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At ABC‘s upfront, there were a few things that the network wanted to make sure you knew. 1) They are really impressed with the idea that people are going to watch Rebel Wilson do just about anything, and 2) There isn’t anything they’re happier about than bringing you more episodes of television created by Shonda Rhimes.

On these notes, the network would love for you to know that more Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal are coming your way. These, ABC would like to impress upon you (as advertisers) are really good shows. Because… hellllooo… so many people watch them that we’re bringing them back. But wait, don’t think that you’re as excited as you can get yet, because if those are your favorite shows, then we have a new one for you to fall in love with, Betrayal.

Also on the agenda, and actually looking like they might be interesting,...

Chicago – ABC announced their 2013-14 schedule this morning and revealed an aggressive slate of new programming, including four new comedies and four new dramas. Tuesday nights will be entirely new, anchored by “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”. Their hit shows aren’t really moving other than “The Neighbors” slidng to Friday nights and “Dancing with the Stars” downsized to one night. They also revealed that they will air a special based on the hit Pixar trilogy, “Toy Story of Terror,” in October 2013.

Full schedule below with an asterisk for new show. New show descriptions below that. “Suburgatory” is being held for mid-season.

Monday

7pm “Dancing with the Stars”

9pm “Castle”

Tuesday

7pm “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”*

8pm “The Goldbergs”*

8:30pm “Trophy Wife”*

9pm “Lucky 7”*

Wednesday

7pm “The Middle”

7:30pm “Back in the Game”*

8pm “Modern Family”

8:30pm “Super Fun Night”*

9pm “Nashville”

Thursday

7pm “Once...

One of pilot season’s easiest calls is now official: ABC has picked up Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., geek god Joss Whedon‘s TV offshoot of the Avengers feature films.

What’s more, the first promo for the brand-new series is set to air this Sunday during the Once Upon a Time season finale.

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The cast for S.H.I.E.L.D. — which follows a worldwide law enforcement organization that polices the new, the strange and the unknown — includes ER alum Ming-Na (as former soldier Melinda May), Clark Gregg (reprising his big-screen Avengers...

Alloy Entertainment, which has been based at Warner Bros TV for a long time, will now officially be part of the Warner Bros family. Wbtv parent the Warner Bros Television Group has signed a deal to acquire Alloy from an investor group led by ZelnickMedia, which bought the leading producer of youth-oriented content in November 2010 in connection with the go-private transaction of Alloy Inc. Leslie Morgenstein, who has served as president of Alloy and its predecessor, 17th Street Productions, since 1999, will stay on to run the company within Wbtvg. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary conditions and is expected to occur in the third calendar quarter. Wbtvg currently produces and distributes five series co-produced by Alloy: Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, The Lying Game and the upcoming 666 Park Avenue, all of which started as successful Alloy book franchises aimed at teen girls and young women.

Speaking of back to school web series and online originals from Alloy Media + Marketing, the teen and tween oriented media program provider just launched a sophomore season of a web show that makes sure audiences know Target isn’t the only chain of American discount department stores where you can stock up on stylish gear for the new school year. First Day 2: First Dance is the six-episode sequel of Alloy’s eight-episode First Day, a Kmart-sponsored Groundhog Day reboot for high school coeds that reportedly drew over 10 million viewers and stars Tracey Fairaway (Make It or Break It), Elizabeth McLaughlin (Ugly Betty, The Clique), and Kmart’s exclusive Selena Gomez fashion line instead of Punxsutawney Phil. Wendy Goldman Getzler at kidscreen notes the new episodes will feature direct links to retail items from Gomez and other Kmart labels including Bongo and Glo. The season is set to debut September 30. Related News:Alloy,...

Vanessa Marano stars in ABC Family.s new series, Switched At Birth, about two teen age girls who learn that they were accidentally switched in the hospital and sent home with the wrong parents. Vanessa started acting in the theater when she was seven years old, performing in numerous plays at A.C.T. in Agoura Hills, California. She began her professional career with several national commercials. Vanessa is most recognized for her roles as April, the daughter of Luke in the highly popular show, Gilmore Girls and for the role of Francesca, the daughter of the Emmy® Award-winning Lisa Kudrow, in the HBO Original series .The Comeback.. Recently, she starred in Scoundrels playing the scheming, school-skipping daughter of Virginia Madsen. She has had recurring roles in shows including Dexter , Without a Trace, Trust Me and The Young and The Restless. Her guest-starring credits include Parenthood, Medium, .Love Bites,. Ghost Whisperer,...

