NEWS: Melody Thomas Scott, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, BEING MARY JANE Renewed, Jill Hennessy Visits THE GOOD WIFE; Crystal Chappell Film; Tuc Watkins

Asian PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, ER, GOSSIP GIRL in the works
Companies in the Philippines, Thailand and India are working on local adaptations of three of Warner Bros' most successful US dramas. Medical drama ER is under option for local production in India by Gold Television Network. In the Philippines, ABC Development Corporation is producing a local adaptation of Warner Bros’ ABC Family teen drama PRETTY LITTLE LIARS. Meanwhile, Thailand's Kantana Public Company is producing an 18-part local adaptation of GOSSIP GIRL.

Andy Zein, Warner Bros International Television Production’s senior VP of creative, format development and sales, said: “We are seeing a significant increase in the number of our scripted formats travelling successfully around the world.”

Melody Thomas Scott on what makes Nikki Newman so fascinating after 35 years
"One writing regime wanted to make her a senator, which was ludicrous. The viewers don't want to see Nikki be a feminist or take a job. They want to see her stay home and have personal problems and suffer like crazy. [Laughs] And they looove to see her drunk!"

Disney to Spend $200 Mil on Marvel Series for Netflix Set to Film in New York
Disney chief Bob Iger and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, at a joint press conference this week, announced that Marvel’s landmark live-action television series will film principally in the Big Apple. The production is skedded to yield 60 one-hour episodes, resulting in 400 full-time jobs and 3,000 part-time production jobs.

5th Annual Indie Series Awards: Complete List of Nominations

Nominees for the 5th Annual Indie Series Awards were revealed in a special episode of We Love Soaps TV earlier today. The ISAs celebrate the best in independently produced, scripted entertainment created for the Web.

Hustling led all web series with 9 nominations. Out With Dad was next among Dramas receiving 8 nominations, followed by DeVanity and Progress with 7, with EastSiders and Thurston earning 6.

Among Comedies, Wrecked led with 7 nominations, followed by Bloomers and Husbands with 6. Noirhouse and Professional Friend each received 5.

A record-breaking 56 web series received at least one nomination.

"We had an all-time high number of shows submitted this year," said Roger Newcomb, founder of the Indie Series Awards and editorial director of We Love Soaps.  "The shows that have been nominated in the past keep getting better and the new series blew us away."

The 5th Annual ISAs will take place on April 2 at the historic El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, hosted by Carolyn Hennesy, who received a nomination in the "Best Guest Star - Comedy" category for her work on Single Siblings.

Check out the complete list of nominees below:

READER POLL RESULTS: Indie Series of the Week (September 29-October 5, 2013); DESTROY THE ALPHA GAMMAS #1

DESTROY THE ALPHA GAMMAS was voted favorite Indie Series for
the first time in our poll.

The results are in from the We Love Soaps "Indie Series of the Week" poll for web series that aired September 29-October 5, 2013. DESTROY THE ALPHA GAMMAS was voted favorite show for the week. A new episode of VENICE was second followed by the FREEFALL, PROGRESS and HE'S WITH ME.

Check out the complete results below including the Favorite Actor, Actress and Couple of the Week:

RANK	SHOW	LAST WEEK	TOP 3
1	DESTROY THE ALPHA GAMMAS	4	5
2	VENICE	1	39
3	FREEFALL	-	1
4	PROGRESS	-	0
5	HE'S WITH ME	-	3
6	THE STAFFORD PROJECT	-	0
7	THE LYONS DEN	5	4
8	SUNNY REIGN	-	0
9	DEREK AND CAMERON	-	0
10	HUSBANDS	7	0
11	BROTHERS WITH NO GAME	-	0
12	RISK: THE LIFE OF FLOYD AND SABRINA	-	0
13	LIPS	17	0
14	STILL	-	0
15	LIFE AFTER FAT	-	0
16	LOVE BYTES	16	0
17	MY SUPER-OVERACTIVE IMAGINATION	11	0
18	THE GAUNTLET	14	0
19	THE INDUSTRY	-	0
20	FADE TO REALITY	-	0
21	TAG! SILVER SPOON BLUES	12	0
22	HOW I SEIZE IT	-	0

See the rest of the poll results and watch last week's Top 3 Indie web series below:



VENICE (watch with subscription)