'Friday Night Lights' Marathon Will Air During Pivot TV's "We Love Football" Week

Pivot is celebrating Thanksgiving with a marathon of Friday Night Lights. From football to family, the "We Love Football" marathon features the Dylan Panthers, Coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and his beloved wife Tami (Connie Britton).

Kicking off on Monday, November 24 at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT, each day will have a themed block of episodes including "We Love BBQ" (November 24), “Family First” (November 25), and “Tami Knows Best” (November 26). Finishing out the marathon on Thanksgiving day, Pivot will air some of the best episodes with an 11-hour marathon starting at 10 a.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

Pivot Announces One-Hour Drama FORTITUDE, Stars Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon, Sienna Guillory & Luke Treadaway

Pivot, Participant Media's network targeting Millennials, age 18-34, today unveiled a robust development slate, and a greenlight for FORTITUDE, a 12-episode Sky/Pivot original series starring Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon, Sienna Guillory, and Luke Treadaway.

FORTITUDE is a dark drama series, with psychological and thriller elements, that follows the residents of the Arctic town of Fortitude, a place unlike any other place on Earth. Surrounded by the savage beauty of the polar landscape, Fortitude is a close-knit community whose future sparkles with the promise of Arctic opportunity, development, wealth, and discovery.

Pivot Acquires BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and VERONICA MARS

Pivot, Participant Media's TV network targeting Millennials (18-34), today announced it has acquired all episodes of scripted series BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (20th Century Fox) and VERONICA MARS (Warner Bros.). These critically acclaimed shows have resonated with audiences around the world and are widely lauded for their positive portrayal of women and universal themes. They will join the programming roster as a 'BUFFY AND VERONICA POWER HOURS' block, celebrating the iconic, smart and powerful women at the center of each show.

The block will feature back-to-back episodes Mondays through Fridays at 10 p.m. ET and 11 p.m. ET beginning January 13, 2014.

"BUFFY and VERONICA MARS are enormously entertaining and celebrated TV shows with significant cultural and social relevance," said Evan Shapiro, President, Pivot. "Both focus on smart, strong, young women dealing with critical issues from class struggles to gender roles - challenges facing a great many of our viewers. Pivot will contextualize the shows, presenting them with exclusive commentary from fans, experts and academics, to both celebrate these two great series and begin a dialogue with our viewers."

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, the Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated series, which ran for six seasons from 1997-2003, stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers. Chosen to battle vampires, demons and other forces of darkness, Buffy is aided by a Watcher who guides and teaches her as she surrounds herself with a circle of friends called the "Scooby Gang." The series was created by Joss Whedon, under Mutant Enemy Productions, and with later with co-executive producers Jane Espenson, David Fury, David Greenwalt, Doug Petrie, Marti Noxon and David Solomon.

The award-winning series VERONICA MARS, which aired from 2004-2007, stars Kristen Bell as a student who progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father. In each episode, Veronica solves a different stand-alone case while working to solve a more complex mystery. The Kickstarter campaign for the VERONICA MARS movie raised $5.5 million from more than 90,000 contributors. The series was created by award-winning screenwriter Rob Thomas; produced by Warner Bros. Television, Silver Pictures Television, Stu Segall Productions, Inc. and Rob Thomas Productions.

NEWS: Michelle Stafford Talks Leaving Y&R; Tracey Bregman On Lauren Being Kidnapped (Again); Kelly Sullivan's Last Day at GH; Lunch With Maurice Benard

Michelle stafford opens up about leaving THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
In the new issue of Digest, Y&R's Michelle Stafford (Phyllis) breaks her silence about the real reasons she left the show, how she'd feel if she was recast and what she plans to do now. She also talks about how TPTB reacted to her decision to say good-bye to Genoa City. "No one tried to make me stay, but in their defense, I was pretty definite about going," she says. "And I did it so there wouldn’t be any drama, so that they knew I wasn’t going to play a negotiation game. I really care for everyone at the show. I established long-lasting relationships with them. And I wanted it to be all above-board. So I think they knew I was serious."

Y&R's Tracey Bregman: 'I truly believe Lauren did not see this coming'
"Every Y&R writer finds a way to somehow bind me in duct tape. But this one I never saw coming. Obviously Carmine was obsessed with Lauren. But he started out such a sweet, gentle soul. She never imagined he'd become psychotic and physically dangerous. Neither did I!"

New Cable Network 'pivot' Launches August 1st

At a presentation held today at New York's Museum of Arts and Design, executives from Participant Media, the leading provider of entertainment that inspires and accelerates social change, unveiled details surrounding the August 1st launch of the company's new cable network, pivot.

Participant CEO Jim Berk said: "Over the past 9 1/2 years, through 43 films, Participant has built a reputation for content that is entertaining, commercial and high quality, while at the same time, inspiring and empowering to audiences. pivot marks a seminal moment for us with the launch of a channel for people who care about the world around them."