We Love Soaps TV recently had the chance to speak with Vanessa Marano, who will be starring in the upcoming ABC Family drama Switched At Birth.

Vanessa started acting in the theater when she was seven years old, performing in numerous plays at A.C.T. in Agoura Hills, California. She began her professional career with several national commercials.

She is most recognized for her roles as April, the daughter of Luke in the highly popular show, Gilmore Girls, as Eden on The Young And The Restless, and for the role of Francesca, the daughter of the Emmy® Award-winning Lisa Kudrow, in the HBO Original series The Comeback. Recently, she starred in Scoundrels playing the scheming, school-skipping daughter of Virginia Madsen. She has had recurring roles in shows including Dexter, Without A Trace and Trust Me. Her guest-starring credits include Parenthood, Medium, Love Bites, Ghost Whisperer, Past Lives, Six Feet Under,...

We Love Soaps TV recently had the chance to speak with Vanessa Marano, who will be starring in the upcoming ABC Family drama Switched At Birth.

Vanessa started acting in the theater when she was seven years old, performing in numerous plays at A.C.T. in Agoura Hills, California. She began her professional career with several national commercials.

She is most recognized for her roles as April, the daughter of Luke in the highly popular show, Gilmore Girls, as Eden on The Young And The Restless, and for the role of Francesca, the daughter of the Emmy® Award-winning Lisa Kudrow, in the HBO Original series The Comeback. Recently, she starred in Scoundrels playing the scheming, school-skipping daughter of Virginia Madsen. She has had recurring roles in shows including Dexter, Without A Trace and Trust Me. Her guest-starring credits include Parenthood, Medium, Love Bites, Ghost Whisperer, Past Lives, Six Feet Under,...

If content is King, marketing Queen, and distribution a Prince or Princess, then Alloy Media + Marketing is the entire royal family. The provider of "youth-focused innovative media" has produced some of the most popular teen-oriented programming in recent memory, both online and off (including Gossip Girl, Vampire Diaries, Haute & Bothered, and Private). The company is behind some of the most trafficked online destinations (including www.alloy.com, www.teen.com, and www.gurl.com), drawing more than 51 million millennials every month across its network. And Alloy also owns and operates Channel One, a news program broadcast to middle schools and high schools across the Us with a daily reach of over six million teens. With these assets, Alloy has developed a model for web TV success: 1) Find a web series that targets teens (possibly based on a popular novel from Alloy's book publishing division), 2) attach a sponsor looking to reach teens,...

Bank & Reed sounds like a soldered old New York law firm, but in this case it’s the twosome of Josh Bank and Tripp Reed, the two Alloy Entertainment execs overseeing their newly formed digital division and its first official digital slate of three new original web series coming this summer and fall. The three series will release back-to-back, with the first up being, First Day, an original comedy series written by Alyssa Embree and Jessica Koosed Etting and starring Tracey Fairaway (Make It or Break It) and Elizabeth McLaughlin (The Clique) that “follows a seventeen-year-old girl who relives her first day at a new school over and over.” Well, original in that 1993’s Groundhog Day pre-dates most of the actors in this one. First Day is set to launch in late August with an 8-episode first season. Following First Day is the mid-September release of Hollywood is like High School With Money,...

Turning teen novel series into web series is becoming a regular thing for Alloy Entertainment, and why not, it seems to be working. The latest sendup from bookshelves is The Clique from author Lisi Harrison. This time Alloy has teamed up with Warner Premiere to develop a live-action version of the teen drama for the digital distribution. Warner has tapped FM78.tv to produce the series, the new media savvy production company headed by Justine Bateman, Jill Kushner and Peter Murrieta. Murrieta, exec producers of Disney Channel’s Wizard of Waverly Place will executive produce the series along with Alloy’s Leslie Morgenstein and Bob Levy, who produced the 2009 DVD movie version of The Clique. Kushner and Bateman will co-write the script which is currently in development. By my count, there are 12 books in the series, plus another 5 from a “summer” edition. Each of the books sports cutsy movie puns for...

