaging 2.3 […]
Mark Cuban, President of the United States? That’s the role the Shark Tank star/billionaire investor will play in Syfy’s Sharknado 3, with outspoken conservative commentator Ann Coulter onboard as VP. Ian Ziering and Tara Reid return to star in the Asylum production, premiering in July.
Netflix released the premiere dates for its upcoming slate of originals yesterday, including the anticipated third season of Orange is the New Black and the follow-up to Wet Hot American Summer. Also in the pipeline: Original Series: – Between May – Sense8 June 5 – Orange is the New Black June 12 – Wet Hot […]
AOL will premiere its first long-form series Connected on March 31. An adaptation of an Israeli factual show and sponsored by Sprint, the docu-drama will capture American life through six New Yorkers. Four episodes will roll out every two weeks until May 25, for a total of 20. AOL Originals’ Dermot McCormack, Koda Communications’ Ram […]
March Madness is getting bona fide on YouTube. NCAA Digital, managed by Turner Sports, launched the first-ever NCAA March Madness YouTube Channel ahead of the annual tournament. The new channel will offer fans real-time highlights and video recaps from all 67 games with addition content that includes press conferences, game previews and analysis, as well […]
Are you ready for the SpongeBob SquarePants 400? Nickelodeon signed on as the entitlement sponsor of the May 9 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, which will now feature the famed kids’ moniker. The SpongeBob SquarePants 400 will be broadcasted on 7:30p on FOX Sports 1 and feature a weekend of Bikini Bottom-themed activities including the […]
Leonard Nimoy, best known as Stark Trek’s iconic human-alien Mr. Spock, died February 27 of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 83. Tributes flowed for the actor, who also directed film and television, wrote poetry and published his own photography. “Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy,” said President Obama said […]
Kelly Osbourne is leaving E!’s Fashion Police after five years “to pursue other opportunities,” announced the net on Friday. No replacement has been announced. Osbourne had tweeted that she was considering leaving the show after a post-Oscar show in which co-host Giuiliana Rancic said actress/singer Zendaya’s hairstyle suggested the smell of patchouli oil or weed; […]