This morning, Warner Bros., a major American production studio, announced its intention to develop a live action digital series adapted from The Clique, a book series written by Lisi Harrison.

Fans of The Clique should expect to see new characters. Besides, the all new episodes will be written by Justine Bateman (Easy to Assemble) and Emmy Award-winner Jill Kushner (Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show).

As for the story, no details have been revealed. However, let's have in mind that The Clique, as a book series, targets "young adults". The story takes place in a prestigious private school for girls. Among the students, a clique dominates: the Pretty Committee, which is led by Massie Block. The four members of this clique see themselves at the top of the food chain and makes a point in wearing designer clothes. As time goes by, Claire Lyons who just moved to Florida will join...

By Steve Pond

The bestselling young adult novels in Lisi Harrison’s book series “The Clique” will serve as the basis for a live-action digital series to be written by Streamy Award-winner Justine Bateman and Emmy winner Jill Kushner, Warner Premiere announced on Tuesday.

Alloy Entertainment has published 13 novels in the series, along with six novellas. The books center on a gr...

By Sean O’Connell

Hollywoodnews.com: With news that the “Harry Potter” series has reached its final destination, and the “Twilight” train entering its final stretch, Hollywood has turned its eyes to the next literary property that it can develop to entertain teen audiences (and beyond).

Warner’s answer appears to be a live-action digital series based on the critically acclaimed Alloy Entertainment book series “The Clique,” written by Lisi Harrison. New characters will embark on new adventures written by Streamy-award winner Justine Bateman (“Wizards of Waverly Place”), and her FM 78.tv partner and Emmy Award-winner Jill Kushner (“Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show”).

“We’re looking forward to building on the tremendous success and the adoration toward The Clique series,” said executive producer Peter Murrieta. “We see a world that doesn’t just begin where the books left off; it enhances, enriches and brings the characters, the story and the references into 2010. By doing this,...

Wow. The girlification of horror continues with Mattel's new in-house property Monster High, which looks like Barbie got it on with the entire Universal Monsters roster and these are her little tween babies! Hey, we are furthering the spread of horror anyway we can, right? Right? Ahhh ... loosen up.

From the Press Release

For the first time in company history, Mattel will roll out a new intellectual property, Monster High, across a number of diverse consumer products categories simultaneously at launch. This new franchise targeting tween and teen girls brings together the hip teenage descendants of the world’s most famous monsters to brave the trials and tribulations of high school. The property delivers rich content and relatable storytelling via publishing, web, animation and live-action theatrical entertainment and launches consumer products in notable categories including apparel and accessories and toys. Mattel has partnered with best-in-class category experts including Little, Brown Books for Young Readers,...

Monday is the day "Avatar" flies past "Titanic" in its historic global journey.

 

James Cameron's latest big-screen epic exits the weekend with an estimated $1.841 billion in worldwide boxoffice, just a shade behind the record $1.843 billion rung up by the filmmaker's "Titanic" in 1997-98. So there is little doubt that Monday's domestic and overseas boxoffice will combine to write the worldwide tally for "Avatar" into industry annals.

 

"Audiences still are going in record numbers around the world to experience this remarkable film," Fox senior vp domestic distribution Chris Aronson said.

 

As for its theatrical performance in the latest session, "Avatar" became the first film since "Titanic" to top domestic rankings for six straight weekends, ringing up $36 million to push cumulative boxoffice to $552.8 million. "Titanic" took in a total $600.8 million domestically.

 

Internationally, "Avatar" cume reached $1.29 billion in the latest frame, surpassing the $1.24 billion foreign tally for "Titanic."

 

Elsewhere this weekend, Sony...

Videogames based on movies typically have one strike against them right off the bat, but what about games based on movies that are themselves inspired by books for 11-year-old girls? That’s a twisted, winding lineage, though not one completely without precedent: Harry Potter, Lord Of The Rings, and Agatha Christie novels all followed similar paths. Still, The Clique: Diss And Make Up surely won’t be confused with the aforementioned franchises. It draws inspiration from the 2008 direct-to-dvd movie produced by Tyra Banks, and rooted in Lisi Harrison’s young-adult series of the same name. Over more than a ...